Rent it: Music film 'Whiplash' explores depths of abuse

"Whiplash" is, at its core, about jazz — that smoothest, mellowest of American art forms. But don't let that fool you. Writer-director Damien Chazelle's impressive sophomore effort is about as rock 'n' roll as a movie about jazz 

In every Oscar season since 2009 or so (that being the year The Dark Knight nabbed a posthumous win for Heath Ledger), there have been geek pundits who demand the Academy Awards recognize a superhero movie or two. There's a degree of sound logic 

"Whiplash" is, at its core, about jazz — that smoothest, mellowest of American art forms. But don't let that fool you. Writer-director Damien Chazelle's impressive sophomore effort is about as rock 'n' roll as a movie about jazz 

Whiz kid Damien Chazelle's five-time Academy Award-nominated film Whiplash has certainly resonated with movie-going audiences. Apparently, however, not everybody agrees with the accolades as proven by one staunch Academy member, who had very 

J K Simmons doesn't crack a whip, but it is a whiplash all right — ringing across his classroom, New York's concert halls, and now movie theatres. The object of most of his lashings couldn't look more different. Andrew Neeman (Teller), all of 19, has