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Film Review – Ballad of a Small Player
One of the defining traits of noir is desperation. Characters are pushed to the brink – whether to escape danger, gain power, gain respect, gain love, or to fill a hole inside of themselves. They get pushed into a corner, to the point that they…
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Film Review – A House of Dynamite
***Warning: This Review Contains Spoilers*** Kathryn Bigelow – the Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker (2008) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012) – has returned with another political thriller, A House of Dynamite (2025). Along with writer Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow imagines a scenario in which a nuclear missile has been launched at…
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Film Review – Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (2025) comes at a peculiar time for me. As of this writing, I just witnessed my beloved Seattle Mariners lose Game 7 of the American League Championship Series – in heartbreaking fashion – to another Canadian baseball team, the Toronto Blue…
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Film Review – Tron: Ares
Can a movie work solely on its style? Tron: Ares (2025) makes a compelling argument for it. The latest live action installment of the Tron franchise – which started way back with the 1982 original – is yet another neon-tinged lightshow. It’s filled with spectacular visual effects, taking the…
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Film Review – The Smashing Machine
Given the talent assembled, it’s shocking how much of a letdown The Smashing Machine (2025) is. It has the look and attitude of a prestige picture, yet everything exists on a surface level. The emotion is artificial, the drama lackluster, and the stakes non-existent. It operates like…
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Film Review – The Lost Bus
Writer/director Paul Greengrass’s brand of documentary-like thrillers is on full display in The Lost Bus (2025). Just as he has done in other works about disasters and tragedies – such as United 93 (2006), 22 July (2018) and Captain Phillips (2013) – Greengrass explores the details of a harrowing event while trying to mine…
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Film Review – One Battle After Another
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025) is a work that feels like a departure from the rest of his career, yet it contains all the quirks, eccentricities, and emotions that have long been associated with him. “PTA” has a reputation for bringing us into worlds…
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Film Review – Him
Him (2025) is all over the place yet seemingly doesn’t go anywhere. It tries to blend the sports and horror genre but sadly comes up short in both arenas. There are many elements that we are familiar with in terms of a sports drama. Athletes sacrificing…
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