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    Film Review – Godzilla vs. Kong

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    Film Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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Film Reviews

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Film Review – Time

October 26th, 2020 | POSTED BY Sarah Ksiazek

Time can appear to move as slow or fast, depending on how it is perceived. When the perceiver is doing something they love, time can fly by. However, when life has to move on normally, and your self is stuck in a moment, pleading with the aftermath…

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Film Review – The Trial of the Chicago 7

October 21st, 2020 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Writer/director Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) examines the real-life story of seven protestors put on trial following the infamous riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Those accused of inciting violence came from different parts of the country…

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Film Review – Evil Eye

October 20th, 2020 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

The last of the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series is the thriller Evil Eye (2020). Written by Madhuri Shekar and directed by Elan and Rajeev Dassani, this might have the most emotional and pressing themes of the four releases. Unfortunately, its ideas are wrapped up…

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Film Review – Nocturne

October 16th, 2020 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

The third film in the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series is Nocturne (2020). Easily the weirdest – and therefore most interesting – of the four entries, this examines the classic case of an artist sacrificing themselves for the sake of their work. Seeing someone accomplish…

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Film Review – The Lie

October 14th, 2020 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

The distribution deal between Blumhouse and Amazon Studios involves the streaming release of four thrillers in the month of October, labeled “Welcome to The Blumhouse.” The release schedule groups them into pairs. The first two feature the excellent Black Box (2020) and the not so…

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Film Review – Black Box

October 13th, 2020 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Black Box (2020) is an ingenious sci-fi thriller that makes a lot out of a little. I don’t mean that as a backhanded compliment, but to illustrate that good storytelling doesn’t need to rely on big budgets or extravagant production value. In fact, many blockbusters…

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Film Review – On the Rocks

October 12th, 2020 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

The premise of On the Rocks (2020) contains all the ingredients of classic screwball comedy. A woman develops a nagging feeling that her husband is having an affair. Egged on by her Lothario father, she begins to track her husband’s whereabouts in anticipation of catching…

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Film Review – 12 Hour Shift

October 6th, 2020 | POSTED BY Sarah Ksiazek

12 Hour Shift is challenging to put into one genre; it flows between a dark comedy, horror/slasher, and workplace drama (is that a genre?). Written and directed by Brea Grant, it follows Mandy (Angela Bettis) as she settles into her long shift as a nurse in…

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