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SXSW TV Review – Condor
First screened at the SXSW Film Festival and debuting on the AT&T Audience Network, Condor provides a new adaptation of the novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady, as well as a different take on the film classic, Three Days of the Condor…
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Film Review – Hereditary (Spoiler-free)
Hereditary may be one of the most talked about films of the year, having significant word-of-mouth and excellent reviews from Sundance and SXSW to carry it to its release date of June 8, 2018. That is precisely what brought me to the screening, expecting to…
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Film Review – First Reformed
The slow zoom into the First Reformed Church with “old-school” opening credits gracing the screen with an iconic scrolling type-face presents a pleasing introduction to writer and director Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. We meet an introverted, middle-aged pastor, Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke), tasked with leading…
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Film Review – Breaking In
Panic Room without the panache, James McTeigue‘s home invasion thriller Breaking In lands on the stoop with a thump this coming weekend and I’m here to tell you why this hilariously inept stinker might just be worth a trip to the matinee. Or, at the…
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Film Review – The Endless
Say, are you looking for a low-budget mind-bender but spilled orange juice on your Primer DVD, rendering it unplayable? Boy do I have the answer for you. Well..maybe not answers exactly, as directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution, Spring) seem more keen on…
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Film Review – You Were Never Really Here
Director Lynn Ramsay‘s output is as challenging as it is sporadic. In 16 years, she has only helmed 4 feature films, all relatively (and deceivingly) minor, while all packing one hell of a wallop. I haven’t seen her debut, Morvern Callar, since its release in…
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Film Review – A Quiet Place
With a hook as devilishly simple as that of A Quiet Place, a post-apocalyptic thriller in which Demogorgon-on-speed like monsters viciously attack humans at the slightest hint of sound, you might wonder how it can sustain itself for a largely silent 90 minutes. Director John…
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Film Review – Ready Player One
The road that brought Ready Player One (2018) to the big screen was a circular one. We start with Steven Spielberg, the most successful director in cinema history. His work, from Jaws (1975), E.T. (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Jurassic Park (1994)…
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