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SXSW Film Review – The Bandit
Jesse Moss’ The Bandit (2016) documents the friendship of actor Burt Reynolds and stuntman Hal Needham, particularly their collaboration on the film, Smokey and the Bandit (1977). Of all the partnerships we’ve seen in cinema history, Reynolds and Needham is one of the least talked…
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Film Review – Green Room
A young punk rock group makes their way through the Pacific Northwest, playing shows in hole-in-the-wall bars to disinterested crowds. Money is low – they fill their van’s tank siphoning gas from other vehicles. The tour is on the rocks, and some suggest calling the…
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Film Review – The Huntsman: Winter’s War
In the latest effort of a studio to force feed us an unwanted franchise comes Universal’s The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016). This follow up to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman shamelessly incorporates pieces of better properties in an attempt to adhere towards the widest…
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Film Review – Hardcore Henry
Going into Hardcore Henry, I was worried I’d get sick from all the frantic, jumpy camera work and whiz-bang special effects. Surprisingly, I had less nausea than expected, but more sleepiness towards the end as Henry’s efficiency in killing faceless bad guys grows too predictable.…
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SXSW Film Review – Rainbow Time
Rainbow Time is about two brothers trying to achieve a semblance of control through the lens of a camera, where any insecurity can be spliced, edited, and erased. Rather than strengthening their relationships with their subjects, it only obfuscates the roles they play in real life.
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Film Review – Everybody Wants Some
If you read the movie trades like a respectable and not at all nerdy human being, you’ve probably heard director Richard Linklater describe his newest film, Everybody Wants Some, as a “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused and rejoiced in your not at all dimly…
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Film Review – The Boss
In The Boss (2016), Melissa McCarthy plays a self made business tycoon who sees her empire go down the drain when she’s caught for insider trading. Imagine Martha Stewart, but even more brash. After a six-month stint in minimum-security prison, she gets released and has…
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SXSW Film Review – Gleason
I am not a football fan, never have been, never will be. Choosing to see a documentary about an NFL player was a stretch for me. I wasn’t expecting much from the documentary, Gleason, which I chose to see late at night at the SXSW…
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