Nicholas Weninger
31 Jan 2017
'Silence' offers provoking, realistic look at religion
"Silence" tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) at a time when Christianity was outlawed and their presence forbidden.
14 Dec 2016
'Moonlight' offers authentic look at human emotion
"Moonlight" is a coming of age story about Chiron. He is growing up in the middle of a dysfunctional home where his mother is a drug addict, living a life without a father, getting constantly bullied at school and more. This is the story of his struggle to find himself as he deals with life, the highs and lows and everything that comes with it and grappling with his own sexuality and identity.
07 Dec 2016
'Hacksaw Ridge' joins the list of spectacular war films
"Hacksaw Ridge" is based off of the true story of Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield). Desmond joins the army during World War II after coming to the conclusion that he can no longer sit idly by and watch others join and die defending his country.
30 Nov 2016
'Edge of Seventeen' perfectly sums up life as a teenager
High School junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) has reached her limit. A few years ago, her father died, home life with her mother and seemingly perfect brother aren’t great and when her best friend starts dating her brother, she just can’t take it anymore. This is the story of Nadine and how she manages the awkward and difficult age of 17.
30 Nov 2016
'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' brings magic of wizarding world back to screen
In 1926, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) comes into New York City with a suitcase full of magical creatures. Unfortunately, some of those creatures happen to escape when Newt runs into a muggle named Jacob (Dan Fogler) and gets their suitcases mixed up with one another. With magical creatures on the loose, tensions are high between the wizarding community and muggle (or No-Maj referred to by the English).
16 Nov 2016
'Arrival' adds to recent list of great sci-fi films
Louise Banks (Amy Adams), a linguistic analyst, leads a team of people into one of 12 spaceships that have landed around the world. Her job: Find out what their purpose here on Earth is, where they came from and how they arrived.
09 Nov 2016
'Doctor Strange' a visually Marvel-ous film worth seeing
Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a world-famous surgeon with a bit of an ego. His life is drastically and suddenly changed after a car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he looks for healing elsewhere.
02 Nov 2016
'Inferno' feels more like a flicker than a blaze
Symbol and history expert Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is back at it once again saving the world from impending doom. After he wakes up injured in a hospital with no memory of the previous 48 hours, he teams up with Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), the nurse who is a history buff and fan of Langdon’s work, to help try and uncover what happened.
26 Oct 2016
'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' is a classic worth watching again and again
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is a story about three men who are all out to find $20,000 in gold that a Union soldier has buried. Each one of these men are experienced gunslingers who both go up against each other and also help each other at times to get closer to the gold.
19 Oct 2016
'The Accountant' offers well-rounded plot, intriguing characters
Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is the accountant, but who is this accountant? Acting as a small town accountant, he also freelances as an accountant for some of the most wealthy and powerful criminal organizations around the globe.
