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Film Review – Honey Boy (Second Take)
Honey Boy is a semi-autobiographical film written by Shia LaBeouf and directed by Alma Har’el. While the characters’ names are different, it is easily identified as based on Shia LaBeouf’s childhood to becoming a star as a young man and the trouble that created.
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Film Review – Marriage Story
Director and screenwriter Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story is a film that revolves around the dissolution of a marriage, not the story of it. Divorce is, unfortunately, commonplace in our modern society, but that does not mean that it is a not sad occurrence, one that…
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Film Review – The Report
The Report is an important, based on real events, drama that tells the story of corruption and falsehoods at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the aftermath of the events of 9/11. Americans will be familiar with the photos and stories of mistreatment and torture of…
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Film Review – Ford v Ferrari
I am claiming ignorance to the majority of the characters and the true story told in Ford v Ferrari. I will admit that after viewing the trailers and seeing the film, my impression of the story from the trailers was utterly wrong. I am not…
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Film Review – Terminator: Dark Fate
I saw the Terminator: Dark Fate panel at San Diego Comic-Con this summer, and ever since then, the excitement to see the film has not wavered. This film is the first since Terminator 2: Judgement Day that writer and producer James Cameron has participated in, and…
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Film Review – Black and Blue
Black and Blue comes at a prolonged contentious time between African Americans and the police, especially in my area of Dallas-Fort Worth. With an unprovoked, deadly police shooting in Fort Worth earlier this month, it is probably not the best time for a fictional film like…
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Film Review – Joker (2019)
Joker is not a film that ever needed to exist. That thought was repeated again and again when the project was first announced. We had gone from the iconic Joker of Heath Ledger to the dismal emo Joker of Jared Leto and throwing another wild card into…
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Film Review – Ad Astra
Being a sucker for space epics and Brad Pitt, I am the target audience for Ad Astra. The film appeared to be an epic adventure; a son traveling to the far reaches of the universe hoping that his father is still alive. While it is an…
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