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THE MONKEY REVIEW: OSGOOD PERKINS GOES BLOODY BANANAS IN A MANIACAL TALE OF FATHERHOOD
Tell me if you have heard this one before. A father walks into a pawn shop with a wind up monkey. The father claims the monkey is not safe for his children. The pawn shop owner says “I have no…
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PRESENCE REVIEW: STEVEN SODERBERGH BECOMES A GHOST IN A HEARTBREAKING FAMILY DRAMA
Whatever you do, do not look at the camera. It is a rule that every actor knows or at least should know. The breaking of the fourth wall as kitschy as it may be for some big hollywood studio films…
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OH, HI! SUNDANCE REVIEW: A HYSTERICAL MOLLY GORDON FIGHTS THE SITUATIONSHIP BUT THE FILM LOSES THE BATTLE
People may say relationships are all about honesty, but let’s be real in the modern dating world, all a relationship ends up being is two people trying to figure out what the actual hell the other person really thinks of…
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SUKKWAN ISLAND SUNDANCE REVIEW: AN ENDURANCE TEST OF SURVIVAL FINDS ITSELF AT AN EGREGIOUS ENDING
There are certain films that you just feel are quite unmemorable. They aren’t dreadful but they leave no lasting memory and they are almost forget by the time you get home from the theater. And then there are films that…
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TWINLESS SUNDANCE REVIEW: DYLAN O’ BRIEN GIVES A CAREER BEST IN A HYSTERICAL & DECEITFUL “BROMANCE” OF GRIEF
A twin never gets to be their own person. It sounds blunt but ask any twin (this critic is not one) and most will tell you the same thing. This lifelong connection to another person may not be the way…
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OMAHA SUNDANCE REVIEW: A TENDER HEARTBREAK OF PARENTAL PROTECTION AND DESTRUCTION
There can sometimes be a genuine fear that the Sundance Film Festival has lost its independent roots. While the worries may be valid it seems that every year this comes into conversation and every year there is at least a…
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BABYGIRL REVIEW: AN ENTICING CHRISTMAS GIFT IS NOT AS RISQUE AS IT DESIRES TO BE
Everyone deserves a little treat. No matter where you are in life there is always room for some fun. BABYGIRL the latest from director Halina Reijn wants us to explore a world where the treats we deserve have become our…
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A COMPLETE UNKNOWN REVIEW: JAMES MANGOLD THUNDEROUSLY CAPTURES AN ENIGMA IN A TIME OF ELECTRIC CHANGE
Some people are just an enigma. To impossible to ever understand no matter how much of themselves they give to us. There was a time when the world didn’t have Bob Dylan and then one day he, like the song…
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NOSFERATU REVIEW: LILY-ROSE DEPP IS PERFECTION IN ROBERT EGGERS’ GOTHIC PORTRAIT OF DESIRE
It is a tale as old as time, no not that one, but it does involve a beauty and a beast. A beautiful woman calls out to the unknown in search of answers and instead of finding hope something sinister…
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WICKED PART ONE REVIEW: ERIVO AND GRANDE DEFY GRAVITY WHILE A DRAGGED OUT VISUAL EYE SORE BRINGS THEM DOWN
While we may have learned as children that there is “no place like home” it is easy to argue that returning to the wonderful land of Oz is just as desired. 1939 Gave us the classic “Wizard of Oz,” a…
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