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  • SpiderVerse4

    Film Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    June 3rd, 2023
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    Film Review – Fast X

    May 22nd, 2023
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    Film Review – The Mother

    May 15th, 2023
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    Film Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    May 8th, 2023
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    Film Review – R.M.N.

    May 4th, 2023
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    Film Review – Peter Pan & Wendy

    April 28th, 2023
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    Film Review – Ghosted

    April 20th, 2023
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    Film Review – How to Blow Up a Pipeline

    April 6th, 2023
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    Film Review – Tetris

    March 30th, 2023

Film Reviews

SpiderVerse4

Film Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

June 3rd, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) is such an explosion of kinetic energy – both in its visual design and in its storytelling – that the result borders on creative overload. Where Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) feels like a living, breathing comic book, Across the Spider-Verse acts like an amalgamation…

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Cracked4

Film Review – Cracked

May 25th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

The Thai horror film Cracked (2022) creates effective creepiness with limited resources. Utilizing a small cast and a few locations, director Surapong Ploensang (who co-writes with Orunusa Donsawai and Pun Homchuen) evokes mood with relative ease. While the overall narrative is thin in terms of story and character, the craftsmanship on display…

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Film Review – Kandahar

May 25th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

At this point in his career, Gerard Butler has settled comfortably into a string of mid-budget action thrillers. That’s not a bad thing, necessarily. In a time where theaters are crowded with tentpole superhero franchises, remakes, and sequels, Butler’s work has offered audiences a throwback alternative. Some…

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FastX4

Film Review – Fast X

May 22nd, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

***Warning: This review contains minor spoilers*** It goes without saying, but the Fast & Furious franchise has had several makeovers in its near two-decade existence. What started out as a gang of street racers boosting DVD players out of semitrucks has turned into a globe-hopping adventure involving…

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Mother4

Film Review – The Mother

May 15th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Given her history as a dancer, as well as her willingness to take on physically demanding roles – from Hustlers (2019) to the slapstick of Shotgun Wedding (2022) – it’s surprising that Jennifer Lopez hasn’t done more action films. She clearly has the physicality to do it. In The Mother (2023), she runs,…

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Still4

SXSW Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

May 12th, 2023 | POSTED BY Sarah Ksiazek

The film opens in 1990 at a hotel in Florida.  Woken up by what Michael J. Fox thought was a moth fluttering against his cheek, it was instead a trembling pinkie finger animating itself, and he could not get it to stop.  Thinking of why…

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Film Review – Carmen

May 11th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Director/choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s Carmen (2022) is not so much an adaptation of the famous novel/opera, but a complete re-imagining that uses the source material as a groundwork. The result is an intoxicating and vibrant sensory experience. Some viewers may be turned off by its poeticism (some might describe…

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Film Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

May 8th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

There is an air of finality all throughout Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Sure, when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is anything really over? I wouldn’t be surprised to see any one of these misfits show up again in some form or another down the road.…

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