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Film Review – Thank You For Your Service
American films have a long history of attempting to deal with the fallout of war on the soldier’s psyche after they return to the States. Most every war seems to have it’s own defining film or set of films which spring to mind when portraying…
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Film Review – The Florida Project
The folly of youth is both a license for freedom and a litany of restrictions. Boundaries are pushed to learn where they exist. In effect, the experiential learning of one’s place in the world. Youth, in all its precariousness, is probably as reflexive as we…
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Film Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin
The world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends stands out because of its simple and wholesome nature. Where Looney Tunes had a tongue-in-cheek self awareness, and where other Disney classic animated characters became involved in fantastical adventures, Pooh Bear, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, and others stayed mostly…
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Film Review – The Snowman
In the town of Oslo, Norway a serial killer hunts women and leaves behind a snowman as a calling card. Alcoholic detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) takes up the investigation to find the killer. In some regards that sounds like a solid setup to a…
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Film Review – Marshall
Thurgood Marshall is one of those treasured rare figures in American history that is both revered and genuinely noble. He was a giant of the Jurice Prudence system known during his career as a lawyer as a defender of the downtrodden. The biggest highlight of…
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Film Review – The Foreigner
Jackie Chan is back! Not that he ever went anywhere, but it has been a while since he was in a non-animated film that has received this much fanfare. The Foreigner is a mix of action and drama, one that does not solely focus on…
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Film Review – Happy Death Day
I’d like to think that audiences have gotten much more aware of common movie tropes. This is especially true when it comes to horror flicks. When you’ve seen countless slashers about masked killers picking off unsuspecting people one by one, the cycle gets pretty stale.…
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Film Review – Blade Runner 2049
An eye opens and a world is reflected. A wide landscape filled with white towers, surrounded by an expanse of agriculture. From its opening frames, Blade Runner 2049 is making statements that it is both beholden to its predecessor and going to be something of…
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