Posts Tagged ‘Octavia Spencer’
TIFF Review – Encounter
The stars above give birth to a meteor that plummets to the Earth. The meteor’s debris carries foreign microorganisms that make their way up the food chain through detailed close-ups of insects to the ultimate host, humans, via biting insects. The opening scenes of Encounter…
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Film Review – The Witches (2020)
As a kid, the family movies that left a strong impression on me were the ones that toed the line between being safe and outright terrifying. They weren’t straight horror films, but they didn’t shy away from presenting darker themes for younger audiences. Return to…
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Episode 36 – Onward
In this episode of the podcast, we review Disney-Pixar’s latest animated film, Onward. We also discuss our go-to content for when we’re sick at home, as well as our current quarantine media obsessions. At the end of the show, we review the independent comedy Don’t…
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Interview – Sean Anders – Instant Family
Spencer interviews writer/director Sean Anders from the dramedy Instant Family.
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Film Review – Instant Family
Movie Reviewing is tough because in judging the movie itself you have to look at the movie itself and not just it’s subject matter. Some stories are genuine filled with heart and goodness. But if the movie is just okay it makes you feel cruel…
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Film Review – The Shape of Water
In their truest form, fairy tales, especially the ones that have lasted over time, have a dark undercurrent to them. They might be about something fanciful, but often there is something sinister lurking around the edges of the story in their original form. The Little…
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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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Film Review – Fruitvale Station
Watching Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, I was overwhelmed by a wide range of emotions: anger, confusion, and, above all, sadness. This was one of the more difficult film-going experiences I’ve had in a long time. The film recounts the true story of Oscar Grant, a…
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