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Film Review – Unhinged
It appears that there is a mad rush to be one of the first new films to be available to watch when movie theatres open in the US. Solstice Studios took advantage of the press around the reopenings, and its film, Unhinged, is the first film…
READ MOREFilm Review – Sputnik
On the surface, Sputnik (2020) has similarities with other science fiction films involving humans coming into contact with non-Earth beings. Hailing out of Russia, its approach will call to mind Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) or maybe Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (2016). What the writing (Oleg Malovichko,…
READ MOREFilm Review – Project Power
Project Power (2020) has a lot of things going for it – superhero story, revenge tale, police procedural, social commentary, etc. It doesn’t really hit any of those topics in a meaningful way, but it has a relentless energy trying to get there. Like a…
READ MOREFilm Review – An American Pickle
There has always been a sweetness to Seth Rogen that makes him easy to root for. That quality allows us to follow him through many different kinds of characters – there’s a down-to-earth, everyman sense about him that we can attach to. That works in…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Tax Collector
The Tax Collector (2020) is a reprehensible film. It is vile, ugly, and populated by racial stereotypes. The characters offer little depth, standing around with their macho-posturing trying to be the baddest dude in the room. The story depicts a section of the L.A. Latinx…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Hater
Tomasz (Maciej Musialowski) is an enigma. On the outside he seems like a polite and well-adjusted young man. He dresses in a buttoned-up shirt, tie, vest, and overcoat. At dinner parties he’ll bring a gift and will ask about people in a way that doesn’t…
READ MOREFilm Review – Most Wanted
Most Wanted is a “based on a true story,” revolving around the drug trade in Canada in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the attempts by the federal police to run stings to stop the flow of drugs into the country. On the heels of…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Rental
The premise is all too familiar. A group of people travel out to a remote location for a weekend getaway, only to fall prey to an unknown danger stalking them from the shadows. There have been countless horror films that have utilized this set up:…
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