Posts Tagged ‘Kirsten Dunst’
Film Review – Civil War
The title of Civil War (2024) is a little misleading. The film does take place during a fictional scenario in which a section of U.S. states broke off and entered armed conflict with the rest of the country. But to say that this is about war, or…
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Top 15 Films of 2021 – Allen’s Picks
2021 felt like a year that was in a constant state of limbo. The Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the world for nearly two full years, and while some parts of society have started adjusting to a new way of living, it always felt like a…
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Episode 90 – The Power of the Dog
For this episode of the podcast, we review Jane Campion‘s latest period drama/western, The Power of the Dog. We also talk about the paranoid 1982 TV movie, Mazes & Monsters, starring a young Tom Hanks. For this episode’s special segment, we compare what fictional movie…
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Film Review – The Power of the Dog
Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a mean son of a gun. He runs his 1925 Montana ranch with his brother George (Jesse Plemons) like a dictator. Where George is a kinder, gentler soul, Phil controls things with a cruel iron fist. With pursed lips adorning…
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Film Review – The Beguiled
The frame, darkened around the edges, gives way to natural light towards the center. Nature and life creeps into view. Light stays in the center while darkness bleeds out, taking away almost any resemblance of an edge to framing of the shot. This becomes an…
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Film Review – Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures tells the true story of three black women in the early days of NASA who rose through the glass ceiling of race and gender to become important people in the U.S. space race. In the politics of 2016, reminders of what it used…
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Interview – Jeff Nichols – Midnight Special
Spencer interviews writer/director Jeff Nichols from the sci-fi thriller Midnight Special.
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SXSW Film Review – Midnight Special
The SXSW Film Festival this year does not have many heavy hitters this year. However, when Midnight Special was added to the schedule, the sci-fi nerd in me was a tad excited. I should say, from the trailer, it looks like a sci-fi film. How…
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