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Film Review – The Hate U Give
Charlottesville, Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Grey; the headlines are filled with it. And those are just some of the most famous names. There is a staggeringly sad litany of incidents of unarmed black people being killed by police. Let’s face it,…
READ MOREFilm Review – First Man
Mankind has accomplished some incredible things in the short time we’ve been on Earth. In First Man (2018), director Damien Chazelle and writer Josh Singer (adapting the book by James R. Hansen) recount the events that lead to Neil Armstrong becoming the first man to…
READ MOREFilm Review – Bad Times at the El Royale
Drew Goddard is back, baby! And boy does he have a lot on his mind. Perhaps too much, as his first helmed film since 2012’s wonderful The Cabin In The Woods consistently manages to feel as lofty as it does bloated.
READ MOREFilm Review – The Old Man & the Gun (Second Take)
When first viewing David Lowery’s The Old Man & The Gun, it is easy to regard film and film-festival icon Robert Redford’s supposed final film as an ode to all his classic performances of heist-man and hustler, outlaw and gunfighter and smooth talker and electric…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun is the newest film from director and screenwriter David Lowery. Lowery has taken the true story of bank robber Forrest Tucker (based on a New Yorker article by David Grann) and molded it into a delightful and charming film…
READ MOREFilm Review – A Star Is Born (2018)
Actor Bradley Cooper was determined to remake A Star Is Born (2018). It took some time and to find the right actress and singer to play against him who ended up being Lady Gaga. Bradley Cooper directed this new version of A Star Is Born…
READ MOREFilm Review – Venom
Ven… um. So, it was a movie. Time passed, images were projected on a screen, stuff happened, CGI was used, teeth were bared, there were fights, a movie happened. Unfortunately, that’s about how what you walk away with having seen the newest comic book movie…
READ MOREFilm review – The Sisters Brothers
How far would you go to protect your brother? Risk life and limb, you say? What if said brother were a perpetual troublemaker with a fondness for (constant) booze and a dangerous temper? To what lengths do you go? The Sisters Brothers examines this quandary…
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