Posts Tagged ‘Jessica Chastain’
Film Review – Ava
Ava (2020) is the cinematic equivalent of painting by the numbers. It follows the outline of the thriller genre so strictly that you have to wonder if this is some kind of deconstruction or parody. Almost every trope you can think of makes an appearance.…
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Episode 19 – It Chapter Two
On this episode of the podcast, we talk about the new installment of the Stephen King epic, It Chapter Two. We also discuss talks of a Tank Girl reboot, a possible Rod Serling biopic, and a Face/Off remake. As our Netflix homework, we review the…
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Film Review – It Chapter Two (Second Take)
The film adaptation of It by Stephen King began in 2017, and the first film broke records making it the highest-grossing R-rated horror film of all time. The collision of a terrifying clown, hysterical comedic elements, and excellent casting of young actors who gelled and acted…
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Film Review – It Chapter Two
Two years after the smashing success of 2017’s It (now the highest grossing horror movie of all time), Andy Muschietti‘s It Chapter Two has come along to provide some catharsis and tie up loose ends. Unfortunately it becomes hopelessly tangled in its attempt to do…
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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 – Miss Sloane
A dramatic political thriller is just what we need to end 2016, right? Miss Sloane is not a documentary, but surely echoes the climate and corruption evident in political offices and lobbying.
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Film Review – The Huntsman: Winter’s War
In the latest effort of a studio to force feed us an unwanted franchise comes Universal’s The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016). This follow up to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman shamelessly incorporates pieces of better properties in an attempt to adhere towards the widest…
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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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