Film Reviews
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John Wick: Chapter 4
At last, we return to the Wickiverse and, once again, our hero goes Wicksonian on all opposition.
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Creed III
With Creed III, it’s not pulling from classic boxing matches but from something he’s a huge fan of: Shonen anime.
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Alright, what we have here is that Guy Ritchie seemed to be envious of Tom Cruise and called up his main star Jason Statham and decided to do a Mission Impossible-like spy romp with a touch…
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Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Soderbergh and screenwriter Reid Carolin put together a film that at times feels like a gender-flipped Pretty Woman that becomes a film about filmmaking with a heavy dose of romantic tension and beefcake for those…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
This was a movie that just had Kang on screen more than telling a good and fulfilling story and one worthy of Ant-Man and the Wasp standing on its own.
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You People
Basically: A raunchier Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and a great rom-com about two people who never expected to fall for each other. Time to be honest: I’ve been hard on Kenya Barris and his work lately. Some…
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When You Finish Saving the World
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg Basically: A mother and son deal with difficulties relating to each other during his teenage years. While researching When You Finish Saving the World, I found that debut writer/director Jesse Eisenberg first wrote this story…
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Missing
Directed by Nicholas D. Johnson & Will Merrick Basically: A teenage girl who has a rocky relationship with her mom has to search for her when she doesn’t return from a trip. Who saw Searching a few years…
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Andor: A Bold and Gritty Evolution of the Star Wars Universe
The story of the beginnings of the Rebel Alliance through the character of Cassian Andor from Rogue One
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Movie Review: Prey
Prey is an awesome restart of the Predator franchise featuring a fantastic new heroine with a star-making performance.
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Mr. Malcolm’s List
Basically: An Austen-style Regency ‘romance novel’ in a fanciful film. It is a fact not well acknowledged, that during the George W. Bush recession, the readers of Romance novels kept the publishing industry alive. (Because they…
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X
Basically: In 1979 a group of people rent out a house on an old farm from two old people to make a porno but none of it goes well. I’m pretty open about the fact that…
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Watch This Week – 2/7/22
This week: Ms. Pat: Y’all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?, Disenchantment, Dollface, Inventing Anna, Love is Blind, The Sky is Everywhere, Bel-Air
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DUNE: Part One
The inspiration for Tatooine (and more), the most diabolical houses, a chosen one, and the vast imagination of an iconic SF hits the screen…hard
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Joker
Basically: A dumbfounding misery parade featuring the rise of a Trump Era Joker. Before we begin, let’s take time for a few special announcements. First, I am a DC Comics girl. I say “girl” because I’ve…
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Basically: Y’all should do as the Parabellum title suggests and “prepare for war”. I recently wrote a piece for The Black List in which I enthused, “Full disclosure, I’m an assassin movie fanatic. Mention John Wick or The Long Kiss Goodnight or The Assassin and…
