Category: Reviews
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Don’t pick up the call for ‘Scream’
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“What is even more baffling than allowing a franchise to run on too long is not allowing one to reach its full potential.” – Justin Bruce Before watching this film, I made a pact with…
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Daniel Craig exits Bond franchise with a bang in ‘No Time to Die’
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“Do you expect me to talk?” No Mister Bond, I expect you to die.” – an exchange between Sean Connery as James Bond and Gert Fröbe in 1964’s Goldfinger. No Time to Die is the…
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Showdown: ‘Promising Young Woman’ vs. ‘I Care a Lot’
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Films anchored by female villains are still not too commonplace, even less so are ones garnering major awards. But with Promising Young Woman and I Care a Lot, we have two concurrent examples. Darkly comic yet deadly…
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Showdown: ‘News of the World’ vs. ‘The Marksman’
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Every so often, two movies that are more or less seen as being the same thing are released in close proximity to each other. We have another case of that here, even more amazing considering that…
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The force is tepid with ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
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“Slip to the darkside and cross that line.” – Eddie and the Cruisers In my past evaluations of the Star Wars films, I was very generous in doling out high praise. I was so enthralled with the imagination…
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‘Birds of Prey’ flies low
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“The clown may be the source of mirth, but – who shall make the clown laugh?” – Angela Carter I owe the makers of Joker a big apology. Yes, they did screw a lot up,…
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‘The Last Full Measure’ is a hit and a slight miss, all in one
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“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated…
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‘Little Women’ lands big
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“Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other.” – Carol Saline Little Women is one property I have not had much exposure to. Prior to the 2019 film,…
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‘Bombshell’ is fake news
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“I believe in only two things completely: the first amendment, and boobs.” – Clay Travis Those words were actually spoken on CNN, but Bombshell posits that many over at its competitor Fox News share the…
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Sam Mendes and a tremendous cast bring ‘1917’ to life
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“As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not” – Lester B. Pearson – Canadian politician “The trench was a horrible sight. The dead were stretched out on one…