All posts by Michael Haffner
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PHOENIX – The Review
A concealed gun, a smoky nightclub, a reconstructed and bandaged face; all of these pulpy elements are set...
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FANTASTIC FOUR – The Review
A young cast of up-and-coming talent tries their best to save the world, while also attempting to save...
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THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT – The Review
I first learned about the story of the Stanford Prison Experiment in high school. It was a journalism/newspaper...
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ANT-MAN – The Review
If you follow film news or write for a film website, it’s nearly impossible to watch ANT-MAN and...
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THE GALLOWS – The Review
Just when you think the found footage horror film has gasped its last breath, the sub-genre finds a...
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FELT – The Review
This review was originally posted during Fantastic Fest 2014 An uncomfortable feeling hit me almost immediately while watching...
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TERMINATOR GENISYS – The Review
TERMINATOR GENISYS is an ambitious attempt at revitalizing a series that many critics say has gone steadily downhill...
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ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL – The Review
What does it take to get to know someone? Like truly, to know someone. Greg (Thomas Mann) drifts...
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INSIDE OUT – The Review
Pixar has taken viewers on an array of journeys since 1995. They have introduced us to fantastical worlds...
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LOVE & MERCY – The Review
There’s a moment toward the middle of director Bill Pohlad’s concise and intriguing look into the mind of...
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THE CONNECTION – The Review
THE CONNECTION owes much to the standard cops and gangster films that have come before it. This isn’t...
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EVERY SECRET THING – The Review
Eight years ago, a baby went missing and two young girls Ronnie and Alice (Dakota Fanning and Danielle...
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A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT – The Blu-ray Review
THE FILM I first watched Ana Lily Amirpour’s directorial debut in November at the St. Louis International Film...
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THE WATER DIVINER – The Review
Having worked with the likes of Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Peter Weir, Michael Mann, and Darren Aronofsky, I...
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SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION – The Review
You might assume that music takes center stage given the subject of SEYMOUR, but Ethan Hawke’s look at...
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FURIOUS 7 – The Review
Now more than ever before Dominic Toretto and his gang… sorry, family, since he reminds us of this...
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Interview: SPRING Directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson
I knew I liked the directing team of Moorhead & Benson even before I talked with them. Their...
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SPRING – The Review
Walking into a film completely blind and letting it take you to a new and foreign place is...
