Posts Tagged ‘Enemy’
Episode 17 – Hobbs & Shaw
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss which actor played the best Alfred Pennyworth, the cancellation of the Blumhouse thriller The Hunt, and we review the newest installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, Hobbs & Shaw. We also try to decipher our latest…
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Film Review – Under the Silver Lake
Under the vast wasteland of Video On Demand exists Under the Silver Lake (2018), one of the most bizarre, mysterious, and mesmerizing films of recent years. It’s a puzzle contained within a riddle wrapped inside an enigma, and yet at no one point through its…
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Top 15 Films of 2017 – Allen’s Picks
When it comes to making these end of year lists, I usually take it in stride. I never really think about them for too long, since it’s just an exercise in futility. But 2017 was such a strong year at the movies, with good to…
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Top 15 Films Of 2016 – Allen’s Picks
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to grow up. Adults got to do all the cool things. Every year seemed to drag by at a snail’s pace. Now that I actually am an adult, time has been moving way too fast. I keep…
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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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Top 15 Films of 2014 – Allen’s Picks
Another year, another end of year movie list. 2014 was marked by a nice variety of cinematic offerings. From action blockbusters to independents, from foreign work to documentaries, there seemed to be great stuff coming from everywhere this year. While making lists will always be…
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Film Review – Dracula Untold
Let’s get this straight right off the bat: Dracula Untold (2014) is not a very good movie. It’s a “gritty” take on the famous vampire legend, although it takes many liberties with the mythology. The story is goofy and implausible, the CGI murky and unconvincing,…
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An Analysis – A Closer Look Into Enemy
***Warning: the following contains massive spoilers*** – Chaos is order yet undeciphered – When I first walked out of Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy (2013), I was over come with different emotions: befuddlement, confusion, and most all fascination. I knew I had witnessed something special, a tightly…
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