Author: Anthony Papetti
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‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’ REVIEW: RYAN GOSLING IS ALONE ON A MISSION TO ENTERTAIN WHILE AVOIDING ANY SOLAR SYSTEM OF DEPTH
If you have been waiting for the next “hopecore” solo man in space story, then boy do I have the movie for you. ‘Interstellar,’ “The Martian,’ and ‘First Man,’ made it appear that a subgenre truly grew out of the…
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‘SUMMER 2000: THE X-CETRA STORY’ SXSW REVIEW: THE POWER OF GIRLHOOD GIVES A POP GROUP A SECOND CHANCE IN A DELIGHTFUL DOC
Nowadays everything is recorded. It has been this way for quite some time but now more than ever, the day to day movements we make have a chance to go viral. Often against our choice. God forbid we spill coffee…
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‘ANIMA’ SXSW REVIEW: A SOMBER ROAD TRIP GENTLY GUIDES US TO THE AFTERLIFE
What do we want said about us after we die? It is a pretty intense and possibly morbid question to ponder. The simple answer is most likely we want people to say good things about us and we want to…
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‘HOPPERS’ REVIEW: PIXAR DELIVERS A FEVER DREAM OF A MOVIE THAT IS AS WEIRD AS IT IS ADORABLE
It is an odd time to say that Pixar has lost its way. What people may mean when they say this is that financially Pixar has not been the juggernaut that it has in quite some time. And yet there…
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‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ REVIEW: EMERALD FENNELL USES BRONTE’S WORK TO MASK HER UNIMAGINATIVE DESIRES
Not being Bowen Yang comes with its benefits because I do not know how one walks out of Emerald Fennell’s new film pretending to be shocked by its third act turn. As he was informed by the wise Tina Fey,…
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‘LEVITICUS’ SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: AN ENDEARING QUEER LOVE STORY FIGHTS A TERRIFYING ENTITY IN ADRIAN CHIARELLA’S NAIL-BITING HORROR
Metaphors in horror films are nothing new. In fact you can say they can pretty much go hand in hand. Sometimes its overbearing, other times greatly needed. But above all they appear so often in horror films because at the…
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‘TUNER’ SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: LEO WOODALL IS PITCH PERFERCT IN A CRIME CAPER THAT STRUGGLES TO FIND THE RIGHT NOTE
There is something so fascinating about watching someone with an extraordinary talent. An elite athlete, a virtuoso or a child prodigy. Perhaps sometimes it is just someone with a skill that is more rare than we think. TUNER the first…
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‘SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT’ REVIEW: A NEW REIMAGINING DELIVERS A BLOODY CHRISTMAS DELIGHT
While presents are often expected during the Christmas and holiday season there is still nothing better than being treated with something you did not expect. Sure one could say that is not the meaning of the holidays but let’s be…
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‘WICKED: FOR GOOD’ REVIEW: A DREADFUL SECOND ACT IS WITHOUT COURAGE, BRAIN OR HEART
The second act of Broadway musicals are just not good. Especially in terms of modern theater, the second act often struggles to live up to the bravado of the first act. And while this is true it is often an…
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‘HAMNET’ REVIEW: TRAGEDY BECOMES EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION IN CHLOÉ ZHAO’S MUTED WEEPER
Art can heal all. While many artists will stand by this idea, art being a cathartic tool also means great pain must be put in. But above the pain what must always be put in great art in other to…
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