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Film Review – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker of excess. Throughout his career, you can see film after film stock full of slick production and frenetic energy. That trend is amplified to the tenth degree in his latest, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017). Yes, the writer/director…
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Film Review – Sleight
As a movie lover, the best feeling one could have is being caught off guard. When one watches many films over the years, you start noticing patterns, clichés, and tropes emerge. But when a picture can spin something familiar and make it feel fresh, the…
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Blu-Ray Review – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
One of the great expressions of youthful love and the unforeseen circumstances of life, Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) is one of the great musical fantasies of the 1960s. Filled with life, color, and a beautiful score composed by Michel Legrand, the film…
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Film Review – Free Fire
There are a lot of reasons why people choose a life of crime. Some do it out of an act of desperation – as though they feel like they have no way out of where life has placed them. Others might do it as an…
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SXSW Review – The Archer
The Archer (2017) is a competent B-movie thriller that has big aspirations on its mind, even though its ambitions are a tad too far for its reach. Penned by Casey Schroen and directed by Valerie Weiss, the film tells of a young woman trapped by…
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Film Review – Ghost in the Shell (2017)
There was controversy surrounding the announcement of the new Ghost In the Shell (2017). Adapted from the 1995 Japanese anime (which was in turn adapted from the Japanese manga), the controversy involved the casting of Scarlett Johansson in the central role of the robotic cyborg,…
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Film Review – Raw (Second Take)
Raw (2016) starts off hinting towards something diabolical. A horror film about cannibalism is always a good starting point for an icky story. And while we do get plenty of horror involving the consumption of human flesh, the final product may not be what we…
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Film Review – Power Rangers
As a kid, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television show existed as a means to distract myself during its thirty-minute timeslot. I didn’t commit to watching it whenever it came on. Sometimes I would stop to catch it while flipping channels. I didn’t have a…
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