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Film Review – Manchester by the Sea
A common sentiment regarding grief is it can express itself in any number of ways. One might commendably mold it into a creative outlet or venture while another might self-medicate, lash out, or lash out in a self-medicated haze. Lee Chandler, the focal point of…
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Film Review – Christine
Insecurity can be crippling, especially in the workplace. Having a vision without the ability to properly verbalize or act on it is a suffocating, lonely feeling. (If it sounds like I’m speaking from experience, no further comment.) Christine Chubbuck battled these demons daily. Tragically, her…
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Film Review – Blair Witch
Chances are you’ve fallen into one of two camps when it comes to 1999’s record-shattering indie The Blair Witch Project: you’re either appreciative of its (at the time) gonzo, POV approach and guerrilla marketing strategy or you’re the other 80 percent of the planet. Personally,…
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Film Review – Sausage Party
Ever wondered how Toy Story 3 would have ended if instead of an emotional catharsis between friends we got an extended orgy scene between Woody and Bo Peep? Me neither. And yet here we are.
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Film Review – Batman: The Killing Joke
When my brother passed away earlier this year I was both honored and intimidated to inherit the bulk of his vast book collection. He’d always been smarter than me and his voracious notes in the margins of famously difficult reads (Infinite Jest anyone?) convinced me…
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Film Review – Central Intelligence
Comedy trailers are often lambasted for giving away all of a movie’s best jokes in a two minute highlight reel, usually accompanied by a happening James Brown or George Thorogood song. Central Intelligence, a new action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart (a no-brainer…
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Film Review – Keanu
If you’ve ever had your heart broken (and/or a proclivity for gnarly bong rips), you’ll likely see a lot of yourself in the forlorn Rell (Jordan Peele), professional sad sack in Keanu. Devastated following a recent break up, Rell compels his cousin and best bud…
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Film Review – Everybody Wants Some
If you read the movie trades like a respectable and not at all nerdy human being, you’ve probably heard director Richard Linklater describe his newest film, Everybody Wants Some, as a “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused and rejoiced in your not at all dimly…
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