Joe Review
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
May 2, 2014
An ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin. It seems, in the past few years, whenever Nicolas Cage makes a movie that isn’t a big budget, unintentionally funny schlockfest it gets swept under the rug only known to an...
Ben X Review
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
April 25, 2014
As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games. As the old saying goes “There’s no time like the present” and the present is only a few scant days left in April and being that April is Autism Awareness Month I feel I should...
The Grandmaster Review
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
April 4, 2014
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee. For the past half year or so I have been eagerly awaiting the chance to see The Grandmaster. And why not? It’s another film based on the life of Ip Man and the titular 2008 film is a movie that’s very near and dear to me. Not...
The Grand Budapest Hotel Review
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
April 1, 2014
The adventures of Gustav M, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. Wes Anderson is a director who I feel one must have an acquired taste to enjoy. He heavily uses surrealism in his films such as verbal non-sequitirs,...
The Rum Diary Review
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
March 21, 2014
American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there. I am not entirely familiar with the works of Hunter S. Thompson. I haven’t read any of his books or...
Retro Review: 300
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
March 7, 2014
King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Several years after the release of 300 a sequel of sorts has been released. Though odd that they waited so long to make it I’m still nevertheless excited to see it. I remember seeing 300 in theaters with my dad when...
Escape Plan Review
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
February 21, 2014
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside. Isn’t it just my luck that the film that has my name written all over it comes out at a time where it isn’t at all...
Retro Review Of Adam
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
February 14, 2014
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth. Welcome to the Valentine's Day edition! Yes, for most of us, it’s a day to remind us that while most of the world has someone to love, we have absolutely nothing. To celebrate this holiday created...
I Hate To Insult ‘Her’ But She Is A Bore
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
February 7, 2014
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need. Over the course of a month Spike Jonze’s film, Her has garnered critical acclaim from all corners of the movie community. The Academy itself has nominated Her for five...
Man of Tai Chi Review
Jonathan Gonzalez, Impact Staff
February 1, 2014
A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club. Read More »...
