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Film Review: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is a Soaring Achievement of Mainstream Entertainment
Top Gun is an 80’s classic, without question, even if few would argue that the film is a crowning achievement of cinema. So, while it’s an incredibly fun watch and a strong star vehicle, was anyone truly clamoring for a sequel? All of that suggests that a second installment, especially decades later, would not be […] More
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Film Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ is a Compellingly Odd Wartime Drama
There are an endless amount of films about World War II. Name a genre and the second World War has had a movie centered within it. So, it’s less about finding a new type of WWII picture to make and more about finding a new story to tell. So, it’s actually kind of interesting to […] More
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TV Review: ‘The Staircase’ Is A Riveting, Unsettling Puzzle
In 2001 Michael Peterson (Colin Firth) found his wife Kathleen (Toni Collette) collapsed at the foot of their staircase banged up, bloody and barely conscious. He called 911 for help explaining she must have fallen when he was outside near the pool. When the police arrived they discovered something much worse than a fall, it […] More
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Film Review: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Brings Sam Raimi’s Horror Stylings to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is not exactly the spot you visit for a wide ranging exploration of genres. So, back when a sequel to Doctor Strange was announced, filmmaker Scott Derrickson suggestion that he was doing a horror film caught much attention. Of course, Derrickson’s eventual departure seemed to indicate that we weren’t actually getting […] More
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Film Review: ‘Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known’ Proves That the Tony Winner is Still a Bonafide Masterpiece
About 15 years ago, my family and I were was visiting my sister in New York City. Whenever we came to the city, we were lucky enough to see a Broadway show. The show that we saw during that trip was a brand new musical called Spring Awakening, which was playing at the Eugene O’Neill […] More
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Film Review: ‘Memory’ Finds Liam Neeson Struggling with His Violent Past
Liam Neeson in an action movie is old hat by now. Hell, even just a few months ago, he was in another film (Blacklight, reviewed here) where he had a special set of skills. Neeson is too talented of an actor to be stuck in these kinds of throwaway flicks, but sometimes, there’s a bit […] More
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Film Review: ‘Hatching’ is a Gnarly Monster as Message Movie Experience
One of the hallmarks of elevated horror is that the scares are sandwiched within a message or a metaphor. We’ve seen it time and time again, often with quite a bit of success. One element or another may take center-stage, but the mix is a prerequisite. Your individual type of horror may vary, but this […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Duke’ is Roger Michell’s Cinematic Farewell Alongside a Showcase for Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren
There is a certain gentle rhythm or mildness that comes with the work of the late Roger Michell. Considering how mellow a film of his tended to be, it always remains a strange bit of trivia to me that he nearly directed the James Bond flick Quantum of Solace. 007 never seemed like a fit, […] More
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Film Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ is Yet Another Middle-of-the-Road Video Game Movie
Back in 2019, when the first trailer dropped for the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie, many people went into it with many low expectations. Some were surprised that it wasn’t half bad, but some also thought it fell into a similar category to that of Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, where charm and humor didn’t necessarily make […] More
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TV Review: ‘Better Call Saul’ Keeps Getting Better As Its Characters Break Bad
Better Call Saul fans rejoice, season six of the Saul Goodman story is now upon us. When the series premiered it started its run with some real challenges. It was a followup to what was and remains to be widely seen as one of the best television series of all-time, Breaking Bad. This meant it […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Bad Guys’ is Mild Fun for Good Little Kids
Evaluating animated fare clearly aimed at small children is always a challenge. On the one hand, you want to grade a work like that on a curve, since the audience is far from film critics. At the same time, effective storytelling or execution needs to happen, regardless. In the case of The Bad Guys, you […] More
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TV Review: ‘The Offer’ Peels Back the Curtain on a Masterpiece
Is The Offer a good show? Sure, it’s fun and entertaining to watch, but for movie lovers and historians, it’s an offer they simply can’t refuse. Adam Arkin, Dexter Fletcher and Colin Bucksey share directing duties of the 10-episode limited series, which dramatizes the turbulent journey it took to get The Godfather made. While watching […] More
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