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Film Review – Kidnap
Kidnap (2017) aspires to be a B-movie thriller. All the elements are there: a threadbare plot, a charismatic lead, non stop energy, and a runtime that skips right past you if you’re not paying attention. In a way, I kind of admire it for simply…
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SIFF Film Review – Landline
As we move further and further away from the decade that defined so many of us, 90’s period pieces are seeing quite an uptick in modern cinema. (The Wackness and The To Do List are the first to spring to mind.) And while it’s undeniably…
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Film Review – A Ghost Story (Second Take)
There is a scene in David Lowery’s A Ghost Story in which a newly minted young widow, played by Rooney Mara, sits on the kitchen floor of her simple ranch-style house and eats almost an entire pie, in real time, as the ghost of her newly…
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Film Review – Dunkirk
Where do I even begin? Christopher Nolan is a rare breed. He is one of the few filmmakers that has successfully crossed the line between independent art and mainstream appeal. His films are uniquely his own, and yet he has the ability to invite audiences…
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Film Review – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Imagine you go on a date with a gorgeous looking person. The two of you go out to a fancy dinner, dressed up in a way that induces double takes. You sit down at your table, excited for the evening you’re going to spend. Then,…
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Film Review – A Ghost Story
Stories centering around the grieving process when facing loss have hit especially hard since the sudden death of my brother to cancer a year and a half back. (You’re now 2 for 2 making me cry in a theater, Affleck! Get a comedy under your…
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SIFF Film Review – City of Ghosts
Raqqa, a city in Syria, has been overtaken by ISIS and a select few are doing what they can to find out the truth about what is happening in their home town. This is to be applauded, yet City of Ghosts is strong on information…
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Film Review – Endless Poetry
Late in the film, nearing the climax of its final act, the character Alejandro Jodorowsky (Adan Jodorowsky) tells his family of artist friends that he is moving from their home of Chile to Paris, France where he will “save surrealism.” The proclamation, prophetic and self-referential,…
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