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Film Review – Welcome to Marwen
Robert Zemeckis, a director responsible for some of the most beloved big budget film experiences in cinema. He started with fun and subversive comedies before moving into creating some of the most indelible movies ever. And over that time, he has created a reputation for…
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Film Review – Green Book
Race relations have both come a long way and not come anywhere near far enough. There are practices that aren’t common or even legal anymore that used to show open hostilities to African Americans. Whether it was drinking from separate water fountains or not sitting…
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Film Review – Instant Family
Movie Reviewing is tough because in judging the movie itself you have to look at the movie itself and not just it’s subject matter. Some stories are genuine filled with heart and goodness. But if the movie is just okay it makes you feel cruel…
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Film Review – A Private War
Look, protestations of “Fake News” being the “Enemy of the People” can take a flying leap. At its best, journalism can be a noble profession which seeks to both inform and enlighten its audience. One of the most important roles it can serve is to…
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Film Review – The Nutcracker and The Four Realms
How to create a fairly generic preteen holiday fantasy: Start with a base of a cost effective public domain property, slather in copious amounts of CGI, pepper using the money you saved on originality to hire several talented actors who should know better, stir with…
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Film Review – The Hate U Give
Charlottesville, Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Grey; the headlines are filled with it. And those are just some of the most famous names. There is a staggeringly sad litany of incidents of unarmed black people being killed by police. Let’s face it,…
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Film Review – Venom
Ven… um. So, it was a movie. Time passed, images were projected on a screen, stuff happened, CGI was used, teeth were bared, there were fights, a movie happened. Unfortunately, that’s about how what you walk away with having seen the newest comic book movie…
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Film Review – The Predator
Monster movies are fun. And there’s no doubt that the creature design from the original Predator film from 1987 is one of the great makeup jobs in film. H.R Giger‘s creature design for Alien is still superior, but the look of that “One ugly mother”…
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