CINEPHILES! TIGHTEN YOUR MONOCLES! Here are my favorite movies that played in Portland in 2014. It was an excellent year for film—while most critics crank out a top 10, I had a hard time whittling it down to 15. Each day I'll highlight one of those, going alphabetically, because fuck that ranking nonsense.
Edge of Tomorrow
dir. Doug Liman
Now available on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD, and Netflix
From the Mercury's review: "If you see a better popcorn movie this summer, it's going to be a very good summer indeed."
You say you want movies to be smart? You say you want movies to be funny? You say you want movies to be exciting and badass and packed with the sort of visual and aural spectacle that you can't get in any other medium? And then you say you want women in Hollywood to get interesting and meaningful roles? Then for fuck's sake, when movies like that come out, then fucking go. This movie should have been huge, and it should have sent a message about what more blockbusters need to look like. But it wasn't huge, so it didn't. And if you didn't see it, I blame you.