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Film Review – Joker (Second Take)
Joaquin Phoenix delivers one of the great performances of the year in Joker (2019). It is truly an outstanding piece of work, and another highlight in a career already filled with them. As the deranged protagonist, Phoenix is able to utilize the best of his…
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Film Review – Abominable
One often used trope in family and animated films involves a protagonist befriending an outsider, usually of the fantastical variety. The earliest iteration of this I can remember was the friendship born between Elliott (Henry Thomas) and the alien in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). But…
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Film Review – Downton Abbey
It’s at this point where I must make a troubling confession: I’ve never seen an episode of the television show, Downton Abbey. I was well aware of it while it was on air and of its popularity. There were a few elements that I gathered…
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Film Review – The Goldfinch
Have you ever wanted to watch five different movies in the same sitting? If so, then The Goldfinch (2019) may be for you. Directed by John Crowley and written by Peter Straughan (adapted from Donna Tartt’s novel), the tonal shifts of this story – or…
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Film Review – Satanic Panic
There seems to be small revival of cults, covens, and general demon worship in the horror genre. You have Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019), and Ready or Not (2019) to name a few. There was also the documentary, Hail Satan? (2019). Joining their ranks is the…
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Film Review – Angel Has Fallen
Every once and awhile, a little junk food cinema is good for the soul. Sure, there’s plenty of space for hard hitting examinations of society, delving deep into the complexities of life through mature writing, exquisite acting, and pitch perfect directing. Other times, it’s just…
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Film Review – Ready or Not
Ahh, marriage. It’s a special time in a person’s life when they pledge their love to another through thick and thin, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, and when the in laws try to brutally murder them.
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Film Review – Where’d You Go, Bernadette
I don’t know if Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019) is one of the worst films of the year, but it is definitely one of the most disappointing. It’s adapted by Maria Semple’s bestselling novel, directed and cowritten by Richard Linklater – creator of Slacker (1990)…
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