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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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‘PREDATOR: BADLANDS’ REVIEW: A VIOLENT SPACE CREATURE GETS THE ENDEARING TALE OF FOUND FAMILY HE’S ALWAYS DESERVED
There is not a question of if we need more films in the “Predator” franchise. Instead the question is “why don’t we already have hundreds of them?” The series which debuted in 1987 seemed like a response for the 80’s…
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‘SENTIMENTAL VALUE’ REVIEW: JOACHIAM TRIER’S GENTLE EMBRACE OF FORGIVENESS IS THE MOST EMPATHETIC APPROACH TO HOW ART CAN HEAL ALL
A house goes through a lot before one can call it a home, and even upon completion a home becoming welcoming is something entirely different. For Joachim Trier, a filmmaker who continuous to search for the humanistic approach to pain,…
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‘BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER’ REVIEW: AN EASY WIN OVERPLAYS ITS HAND IN A WEIGHTLESS TALE OF LOST SOULS
You wouldn’t be blamed if early on in Edward Berger’s BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER you found yourself feeling lost. This is not to say the film which stars Colin Farrell as a deep pocketed sweaty gambler is confusing. In…
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