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Film Review: ‘Oppenheimer’ is Christopher Nolan’s Epic and Mesmerizing Protest Against Nuclear Annihilation and Character Assassination
When you think of Christopher Nolan, you don’t think of activism or character studies. With Oppenheimer, he’s putting forth an epic version of both. In crafting a biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear bomb, Nolan has opted to make this a tale of not just one of the 20th century’s most […] More
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Interview: ‘Boston Strangler’ Actor David Dastmalchian Discusses His Complex Evolution On DeSalvo
Over the last decade David Dastmalchian has become a go to actor for complex and often offbeat characters. In James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad he played Polka-Dot Man, a supervillain dealing with mommy issues. The character who would be easy to laugh off, until Dastmalchian finds a way to capture your heart in the wild […] More
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Film Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ is a Competent Look at How Incompetence Assisted a Serial Killer
I love a good procedural. Whether it’s cops or the FBI catching a serial killer, investigative journalists on the hunt for the truth, or sometimes a merging of both, the genre is just inherently watchable. There are bad ones, of course, but even a decent one is enjoyable. At the same time, when one is […] More
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TIFF Film Review: ‘Dune’ Could Be the Next Great Franchise
It’s no secret that I’ve been somewhat skeptical about Dune. For well over a year, I’ve expressed a bit of trepidation that this ambitious undertaking would be doomed to fail. For one thing, Dune has foiled many before. The source material may well be impossible to successfully adapt, at least without an epic length. So, […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Suicide Squad’ is an Instant Classic from James Gunn and Cinematic Nirvana
Wow. For a few weeks now, the buzz had steadily been building that James Gunn had really pulled off something special with The Suicide Squad. Well, now I can add to the chorus of early raves. This is a magnificent achievement, literally as good as it gets for comic book films. Far more than just […] More
