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SXSW Film Review – Them That Follow
Them That Follow is a film that screamed thriller or horror to me at SXSW. Unless you are terrified of snakes, this film is a drama set in a remote Appalachian town that does not have money but plenty of faith. This faith is what…
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Film Review – Us
Writer/director Jordan Peele – whose debut was the Oscar-winning Get Out (2017) – manages to avoid the sophomore slump with his latest horror film, Us (2018). Although this is not as narratively tight as his previous work, Peele has managed to yet again deliver an…
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SXSW Film Review – Running with Beto
“We gotta run like there is nothing to lose.” US Congressman Beto O’Rourke ran for Ted Cruz’s Senate seat from the great state of Texas in 2018. Director David Modigliani (Crawford, 61 Bullets) had a personal relationship with Beto and the foresight to think he would…
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Film Review – Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage tells a familiar tale of the corruptive influence of crime but does it well, with methodical storytelling through time and culture that doesn’t break any new ground but is easy to absorb. The moral of the story is literally told to you…
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Film Review – The Kid
As a longtime fan of Vincent D’Onofrio’s work in front of the camera, The Kid presented an opportunity to see what he is capable behind it. As the director, D’Onofrio hopefully would take his immense knowledge of being in the film industry and be able…
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Film Review – Captain Marvel
After ten years and twenty films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally provided us with a female-lead entry. Captain Marvel (2019) contains much of what we’ve come to expect from a superhero origin – both positively and negatively. There are some peaks and valleys all…
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Film Review – Triple Frontier
In Wall Street (1987), Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko uttered the famous line, “Greed…is good.” What he failed to mention is that greed also comes with a price. That’s the hard lesson that befalls our protagonists in Triple Frontier (2019). This is the tale of five…
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Film Review – Greta
Greta (2018) is a nasty bit of fun. Directed and co-written by Neil Jordan (with Ray Wright) this is the story of a young woman named Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) who – almost by accident – befriends an older woman named Greta (Isabelle Huppert). But…
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