The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls honestly got better after watching the credits! This isn't just any type of animation, it's actually puppets! Wow. Mind blow. Drop the mic....

Nightcrawler

I actually enjoyed Nightcrawler quite a bit. It features Jake Gyllenhaal as a slightly overzealous nightcrawler, the people who video tape all the bad stuff that happens at night time and arrive on the scene first and then use that footage to sell to local TV Stations. He's really passionate about it, but he goes a little too far. Creating his own stories by removing brakes in the car of a rival nightcrawler, played by Bill Paxton. Gyllenhaal also ends up terribly manipulating the women who forms a relationship with at the TV Station, played by Rene Russo, both in terms of business and pleasure. In the end, Gyllenhaal ends up getting his sidekick murdered, player by Riz Ahmed, while shooting some footage. He's a menace! 4 stars.

Birdman

I wasn't particularly fond of this movie and I could tell why because the first thing that came to mind was Frances Ha. It was one of these movies that makes me think that sometimes people go a little overboard on New York City. Look, it's an awesome place, but it isn't the center of the universe either. It had an interesting style for sure. I will give it that. Perhaps it was creative in the way that it made you always feel like you're in a Broadway play. Kinda weird, maybe. But that's kind of what the style of 2014 films is about; different ways of filming.