Review: Taxi Driver

       Martin Scorsese is one of the most accomplished directors in the history of Hollywood, and Taxi Driver is his masterpiece. It was robbed of the Academy Award by Rocky in 1976 because the Academy is more likely to award feel-good movies rather than the dark introspective nightmare that is Taxi Driver. The movie takes place in New York, but it's not a movie about the city, it's about the way the a man views the city and how it damages him. Like many of Scorsese's films, there really isn't any cohesive plot, it just sort of wanders from one idea to another giving us an idea of who Travis Bickle is and why he does the things he does, how the city transforms him from a just a taxi driver who writes letters to his parents on their anniversary to a killer on a rampage.

Review: Drive

     One critic on twitter described this movie as “100 minutes during which neither Ryan Gosling nor Christina Hendricks is shirtless.” While this is a true assessment of the film, it does gloss over much of the subtleties and intriguing plot of the film. Unlike most heist movies or crime dramas, this is less interested in action and is more of an exercise in style, but nothing is sacrificed in order to achieve the slick looks, the film is supported by not only a good story, but also a cast full of gifted actors giving top-notch performances.