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Film Review – Me Before You
The sappiness runs deep with Me Before You (2016). In the pantheon of schmaltzy romances, this one fits the requirements completely. It panders to the common tropes: The Lonely Outcast Protagonist? Check. The Romantic Interest With A Tough Shell But A Heart Of Gold? Double…
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Film Review – Alice Through the Looking Glass
Therapist: So Allen, what brings you to my office? Allen: I need help, doc. Therapist: What seems to be the problem? Allen: I just saw a terrible movie. T: What movie was that? A: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) T: Oh yes, I think…
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Film Review – The Nice Guys
If Shane Black makes buddy films for the rest of his career, I’d be ok with that. From The Last Boy Scout (1991), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), and of course the Lethal Weapon series, Black has made the pairing of two contrasting characters an…
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Film Review – Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
I’m of two minds when it comes to Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016). For one, it does a good job at being about something – commenting on gender politics and the sickening rape culture that plague college campuses. On the other hand, it adheres so…
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SXSW Film Review – The Slippers
Morgan White’s documentary, The Slippers (2016) tells the tale of the infamous ruby slippers that adorned Judy Garland’s feet in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Known to be one of the most prized treasures of cinematic memorabilia, White traces the history of the slippers throughout…
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SXSW Film Review – Hunter Gatherer
In Joshua Locy’s Hunter Gatherer (2016), a middle aged man returns home after a three year prison sentence in hopes to turn his life around. What he finds is a world that has left him behind. His mother wants him to get a place of…
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Film Review – Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Writer, war correspondent, big game hunter, fisherman, drunkard. Ernest Hemingway was many things to many people. Whether you love him for his writing style or hate him for his old school machismo, it’s hard to argue that “Papa” did things his own way. He was…
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SXSW Film Review – The Bandit
Jesse Moss’ The Bandit (2016) documents the friendship of actor Burt Reynolds and stuntman Hal Needham, particularly their collaboration on the film, Smokey and the Bandit (1977). Of all the partnerships we’ve seen in cinema history, Reynolds and Needham is one of the least talked…
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