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Film Review – The Irishman
The Irishman (2019) is three and half hours long. It could have been five hours and I would have been just as riveted. Martin Scorsese has delivered yet another masterwork. He dives back into the world he has visited before, where gangsters operate outside the…
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Film Review – The King
The King (2019) tells the story of King Henry V of England (Timothee Chalamet), the young ruler who was known for his military successes during the Hundred Years’ War. Perhaps his best known victory came at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, in which he…
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Film Review – Parasite
Bong Joon Ho’s Korean film, Parasite (2019) is a stunning achievement. It’s a work that is as keenly prescient as it is superbly crafted. One of the joys of watching a great movie is not having a clue where it is going. As Bong Joon…
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Film Review – Dolemite Is My Name
Dolemite Is My Name (2019) is the story of two prominent African American stars. The first is Rudy Ray Moore, a former record shop owner who made a name for himself in the 1970s in the standup circuit and would go on to produce and…
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Film Review – Zombieland: Double Tap
One of the big draws of Zombieland (2009) was the chemistry of the main cast. Zombie-apocalypse survivors Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) made for an entertaining dysfunctional family. Seeing them interact and play off one another…
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Film Review – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Warning: the following contains spoilers for the TV show, Breaking Bad
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Film Review – Gemini Man
There was talk leading up to the release of Gemini Man (2019) involving the technical achievements that allowed it to come to life. Some of the talk regarded the 4K 3D cinematography, shot at 120 frames per second. The bigger buzz surrounded the CGI technology…
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Film Review – In the Tall Grass
In the Tall Grass (2019) starts out well enough. Cal (Avery Whitted) and his pregnant sister Becky (Laysla De Oliveira) are on a cross country road trip. While making a pit stop next to an old church, they hear the cries of a young boy…
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