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Film Review – Captain America: Brave New World
***Warning: This Review Contains Mild Spoilers*** Here now is an example of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s worst tendencies. Captain America: Brave New World (2025) is a film so blatantly dependent on previous entries that it lacks its own identity. Granted, the very essence of “The…
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Film Review – Inheritance
There is a stripped down, bare bones quality to Inheritance (2025) that works in its favor. Perhaps that is because – according to reports – it was shot entirely with an iPhone. But it also has to do with the straightforward way the story is laid out.…
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Film Review – Back in Action
The title of Back In Action (2025) acts as a double meaning for both of its main actors. For Cameron Diaz, this marks her first starring work in a decade, having enjoyed a semi-retired life during that time. For Jamie Foxx, this was the project that had to…
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Film Review – Ad Vitam
The title of Ad Vitam (2025) is a Latin phrase meaning “For Life.” A not-so-subtle metaphor for a story in which characters fight to save the lives of others and themselves. On paper, this French action thriller has all the trappings we are familiar with: A highly…
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Film Review – Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Den of Thieves (2018) was a hard boiled, testosterone fueled, cops-and-robbers thriller that had just enough good stuff to make it better than it had any right to be. Sure, we’ve seen plenty of heist films where skilled criminals played a game of cat and mouse…
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Film Review – Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Watching a Wallace & Gromit film feels a bit like coming home. There’s something about the pairing of a good natured but absent-minded inventor and his trusty dog that is sweet and endearing. Although their world is made up of stop motion animation, the connection we have…
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Film Review – Carry-On
In a season overstuffed with hard hitting dramas, big budget spectacles, socially conscious documentaries, and other productions geared for award contention, it’s refreshing to see a good old entertainer as well made as Carry-On (2024). This is the kind of film whose sole purpose is to provide…
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Film Review – Strange Darling
***Warning: This Review Contains Major Spoilers*** Strange Darling (2023) might be one of the biggest surprises of the year. It’s a finely constructed, smart, and tense thriller. Writer/director JT Mollner has crafted a story that upends our preconceived notions about gender dynamics, the horror/thriller genre, and about storytelling…
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