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Film Review – The Devil Wears Prada 2
I should confess right off the bat that I was never the biggest fan of The Devil Wears Prada (2006). While it has its charms and the performances all around were fun, I never bought into its story. It wants to play both sides of the coin,…
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Film Review – Omaha
***This Review Contains Mild Spoilers*** In tone, style, and execution, Omaha (2025) is one of those archetypal indies that makes a big splash on the festival circuit. These films are usually intimate in scope, grounded in its world building, and may not always have the happiest of…
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Film Review – I Swear
It’s unfortunate that this past BAFTA Awards was tainted over the “controversy” surrounding John Davidson and the film about his life, I Swear (2025). The incident, involving Davidson (who has Tourette’s syndrome) and actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, created a heated and ugly online whirlwind in which people felt…
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Film Review – You, Me & Tuscany
When it comes to rom-coms, we walk into a film with two major questions: 1) “Is it romantic?” and 2) “Is it comedic?” There are plenty of other themes, tangents, and insights that could be explored. But at the very least, it needs to satisfy…
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Film Review – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The great thing about video games is the sense of immersion. In several ways, the player gets to dictate the kind of experience they’ll have with any game – whether they complete it over a few weeks or just over a weekend, whether they choose…
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Film Review – Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Grace MacCaullay is having the worst week ever. First, she gets married into a rich family that forces her to play a game as a form of initiation. Then, we come to find out that the game in question is hide and seek, except she…
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Film Review – The Optimist
World War II and The Holocaust continues to be a source of endless stories, whether it is about military strategy, unspeakable horror, or profound acts of humanity. Writer/director Finn Taylor’s The Optimist (2023) recounts the true story of Herbert Heller, a Jew from Czechoslovakia who – along…
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Film Review – The Bride!
Bizarre, absurd, beautiful, tragic, and everything in between, The Bride! (2026) is an ambitious undertaking that re-imagines The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) in a completely new light. Writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal takes a big departure from her last feature (The Lost Daughter (2021)) for a bigger and weirder project. This isn’t just…
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