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SIFF Film Review – The Hero
In director Brett Haley’s new film The Hero, which featured at the Seattle International Film Festival, Sam Elliott plays Lee Hayden, a 71 year-old actor at the end of his career. He’s still doing commercials – and with that voice why wouldn’t he – but…
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Film Review – Transformers: The Last Knight
With fireballs hurling through the air and explosions sending knights in hoards sailing in opposing directions, Michael Bay marks the opening of his claimed to be last outing in the Transformers franchise with as signature a flair as Bay could probably muster. The time is…
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Film Review – Cars 3
For a long time Pixar had an unimpeachable record. Can you think of a company of any kind, not just a movie company but any company, that had a track record as impressive as theirs for their first dozen years or so? The Toy Story…
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Film Review – The Mummy (2017)
Ugh. Maybe it’s because The Mummy is the least interesting of all of the classic movie monsters. Dracula is seductive and a metaphor for pent up sexuality. The Wolf Man is a tragic figure who often elicits sympathy as much as scares. Frankenstein is a…
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Film Review – It Comes at Night
A24 is an independent film company that has certainly made a name for itself since opening in 2012. A24 is synonymous with indie films that are widely regarded as special, brilliant, interesting, and the most important, usually well-reviewed. It Comes at Night is its latest…
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Film Review – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
It has taken 20 years, but Dreamworks Animation has finally brought Captain Underpants to the cinematic world. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is based on immensely popular novel series by Dav Pilkey. Thanks to the rise of Pixar, animated movies have become a Trojan horse at…
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Film Review – Wonder Woman
My first glimpse of Wonder Woman was walking into Hall H at San Diego Comic Con to the debut of the first trailer. At that point, I would have paid to see it just based on that trailer, but nonetheless, I would have to wait…
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Film Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
14 years ago Disney released what I will definitively name the best movie in an incredibly specific and narrow genre. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the best movie based on an amusement park ride. There were many factors in…
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