I Really Liked Moonrise Kingdom

If you’re anything like me, you’ve developed this habit of watching every movie with an overly critical lens. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the movies, or even that I’m necessarily pickier than the average movie fan, but I do have the tendency to get a little too academic in my movie-viewing. Thus far this year, watching films has been far too much about mental stimulation and not nearly enough about visceral stimulation. I would hypothesize that this is partly due to my natural propensity to critique, and partly due to being under the influence of society’s increasing desire to be a hater. That’s why I needed this movie.

Safety Not Guaranteed, Plaza-rama Guaranteed

Every once in a while, Hollywood takes something from the internet and turns it into a mid-level silver screen embarrassment. Fortunately, Safety Not Guaranteed is not one of those movies.