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Film Review – Being the Ricardos (Second Take)
I would hope that everyone has some connection to I Love Lucy. Mine was watching it after school or on the weekends. It was one of those rare shows that I didn’t mind that it was in black and white. The character of Lucy will…
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Film Review – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
***Warning: The following contains minor spoilers*** There was not much going on at New York Comic Con this year. It was a nice way to ease back into attending major comic conventions. One of the biggest panels this year was for Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). Beforehand,…
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Film Review – Dune (Second Take)
Director Denis Villeneuve has built up enough of a diverse and fantastic resume that he is now one of the top directors in the world. Lately, his genre of choice leaned toward fantasy and science fiction with Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Arrival (2016), and now…
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TIFF Review – Burning
If you are already anxious about climate change and its visible effects on our Earth, you may want to avoid watching Burning (2021). It illustrates the continued strain that human activity places on the planet. Director Eva Orner has taken it upon herself to demonstrate…
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TIFF Review – Sundown
Writer and director Michel Franco presents a film that is presumed to be about one man’s introspection of his life. A quiet look at a man who is tired of regretfully living a life he doesn’t want and makes a drastic change. Franco stated in…
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TIFF Review – The Rescue
2018 feels like lightyears ago. Yet, some events of that year stand out. The cave rescue of the Thai soccer players and their coach is one of them. I remember it but don’t recall in minute detail all that went into the rescue and recovery…
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TIFF Review – The Guilty (2021)
Director Antoine Fuqua makes a return to the subject of police in The Guilty (2021). Along with Nic Pizzolatto, the two wrote a script based on the original Danish film from 2018 of the same name. The duo Americanized the story and applied it to…
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TIFF Review – Lakewood
Lakewood (2021) follows Amy Carr (Naomi Watts), a mother who is jogging in the woods. She has already sent her youngest off to school, and her teenage son Noah (Colton Gobbo) is still in bed, saying he is not going to school. It is about…
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