Too Swoll Up

by Ryan Syrek

Pain and Gain

First off, there is no grading on a curve here and no gold stars for trying. Just because director Michael Bay has made his first film to not star “explosions” as the lead actor doesn’t mean he gets a free pass. Pain and Gain has actual character arcs and sports an interesting point of view while attempting something modestly original. That’s what movies are supposed to do. The question is, did...

Hunger Is No Game

by Ryan Syrek

A Place at the Table

We let people in this country go hungry. That’s the take home message of A Place at the Table, the new documentary from directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush. It is a staggering and completely honest statement. See, if the problem were a food shortage, nobody could make such an accusation; but this isn’t supply and demand. We have plenty of food in America, and yet we let millions and...

I Got Beauty in My Eye!

by Ryan Syrek

To the Wonder

The first film festival I attended was in Carbondale, Illinois. The field included entries from students from across the country; my 21-year-old mind was ready to be an absorbant paper towel, sponging up art like a movie-loving “quicker-picker-upper.” What I quickly discovered was that there’s a very fine line between “artistic expression” and “intellectual masturbation” and that some of the...

Movieha! Your Favorite Movie Podcast

by Ryan Syrek

On Your Radar: Kings of Summer

Netflix Roulette: Beauty is Embarrassing

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Cutting Room for April 19

by Ryan Syrek

• Everybody has that one go-to movie that they quote endlessly, even though most people don’t know it. It’s not like when someone does a Borat impression or apes Ron Burgandy’s words; I’m talking about slipping things like “He’d already rather be bowhunting” into conversation. Those phrases are from my quotable favorite, Kicking and Screaming, and for the first time in my life, I’ll be able to...

Tom Cruise’s Drone Policy

by Ryan Syrek

Oblivion

If you conceived a child back when Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch, it would now be old enough to tell you to move on. Despite welcoming back rapists and murderers when they win a Super Bowl, modern society seems intent on grudge-holding against a guy who, at worst, is a weird idiot. Oblivion is still being written into a “comeback narrative” that those with a brain stopped furthering after...

Cutting Room for April 12

by Ryan Syrek

• I can’t verbally state his name because I am so bad at pronouncing names I am legally barred from doing so in 10 states, but I’m glad to tell you via printed word that director Omowale Akintunde’s film, An Inaugural Ride to Freedom: The Journey Continues will screen at Aksarben Cinema (aksarbencinema.com) on Saturday, April 27 at 5 pm. The film is a follow-up to Akintunde’s Emmy...