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Film Review – On the Rocks
The premise of On the Rocks (2020) contains all the ingredients of classic screwball comedy. A woman develops a nagging feeling that her husband is having an affair. Egged on by her Lothario father, she begins to track her husband’s whereabouts in anticipation of catching…
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Film Review – Possessor
Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor (2020) plays like a nightmare. There is a story here, and from a distance it contains elements that look familiar. But with Cronenberg’s writing and direction, it’s constructed with a dark and twisted vision. It’s a sci-fi/horror film that aims not to…
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Film Review – Ava
Ava (2020) is the cinematic equivalent of painting by the numbers. It follows the outline of the thriller genre so strictly that you have to wonder if this is some kind of deconstruction or parody. Almost every trope you can think of makes an appearance.…
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Film Review – The Devil All the Time
The title The Devil All the Time (2020) is an apt description for the story it tells. This is a brutal tale of despicable characters doing despicable acts to one another. Those that populate it are either the perpetrators of cruelty or the victims of…
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Film Review – Antebellum
Antebellum (2020) hinges everything on a plot twist so thinly veiled that anyone paying attention can decipher it right away. I’m sure if you think about it hard enough, you’d be able to figure it out without even watching the movie. I don’t know if…
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Film Review – #Alive
The South Korean horror film #Alive (2020) contains just about all the usual tropes of the zombie apocalypse subgenre. This is both a good and bad thing. One on hand, there’s just enough entertainment value to make it worth watching. If you’re looking for something…
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Film Review – The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Let’s play catch up. A few years ago, teenager Cole (Judah Lewis) discovered that his longtime crush – his babysitter Bee (Samara Weaving) – was actually part of a satanic cult who wanted to take his blood for a ritual which would grant them any…
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Film Review – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) made me feel every possible emotion there is while watching a movie. I was fascinated, confused, enthralled, entertained, terrified, and in the end deeply moved. That’s an accomplishment for something I’m still trying to piece together in my head.…
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