Posts Tagged ‘Woody Harrelson’
SXSW Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
The film opens in 1990 at a hotel in Florida. Woken up by what Michael J. Fox thought was a moth fluttering against his cheek, it was instead a trembling pinkie finger animating itself, and he could not get it to stop. Thinking of why…
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Film Review – Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund, writer/director of the masterful Force Majeure (2014), is back to once again question and deconstruct commonly held social beliefs. Instead of looking at the institution of marriage and the roles of husbands and wives, Östlund casts a wider net in Triangle of Sadness (2022). Winner of the…
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Film Review – The Man from Toronto
The case of mistaken identity is about as old as storytelling itself. When done well, it can provide for excitement and thrills – Alfred Hitchcock was a master at this kind of structure. When done poorly, you end up getting The Man from Toronto (2022). This is…
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Film Review – Kate
When I saw the advertisements for Kate (2021) my first thought was, “Wait a minute, didn’t this movie already come out?” I could’ve sworn that I had already seen it earlier this year, and I racked my brain trying to figure out why it was…
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Episode 24 – Zombieland: Double Tap
Happy Halloween! In this episode of the podcast, we review the long-awaited horror-comedy sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, and for our Netflix homework, we review the supernatural thriller, In the Tall Grass, based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill. We also deep dive…
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Film Review – Zombieland: Double Tap
One of the big draws of Zombieland (2009) was the chemistry of the main cast. Zombie-apocalypse survivors Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) made for an entertaining dysfunctional family. Seeing them interact and play off one another…
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Film Review – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
We are overdue for another film that pits a woman, acting singularly, working against the establishment. The last film that depicted this was Miss Sloane, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is another welcome addition. With the current news flooded with sexual harassment claims by…
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Film Review – War for the Planet of the Apes
After gaining awareness, leading an uprising and starting an independent life, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his society of evolved apes have one more transgression to contend with before as the latter part of the title indicates, inheriting a planet. The third film in Twentieth Century…
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