The Beauty Of ‘Blue Heron’ Shows The Imperfect Dance of Memory and Documentation
Memories can either be a Polaroid picture that yellows and fades over time or feel as real as the...
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Category: Film Reviews
‘Over Your Dead Body’ Has Two Tonal Lanes and Coasts In The Middle
Dan (Jason Segel) and Lisa (Samara Weaving) are married. Hold your applause because that’s where...
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‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Is ‘Evil Dead’ With Tethered Bandages
If it walks like “Evil Dead” and talks like “Evil Dead,” it’s “Evil Dead,” right? Well, no....
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Are We Actually Ready To Grapple With ‘Michael’s Knotty Legacy?
How do you chronicle the life of a legendary artist whose aura almost transcends the confines of a...
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‘Faces of Death’ Uses The Infamous Film As A Metatextual Compass To Examine Our Unruly Social Media Hellscape
Even discussing the infamous 1978 mondo horror film “Faces of Death” now feels like an electric...
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‘Slanted’ Peters Out When Having To Anchor It’s American Assimilation Critiques Beyond Worn Satire
Amy Wang’s “Slanted” exists within the realms of patriotic satire and draws on elements from films...
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‘Wishful Thinking’ Takes A Fantastical Twin Flame Premise And Grounds It With Hard Revelations
In 1986, Bryan Ferry once asked, “Is Your Love Strong Enough?” for the “Legend”...
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Storybook Love? ‘Obsession’ Will Make You Think Twice About It
Baron, otherwise known as Bear (Michael Johnston), is trying to muster the nerve to tell his...
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‘The Moment’ Is ‘Brat,’ But It’s Sad, And The Party Is Over
What is the worst outcome for an artist? Is it to never achieve success or to create something so...
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‘Whistle’ Is A Play On Previous Reaper Curses With Little Beyond That
The million-dollar question is: if you had a chance to know when and the manner in which you would...
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’28 Days Later: The Bone Temple’ Depicts Idolatry As The Real Monster
It’s easy to see why the zombie sub-genre has endured for as long as it has — frankly,...
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“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” Goes Bigger, But At The Cost Of Better
Just a bit of housekeeping, I didn’t find the animatronic Chuck E. Cheese characters all that...
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