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Jun 7 |
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Grief and guilt over the passing of loved ones is a universal part of life, regardless of whether we loved someone as much as we could, or if we distanced ourselves from them. The could’ves, would’ves, and...
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Jun 6 |
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Reviewing Ocean’s Eight is a conundrum. Are we supposed to judge if it stands alongside Steven Soderbergh’s 2001-2007 trilogy which provides this film’s basis, or are we to take it as a different animal entirely? The tone...
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May 18 |
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Life’s a game of wants and grasping at things out of our reach, trying like hell to attain them in a desperate bid for happiness. In the psychological thriller Beast, no one knows this more than the put-upon Moll (Jessie...
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May 2 |
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Growing up, I didn’t know the difference between a “scary movie” and a “horror film.” I kinda still don’t, but Ghost Stories made me realize just how vast that difference is. Everyone knows...
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Apr 19 |
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DC-area residents: The Endless starts playing at the Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market in DC on April 20, 2018. Independent horror has given us such delights as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, It Follows, and now, The...
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Apr 5 |
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SPOILER ALERT: While I do not discuss the ending, I will highlight something which happens in the pre-title sequence. It’s an event which drives the rest of the film; discussing it, though, ruins the intended shock. This...
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Mar 28 |
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Here’s the key to enjoying Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One: Realize the film’s $175 million budget covered the filmmaking and what rights to various properties they could afford....
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Mar 22 |
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I honestly didn’t want to see Pacific Rim: Uprising, much less review it. 2013’s Pacific Rim didn’t wow me, even with its larger-than-life, IMAX-sized monsters vs. machines WWE-style matches. Truthfully, films...
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Mar 21 |
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Submission reminds me of a story someone once told me about a kid she was babysitting. As soon as the kid’s parents left the house, the kid turned to my friend and said something to the effect of, “Here’s how...
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Mar 8 |
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Director Ava DuVernay’s adapation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time can be likened to a Maypole. At its center is a very solid adventure featuring two loveable, precocious children looking for their father under the...
