Posts Tagged ‘Greta Gerwig’
Episode 146 – Barbie
For this episode of the podcast, we review Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie movie, and for the streaming homework, we review the 1994 Hong Kong romantic comedy, Chungking Express. Keith also gives us details about last weekend at San Diego Comic-Con. Download the episode here. Watch the…
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Episode 31 – 1917, Little Women, and The Irishman
Keith and Cassidy are back to wrap up the final releases of 2019. In this episode of the podcast, we review the world war epic 1917, Greta Gerwig‘s adaptation of the literary classic Little Woman, and we finally tackle the latest Scorsese film, The Irishman.…
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Film Review – Little Women (2019)
This is how you do it. Film adaptations of classic pieces of literature are so common we all take them for granted. And in the case of some works like this one, it feels like there have been so many versions created at this point…
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Film Review – Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson has one of the most unique visual styles of any filmmaker. His compositions are almost always perfectly symmetrical. The camera is often placed at eye level, with his subjects either facing straight toward us, or perpendicular to the right or left. His sets…
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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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The MacGuffin’s Top 10 Films of 2017
One of the nicest things about writing for The MacGuffin is that all the film reviewers on this site have such varied tastes. Since we do not all live around the Los Angeles and New York City areas, the films that receive awards buzz may…
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Film Review – Lady Bird
I’ll just come out and say it. I love Greta Gerwig. I love her a lot. She seems both smart and funny, and while she is – like most Hollywood people – exceptionally pretty, it doesn’t feel like a thirsty beauty, if you get what…
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Film Review – 20th Century Women
Before I go on my mini rant, I just want to say that there are a lot of things I like about 20th Century Women. I’ll talk about them later, but because I am frontloading this review with whining, I just thought I’d let you…
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