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Film Review: ‘Fool’s Paradise’ is a Tour de Force Comedy Performance from Charlie Day
Hollywood satires used to be produced more than they are now. In part, that’s due to the disappearing of the mid-range movie, but another aspect of it is that so many tend to miss the mark. When one works, it can be a riot. However, when they don’t, it’s often a train-wreck of a film. […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Starling Girl’ is a Gentle and Well Realized Coming of Age Story
Watching someone struggle with their faith, as well as come of age, is hard to pull off on-screen. Especially when your viewer is not religious, that aspect of the story can just bounce right off of them. Plus, there are so many coming of age tales that you really need to make sure it’s not […] More
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TV Review: ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Expands From Anime In Its Second Volume
Star Wars: Visions’ second volume of shorts is a bit more inconsistent than the first, but still remains compellingly stylistic throughout. More
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Film Review: ‘BlackBerry’ is a Clever and Even Thrilling Look at the Development, Rise, and Fall of a Revolutionary Phone
For what it’s worth, I was once a devoted BlackBerry user. The phone, for all its pluses and negatives, was exactly what someone like I wanted, in that the keyboard was there. I’ve since moved on to iPhones and am plenty happy, but the BlackBerry holds a special place in my heart, especially during my […] More
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TV Review: Hilariously Addictive ‘Bupkis’ Is Just What You’d Expect From Davidson and Much More
Am I jealous of Pete Davidson? No, I am not. Okay, I lied just a little bit there. Hell yeah I am jealous! Let’s get that out of the way. The guy started working on Saturday Night Live at the age of 20, has worked on television and film with some of the industry’s best, […] More
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Film Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ is an Emotional Goodbye to Friends From James Gunn
Throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe, no franchise has been more consistently beloved, or handled with more of a singular vision, than the Guardians of the Galaxy films. Shepherded by James Gunn, the now three movies are all big science fiction epics, to be sure, but they’re also funny tales of friendships and makeshift families. They’re […] More
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Film Review: ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Sees David Lowery Bring His Vision to the Classic Children’s Tale
The career of David Lowery fascinates me. On the one hand, he can do impressionistic work like Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, hypnotic art house fare like A Ghost Story, and a bizarre fantasy like The Green Knight. Then, he can turn around and exude warmth not just with The Old Man and the Gun, but […] More
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TV Review: ‘Mrs. Davis’ Takes Viewers on a Wildly Original Quest For The Holy Grail
Have you ever seen those viral videos where an infant tries a new food and cannot process the new experience at first? One taste leaves them wincing and contorting their faces with hilariously cute results. That was my brain as I started watching Peacock’s new science fiction comedy-drama series Mrs. Davis. Based on the key […] More
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Theater Review: Colin Quinn Hilariously Combines ‘Small Talk’ and Big Ideas
Colin Quinn has tremendous staying power. For a comedian who comes in at a shockingly low 140 out of 145 on Rolling Stone’s ranking of SNL cast members (one of the topics he self-deprecatingly discusses during his act), Quinn seems to be doing just fine. Maybe that’s because Quinn has mastered the art of small […] More
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Film Review: ‘The End of Sex’ Has Low-Key Romantic Comedy Charm That Goes Down Easy
A romantic comedy trafficking in as well-worn territory as The End of Sex really needs to do something in order to stand out. It can go for raunch and to lean into the sex of it all. It can focus in on hijinks. Or, it can focus in on the relationship and invest you in […] More
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Film Review: ‘Ghosted’ is a Breezy Action/Comedy/Romance Mix That Manages to Waste Ana de Armas and Chris Evans
Films that seek to merge action, comedy, and romance invariably seem to lean more in one direction than the others. Maybe it’s mostly trying to be funny? Perhaps it just wants to be an action flick? Hell, it could also take the romance most seriously. Whether it feels like a romantic comedy with guns or […] More
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Film Review: ‘Evil Dead Rise’ is a Lean and Mean New Installment in the Horror Franchise
There are two types of Evil Dead projects. There are the serious ones and there are the ones with their tongues planted in their bloody cheeks. Now, the serious gore outweighs the silly gore, but there’s an interesting middle ground to be found with Evil Dead Rise. It’s not meant to be funny, but there’s […] More
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