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The Electric State feels like it was stitched together with ChatGPT, containing none of the humanity it strives to portray.
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Anna Kendrick’s solid directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, is a tough, uncomfortable examination of patriarchal misogyny and sexism through the lens of actor Cheryl Bradshaw’s brief time in Hollywood. Looking for any kind of professional break, Bradshaw went on The Dating Game in 1978 and unexpectedly matched with contestant Rodney Alcala. For those who […]
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It’s been 23 years since the original Chicken Run turned into the sleeper hit of 2000, endearing itself to children and adults alike with quick wit and Aardman’s exceptional stop-motion and clay animation. Now, we have an update on how Ginger (Thandiwe Newton), Rocky (Zachary Levi), and the rest of the chickens from the Tweedy […]
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Adapting the character- and plot-thick “Luther” into a two-hour film comes with a big caveat. Series creator and film scriptwriter Neil Cross has whittled away to the barest of what draws us to “Luther,” keeping us fully in the legendary hard-bitten detective’s shoes while spinning a terrifying web around him that threatens to strangle him […]
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You could say that We Have a Ghost is, for all intents and purposes, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, but with, well, a ghost. And you would be right, as they follow the same essential tracks. But writer/director Christopher Landon – working from a short story by Geoff Manaugh – gives us a wondrous ride […]
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The panache and glamour of both detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) and the high-profile mysteries in which he is embroiled have a gravitational pull like few others. It’s the fulfillment of the promise of a goofy time amongst people who purport to be close friends or family, winding up quite opposite that as the plot […]
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Now, this is a vampire story I can dig – a workingman’s vampire movie that leans into its action and comedy elements with gusto and sass. Day Shift revels in making vampire hunting a blue-collar occupation, the way that we’d look at pool cleaners, plumbers, and other similar tradesmen. I’m sure this kind of conceit […]
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Review originally published at Gunaxin on November 28, 2019. (Screened at the Middleburg Film Festival on October 20th, 2019) The Irishman finds Martin Scorsese in a reflective, pensive mode, being both a meditation on aging and venturing into seldom-traveled territory. What happens to gangsters who faithfully live up to the Cosa Nostra’s vows of silence […]
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Life is messy, scripted as it proceeds minute by minute. Plans are made but broken by the unintended; rarely do plans ever come to any kind of satisfying fruition. All around us are people walking the same insane, hectic path the world leads us down. We either fight it or we become part of it, […]
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Midnight Mass (2021) – TV Review
Embarrassing disclosure: I was under the impression Midnight Mass was a film, not a television show, which is why I requested to write about this. I don’t usually review TV shows, so this might throw you off a bit. (Truth be told, it’s throwing me off bit, too.) How do I have any kind of authority […]
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