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Aug 14 |
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The inhabitants of The Grand Son (former title: American Pets) live in a world of detachment and playing just for show. Not one emotion rings true, for each action is undone by the next. Love does not exist; people are merely...
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Aug 3 |
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Author’s note: Mentioning anything beyond what I’ve mentioned here constitutes spoilers. The Forest of the Lost Souls is best discovered and experienced without its surprises divulged, so please excuse my lack of...
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Aug 2 |
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We’ve seen the themes of Christopher Robin before in countless films about parents who just don’t have the time – or the soul – to share with their families. They’re breaking their backs at work, tasked with important...
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Aug 2 |
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My memories of The Spy Who Dumped Me go like this: ACTION SCENE. Okay, that’s kinda neat. Quiet establishing scene. Wait, is that supposed to be funny? MORE BIG BOOM. Okay, this is a comedy, so why am I not laughing? MORE BOOM....
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Jul 13 |
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The day before viewing Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, my eight-year-old daughter and I crammed both of the preceding installments in a 3-hour binge. Yup, 180 minutes of animated Adam Sandler shtick, co-written either by...
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Jun 27 |
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In The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, it is written: “What we do now echoes in eternity.” A modern-day update of that would be a line from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s final soliloquy in Hamilton: “What is a legacy? It’s...
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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...
