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Film Review – Spaceman
***Warning: This Review Contains Minor Spoilers*** At this point, it should no longer be a surprise to see Adam Sandler in roles that utilize his dramatic skillset. Sure, we’ve seen this side of him dating all the way back to the early part of his career. But…
READ MOREFilm Review – Madame Web
Madame Web (2024) exists in one of those weird places where it is so silly, so ridiculous, and so outrageously inane that it’s almost worth seeing for the sheer calamity of it all. Some may see that as a positive. If there’s one criticism that has…
READ MOREFilm Review – This Is Me…Now
J-Lo just loves love, y’all. If there’s one thing about Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me…Now (2024), it’s that she wears her heart completely on her sleeve. Coinciding with her latest album of the same name, this “film” plays like a collage of music videos with a loose story…
READ MOREFilm Review – Suncoast
There are a lot of heavy themes running all throughout Suncoast (2024). Many of them can be politically triggering, involving the never-ending debate between pro-life vs. pro-choice, religion, and the ethics of death. Plenty of people have strong feelings about these topics, no matter what side of…
READ MOREFilm Review – Sometimes I Think About Dying
Despite its somewhat misleading title, Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023) is not a dreary or morbid watch. In fact, it is the opposite. This is a sweet, funny, and beautiful tale of everyday people going about their daily lives. It’s about taking chances and stepping out…
READ MOREFilm Review – I.S.S.
I.S.S. (2023) presents an intriguing premise. The International Space Station is a laboratory, observatory, and research facility that has been orbiting Earth since the late 1990s. The “ISS” came to be through the collaboration of multiple countries – namely the United States and Russia. As of…
READ MORETop 15 Films of 2023 – Allen’s Picks
2023 was marked by two historic labor strikes from the writers (WGA) and actors guilds (SAG-AFTRA). The strikes put a halt on American film and television work for months, as the two unions battled with studios over wages, streaming compensation, health benefits, likeness rights, artificial…
READ MOREFilm Review – Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Zack Snyder is a filmmaker who has always put effort into making big, bold, and splashy imagery. Whether it’s superheroes, Spartans, zombies, or an army of owls, Snyder has routinely leaned toward dark and dramatic visual compositions. That would explain why he so often chooses to…
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