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SIFF Film Review – Dead Pigs
Dead Pigs presents a panorama of modern lives in go-go-go Shanghai, like La Dolce Vita (1960) and The Great Beauty (2013) did in Rome or Nashville (1975) did in…well, Nashville. Much like how Magnolia (1998) brought down a rain of frogs to unite its disparate characters,…
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Film Review – Upgrade
The opening credits of Upgrade immediately immerse you in the world of its future. A woman speaking the production companies’ names along with sound waves accentuating the speech pattern sets the film apart from all others from the beginning. With Upgrade, writer and director Leigh…
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Film Review – First Reformed
The slow zoom into the First Reformed Church with “old-school” opening credits gracing the screen with an iconic scrolling type-face presents a pleasing introduction to writer and director Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. We meet an introverted, middle-aged pastor, Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke), tasked with leading…
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Film Review – Deadpool 2
Ryan Reynolds has found his career character. With Deadpool (2016) and now Deadpool 2 (2018), he has solidified a role that allows him to make the most use of his talents. In his previous work, Reynold’s sardonic, wise ass wit made him hard to sympathize…
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Film Review – Book Club
The movies have a problem with age. After a certain point in life, Hollywood seems to think either actors are too old to star in anything anymore or that audiences won’t care about anyone with a gray hair. And as bad as that is all…
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Film Review – Revenge
Here now is one of the bloodiest films I’ve ever seen. Coralie Fargeat, who makes her feature length debut as writer and director, soaks Revenge (2018) in red – walls and floors drenched to where characters can barely manage to stay on their feet without…
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Film Review – Breaking In
Panic Room without the panache, James McTeigue‘s home invasion thriller Breaking In lands on the stoop with a thump this coming weekend and I’m here to tell you why this hilariously inept stinker might just be worth a trip to the matinee. Or, at the…
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Film Review – Tully
Toys laying all over the carpet, dishes in the sink, mouths to feed, teacher parent conferences – the life of a parent is not an easy one. In their third collaboration together, director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody touch upon the ups and downs…
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