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SIFF Film Review – Dear White People
Prestigious (and fictional) Winchester University has a race problem. It’s something the administration doesn’t want to admit, but is forced to deal with when a group of white students throw a Halloween party where they let loose their “inner negro.” Ripped from the headlines! (I…
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Film Review – Autómata
In Isaac Asimov’s Robot series of short stories and novels, he introduces the three laws of robotics to safeguard humans against a potentially superior force. 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.…
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SIFF Film Review – Jimi: All Is by My Side
I hate the 1960s. (Although I was born in 1968, so I’m going to give that year a pass.) I hate biopics, especially ones about musicians. I also hate listening to oldies music stations – including ones that play the music from my teen years,…
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Film Review – May in the Summer
Most films that take place in the Middle East often serve to humanize the “other” to American audiences. Those weird Muslims and/or conservative Jews are not like us on the surface, but look, we’re all just the same underneath! This is kind of important considering…
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Film Review – Level Five
You would think that because I went to art school, I might enjoy films on the more experimental side of things. Turns out, I don’t. Watching endless self-indulgent art films did not foster a love of the form in me. I like my films to…
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Film Review – The Giver
Part of buying into a Science Fiction book or movie is the ability to accept the world building as reasonable. Some things – no matter how well written or shown – just make no sense to me. (What do you mean they divide society up…
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Film Review – Calvary
Although I have been an atheist for most of my adult life, I went to Sunday school all the time when I was a kid. (Which was kind of weird considering my mom never went to church. But I guess one should never underestimate the…
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Film Review – What If
I am always whining about the state of modern romantic comedies, because – for the most part – they suck. There have been a few good ones in the past couple of years (Your Sister’s Sister and Austenland come to mind) but mostly I feel…
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