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  • NoBears4

    Film Review – No Bears

    February 2nd, 2023
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    Film Review – Shotgun Wedding

    January 28th, 2023
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    Film Review – The Son (Second Take)

    January 20th, 2023
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    Film Review – When You Finish Saving the World

    January 19th, 2023
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    Film Review – Women Talking

    January 13th, 2023
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    Film Review – The Whale

    December 22nd, 2022
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    Film Review – Avatar: The Way of Water

    December 18th, 2022
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    Film Review – Babylon

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    Film Review – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

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Film Reviews

NoBears4

Film Review – No Bears

February 2nd, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has never been the type to bend to authority. His work – which takes a humanistic approach to life in Iran – has been labeled as propaganda by the government. This has led to numerous legal battles. This Is Not a Film (2011) was…

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Film Review – Shotgun Wedding

January 28th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Shotgun Wedding (2022) contains enough screwball antics to forgive its ridiculous story. It blends both romantic and action comedy genres, going through the hijinks of both, and having fun doing so. The characters are bit too wacky to be believable – frankly, most of the actors…

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Film Review – Rye Lane

January 26th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Raine Allen Miller’s feature length directorial debut, Rye Lane (2023) is an exuberant romantic comedy. Along with writers Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, Miller creates a portrait of two twenty-somethings that feels like a throwback and a modern update at the same time. There are odes to the past, with…

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TheSon5

Film Review – The Son (Second Take)

January 20th, 2023 | POSTED BY Sarah Ksiazek

The Son (2022) is the newest film from director Florian Zeller, whose film The Father (2020) garnered two Oscar wins in 2020.  Zeller and Christopher Hampton also returned to write the script based on Zeller’s play.  The Son is not a sequel to The Father…

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TheSon4

Film Review – The Son

January 19th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Fresh off his award-winning work in The Father (2020), writer/director Florian Zeller has returned with yet another tale of familial strife in The Son (2022). However, the success of his previous outing does not translate this go around. In fact, it’s the opposite. This is a shockingly dreary story of broken…

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WhenYouFinish4

Film Review – When You Finish Saving the World

January 19th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

There’s a difference between good characters that have weaknesses and those that are simply obnoxious. That is the inherent issue with Jesse Eisenberg’s writing and directing debut, When You Finish Saving the World (2022). Even the title has a condescending ring to it, in the way a parent…

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Film Review – Alice, Darling

January 16th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Alice, Darling (2022) marks a turn for Anna Kendrick. Most of her career has been filled with comedies and musicals, with the occasional exception sprinkled throughout. Here, we see her in a deeply serious drama involving abuse, trauma, and toxic relationships. While we haven’t seen her in…

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Film Review – Sick

January 15th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Fans of Scream (1996) will find a lot to like in Sick (2022). The most obvious connection is screenwriter Kevin Williamson, who is responsible for penning both. Acute viewers will notice the similarities – Williamson goes so far as to copy the opening prologue nearly beat for beat. While this…

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