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in Op-edSunday Scaries: Why ‘The Strangers’ Still Lives Rent-Free in Our Heads 14 Years Later – “Because You Were Home”
Across the board, The Strangers is a film that stays with people. Fourteen years after its 2008 cinematic release, it remains one of those films that people tend to remember as one of the most frightening they have ever seen. Notably, the intense, bone-chilling terror The Strangers instills in its audience is achieved without the […] More
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Interview: Ellen Mirojnick and John Glaser Talk Food Groups, Creating a Costume House from Scratch, and Designing the World of ‘Bridgerton’
Few shows in recent memory have exploded onto the television scene quite like Netflix’s Bridgerton has. Blurring the lines between the historical and the fantastical, the Technicolor pastel world of Bridgerton is undoubtedly iconic. At every turn, Bridgerton takes viewers into a world that is part Regency and part modern day, part history and part […] More
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Film Review: ‘Drunk Bus’ Tackles Coming of Age in a Purgatory of Your Own Making
Directors John Carlucci and Brandon LaGanke’s Drunk Bus, originally intended for 2020 release on the festival circuit, shares with us a slice of campus bus driver Michael’s life. Michael, played by Charlie Tahan, is stuck in post-graduation limbo as his long-time girlfriend leaves him behind in Kent, Ohio to take a job in New York […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Affair’ is an Intimate, Yet Fragmented Look into the Unseen Costs of War
Julius Sevcik’s The Affair follows the lifelong journey of two best friends in Europe, embarking on adulthood and family life amidst the impending rise of Hitler’s Third Reich. Newlyweds Liesel and Viktor Landauer build a beautiful home, entirely unaware at the time that Nazis entering Czechoslovakia are about to change everything. The film tells of […] More
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Sisters React: ‘The Happening’ Happened and We’re Mad About It
The Sixth Sense, The Visit, Unbreakable: all of these are debatably awesome M. Night Shyamalan movies. The Happening did not make that list. Being that we’re both fans of Shyamalan (most of the time), this was both an exciting and disappointing Sisters React for Casey and I. If you’ve ever spent 90 minutes watching The […] More
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Film Review: ‘Ruth – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words’ is a Love Letter Worthy of the Notorious RBG
Academy Award winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock’s new documentary Ruth – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words is nothing short of a stunning portrait of an incredible life. The film beautifully illustrates Justice Ginsburg’s career, personal life, and unexpected rise to pop culture icon in seamless parallel threads. Viewers can’t help but realize that Ginsburg […] More
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Film Review: ‘Acasa, My Home’ is a Starkly Intimate Portrait of Family Upheaval
Filmmaker Radu Ciorniciuc’s debut feature documentary Acasa, My Home, chronicles the unusual lifestyle and drastic life change of the Enache family, composed of nine children and their two parents. The eleven live in the Bucharest Delta, an abandoned water reservoir on the immediate outskirts of a sprawling city. The Enaches have spent the last eighteen […] More
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Film Review: ‘Stars Fell on Alabama’ Falls Short
V.W. Sheich’s Stars Fell on Alabama tells the story of Bryce Dixon (James Maslow), a Hollywood film agent who hasn’t been back to his small Alabama hometown in fifteen years. When he discovers that he is the only remaining single member of his old friend group, he manages to convince his client, actress Madison Belle […] More
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Film Review: ‘Redemption Day’ Weaves a Complex Wartime Web
Director Hicham Hajji’s Redemption Day is a story of war, PTSD, and the oil lobby colliding and threatening to turn the lives of decorated Marine Captain Brad Paxton (Gary Dourdan) and his wife Kate (Serinda Swan) upside-down. In light of his impactful choices, it is surprising to note that Redemption Day is Hajji’s first feature […] More
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Film Review: ‘Modern Persuasion’ Delivers a Wonderfully Whimsical Rom-Com
Directors Jonathan Lisecki and Alex Appel’s new romantic comedy, Modern Persuasion, is a charming take on Jane Austen’s Persuasion. The film follows the story of Wren Cosgrove, a single workaholic and oft-proclaimed cat lady, discovering romance and revisiting memories of lost love. Wren must confront her ex-boyfriend, and their former relationship, after his company hires […] More
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Film Review: ‘Luxor’ Strives for Artfulness at the Expense of Storytelling
Luxor, writer-director Zeina Durra’s artistic drama set in Egypt, tells the tale of the unexpected reunion of two lovers, presumably decades after the demise of their original relationship. It emerges that what the two leads, an archaeologist and a warfront surgeon, have in common is that they are both essentially stuck in their individual and […] More
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Sisters React: Hyper-Sexualized ‘Holidate’
By now, most people have heard the buzz around the new Netflix film, Holidate. Marketed as a feel good, Christmas centric romantic comedy starring none other than Emma Roberts, it sounds promising. Being fans of Roberts, Casey and I (Kendall) were ready to indulge in yet another fun flick from the actress. To say that […] More
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