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    Film Review – Rise

    June 26th, 2022
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    Film Review – Spiderhead

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    Film Review – Cha Cha Real Smooth

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    Film Review – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

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    Film Review – Hustle

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    Film Review – Interceptor

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    Film Review – Top Gun: Maverick

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Film Reviews

Rise4

Film Review – Rise

June 26th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Rise (2022) inserts itself into the long history of Disney’s fascination with underdog sports stories. The formula is effective at pulling the heart strings of viewers of any age. Characters coming up from nowhere, defying the odds, and achieving the impossible is a tale that is easy…

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Film Review – The Man from Toronto

June 25th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

The case of mistaken identity is about as old as storytelling itself. When done well, it can provide for excitement and thrills – Alfred Hitchcock was a master at this kind of structure. When done poorly, you end up getting The Man from Toronto (2022). This is…

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Film Review – Spiderhead

June 18th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Fresh off his directorial success with Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Joseph Kosinski has returned with the sci-fi thriller, Spiderhead (2022). Adapted from George Saunders’ short story, Escape from Spiderhead, the film examines the themes of control and free will in a society looking to subvert them. This is familiar territory for the genre…

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Film Review – Mid-Century

June 16th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

There is a sterile, detached feeling that runs throughout Mid-Century (2022). The direction, set design, costuming, and dialogue create a stiff, off-balance tone that initially works in this horror/thriller/mystery. At one point, lovers Tom (Shane West) and Alice (Chelsea Gilligan) embrace in front of a beautiful, mid-20th century…

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ChaChaRealSmooth4

Film Review – Cha Cha Real Smooth

June 16th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Here’s a piece of advice: One’s life does not need to be set in stone by age 22. Where some people know exactly where their paths will take them once they step out of college, others spend their youth trying to figure out what they…

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Film Review – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

June 16th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Above all else, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) is a comedic drama about acceptance. Not only is it about accepting others for who they are, but – and most importantly – it’s about accepting oneself. It’s a two-person, one location interaction where our characters meet…

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Film Review – Hustle

June 9th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Now here is a situation where a movie follows a well-worn blueprint but is executed with such flourish that it transcends its cliches. Hustle (2022) has all the ingredients of an underdog sports story: characters coming from nowhere, overcoming impossible odds both external and internal. It’s a…

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Interceptor4

Film Review – Interceptor

June 5th, 2022 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Interceptor (2022) is one of those throwback action pictures where a lone hero must take down an entire platoon of terrorists. Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, these were common fare, from Under Siege (1992), Executive Decision (1996), Air Force One (1997) and of course Die Hard (1988), which this film lifts the most…

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