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Film Review – The Platform
The central allegory of the Spanish film, The Platform (201) is about as subtle as a punch to the face. It is a direct reference to the economic and social imbalance between the wealthy upper classes (that enjoy all the excesses of luxury) and the…
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Film Review – Swallow
In Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ Swallow (2020), a young housewife and soon to be mother Hunter (Haley Bennett) develops an insatiable urge to consume non-food items. Marbles, batteries, and little pieces of metal all take the journey down her digestive tract. Some of the things Hunter swallows…
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Film Review – Big Time Adolescence
In regard to coming of age movies, I’m currently going through a transitional phrase. Before I would completely relate to the kids, where high school was an awkward place and the balance between being your own person and being liked by others was a constant…
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Film Review – Spenser Confidential
Let me paint a picture for you. We open on a concrete building, surrounded by a barbed wire fence, with armed guards posted at watch towers. Inside, people in brown jumpsuits live in confined spaces behind metal bars. Based on this description, what would you…
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Film Review – Guns Akimbo
Well, I got to give Daniel Radcliffe this credit: he sure picks interesting projects. Since leaving the Harry Potter franchise in 2011, Radcliffe has taken a very deliberate approach in trying to shed the boy wizard image. This includes physical efforts such as growing horns…
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Film Review – The Invisible Man (2020)
The Invisible Man (2020) is a terrifically made, terrifying, and smart horror film. Writer/director Leigh Whannell – who last gave us the fantastic Upgrade (2018) – returns with a movie that is an edge of your seat thriller while also delving into issues so timely…
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Film Review – The Lodge
The Lodge (2020) is the kind of horror film that isn’t interested in jumping out at you and yelling, “Boo!” Instead, its terror is a slow, methodical, building dread that seeps into your bones and lives within you, like a bad memory you can’t forget.…
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Film Review – Downhill
Downhill (2020) is a remake of the Swedish Force Majeure (2014). Of all the films that could have had an American retelling, Force Majeure would not have been the first one to come to mind. Part of the reasoning is that nearly half the dialogue…
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