BUFS preview: Whiplash
This week, BUFS is pleased to present the Oscar-nominated film, Whiplash. At an ultra-elite East Coast music conservatory (bearing a striking resemblance to the legendary Juilliard), the most gifted ...
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Movie review: I, Origins
LUCAS BIRNIE At first glance Mike Cahill’s I, Origins may seem like a drab, almost cliché love story wrapped in the blanket categorization of boring art cinema. However, like the film’s premise...
The Brock Press’ 2nd annual Oscar predictions
Another year, another Academy Awards where Leonardo DiCaprio’s hauntingly empty trophy shelf will mock his success. You don’t have to feel too bad for him though, he may be the most ‘lusted after’ ma...
A good movie, a greater story
At this time of year, the marketing for Oscar-bait and — sometimes mutually exclusive — Oscar-worthy films can be a bit overwhelming. Given the very concept of perception, that anything which ignores...
Movie review: The Imitation Game
They’re landscapes that we’ve seen before. The English station where terrified parents board their children on trains to escape the fear of war times. The battle-torn French countryside and devastate...