Posts Tagged ‘Jennifer Lawrence’
Film Review – No Hard Feelings
There was a time when a movie like No Hard Feelings (2023) dominated the box office. These were mid-budget, star-driven vehicles where the audience came not for the story but to see their favorite actors on the big screen. Things have certainly changed throughout the years. The…
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Film Review – Causeway
After a decade of high-profile projects and big budget franchise work, seeing Jennifer Lawrence in a smaller character piece is a welcomed change of pace. Her performance in Causeway (2022) is a reminder that she is not just one of the biggest stars in the movie business, but one…
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Film Review – Dark Phoenix
It’s crazy to think that the X-Men movie franchise, which helped kick start the superhero boom as we now know it, first appeared on screen nineteen years ago. Things have changed a lot since then. Seeing people that can shoot lasers out of their eyes…
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Film Review – Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow (2018) seems to be as interested in Jennifer Lawrence’s body than the characters in it. Lawrence plays Dominika, an accomplished Russian ballerina who – after a freak accident deprives her of her dancing dreams – somehow ends up as a super secret agent…
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Film Review – mother!
Before I go any further (or anywhere at all actually) I would like to note that I like art, so much so I went to art school for my undergraduate degree. I admire ambition and want to reward films that exist outside a franchise or…
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Film Review – Passengers
It’s rare to find a film in which one problem is so morally reprehensible that it ruins the entire thing. Case in point: Passengers (2016). This is a slick, well made sci-fi romance that features two good-looking movie stars at the height of their popularity.…
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Film Review – X-Men: Apocalypse
Spencer and Greg Upton (formerly of the Backroom Comics Podcast) take a look at the latest chapter in the X-Men saga, X-Men: Apocalypse, from director Bryan Singer and starring James McAvoy & Michael Fassbender.
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Film Review – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
In my review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014), I wrote the following: “…if its purpose was to make me curious to see what happens in the final entry, I’ll say it did its job” Now that I’ve seen The Hunger Games: Mockingjay…
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