Posts Tagged ‘Benicio Del Toro’
Film Review – The Phoenician Scheme
After the densely layered Asteroid City (2023) and the ambitious set of Netflix short films, Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme (2025) might feel a little…conventional. But of course, convention isn’t really Anderson’s forte, is it? In terms of artistry, the writer/director has firmly planted himself as one of the most recognizable filmmakers…
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Film Review – Reptile
On paper, Reptile (2023) checks off all the boxes of your classic murder mystery: a twisty, convoluted plot with plenty of wrong turns and dead ends, a detective doggedly pursuing the case just as the rest of his life is on the brink of collapse, a mounting…
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Top 15 Films of 2021 – Allen’s Picks
2021 felt like a year that was in a constant state of limbo. The Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the world for nearly two full years, and while some parts of society have started adjusting to a new way of living, it always felt like a…
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Episode 77 – No Sudden Move
For this episode of the podcast, we review Steven Soderbergh‘s latest crime noir, No Sudden Move. We also talk about some of our favorite and least favorite movies from Soderbergh’s extensive film catalog. For our streaming homework, we discuss the 1988 cult sci-fi/comedy, Hell Comes…
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Film Review – No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move (2021) is a terrific, pulp-noir throwback. It displays tight precision in front of and behind the camera, managing a rollercoaster of a plot. In lesser hands, this could have crumbled into messy incoherence. But in the hands of experienced professionals, it maintains…
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Film Review – Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario (2015) was a masterful thriller made in a post 9/11 world. With Denis Villeneuve’s keen direction, Taylor Sheridan’s focused writing, and Roger Deakins’ impeccable cinematography, the film was a white-knuckled suspense ride. It examined the blurred lines of morality, where characters compromised their beliefs…
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Film Review – Wind River
After penning the fantastic Sicario (2015) and the equally great Hell or High Water (2016), Taylor Sheridan has taken up the directing reigns in Wind River (2017). Tonally, it remains consistent with what Sheridan has been associated with – crime thrillers usually set near the…
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Top 15 Films of 2015 – Allen’s Picks
I know what people say: “Lists of anything are dumb. How can you take something as subjective as movies and rank them in order?” Well, that’s kind of the beauty of it: no one list is definitive. If anything, putting out one’s favorite films only reveals…
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