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Film Review – I, Tonya
Before heading into I, Tonya, I’d already heard titters of “Goodfellas On Ice!” or “Scorsese-lite,” and to be sure, this is director Craig Gillespie‘s love letter to the chunky framed auteur. But look beyond the pastiche and you begin to see it’s not just a…
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Film Review – Downsizing
Downsizing is as ambitious as it is dreadfully, dreadfully boring. It’s a tricky balance to pull off but one director Alexander Payne has, unfortunately, proven himself capable of.
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Film Review – The Disaster Artist
As we exited the screening of The Disaster Artist, my friend asked “Would that movie make sense to anyone who hasn’t seen The Room?” Neither of us are qualified to answer this, having seen the so-perplexingly-bad-it’s-good opus countless times before, but it did stick with…
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Film Review – American Made
Tom Cruise is a marquee name in a world that is gradually becoming less interested in marquee names. Unlike the heyday of the 70’s and 80’s, branding a film on the charisma of its star is no longer required or expected to produce a hit.…
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Film Review – It (2017)
After the dismal throat-punch that was this summer’s The Dark Tower, I feared the worst going into Andy Muschietti‘s It (2017). The trailers and early buzz, while encouraging, were no guarantee of success. Stephen King adaptations are notoriously hit or miss, and the source material…
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Film Review – Lemon
I usually bristle at the descriptor “anti-comedy,” but am struggling to come up with another term to accurately sum up Janicza Bravo‘s Lemon, starring husband and dependable weirdo Brett Gelman. Those familiar with Gelman’s stand up and occasional Adult Swim forays won’t be shocked to…
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Film Review – Ingrid Goes West
Aubrey Plaza has something of a reputation for being one-note. And if you’re looking to cast a role that’s both brazen and smarmily disaffected, who better really? But there is a depth to Plaza that sometimes claws its way to the surface, as seen in…
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Film Review – Logan Lucky
No one in the industry seemed to believe Steven Soderbergh‘s lofty retirement announcement in 2013, especially considering that his producing and television credits continued to mount. For his first feature directorial effort since the fantastic Liberace biopic Behind The Candelabra, Soderbergh jumps stealthily back to…
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