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Film Review – First Man
Mankind has accomplished some incredible things in the short time we’ve been on Earth. In First Man (2018), director Damien Chazelle and writer Josh Singer (adapting the book by James R. Hansen) recount the events that lead to Neil Armstrong becoming the first man to…
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Film Review – Night School
Night School (2018) is the kind of comedy that just keeps getting in its own way. The set up alone can make for some funny situations. A guy – trying to make a better life for himself and his fiancé – decides to go to…
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Film Review – The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The title of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) could also work as its central premise. It definitely features a house, a house that most certainly has a clock in its walls. You can’t get more straightforward than that. Written by Erick…
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Film Review – White Boy Rick
White Boy Rick (2018) has the look and feel of a film that has something interesting to say. But once we dig beneath the surface – beneath the believable aesthetics and convincing performances – we find an empty center. I’m sure the writers (Andy Weiss,…
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Film Review – The Nun
It appears the “Conjuring Cinematic Universe” continues to grow. The Nun (2018) is the latest spin off of the horror franchise that started with The Conjuring (2013). After the success of that film and its sequel, we got Annabelle (2014) and Annabelle: Creation (2017), which…
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Film Review – Peppermint
Peppermint (2018) wastes too much time focusing on undeveloped characters and not enough time on what we came see: Jennifer Garner kicking ass and taking names. It’s billed as a revenge/action picture, and in certain cases it is. But writer Chad St. John and director…
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Film Review – Searching
Searching (2018) is the latest entry into a growing category of films that takes place entirely on screens. A story is told as though we are looking at a computer monitor, cell phone, or TV screen. Information is given to us through text messages, FaceTime,…
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Film Review – Operation Finale
Adolf Eichmann was one of Hitler’s top Nazi officers. He was a chief architect of the “Final Solution,” better known as the Holocaust, resulting in the deaths of six million people. Eichmann oversaw the operations of the concentration camps and helped organize the death trains…
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