Movie Reviews
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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Offers Entertaining Blend of Action and Commentary | TV/Streaming
Given Marvel’s recent shift to promoting female heroes—despite frequently hopscotching the line of genuine, thoughtful inclusion and transient, half-baked “girl-power”…
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The Secret’s in the Sauce: Alison Brie on Spin Me Round | Interviews
Brie is joined in the film by an ensemble cast that includes Debby Ryan, Molly Shannon, Zach Woods, Tim Heidecker,…
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Create the Legend: Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives | Features
In 1974, Jonathan Rosenbaum complained that most writing about the legendary Austrian film director and actor Erich von Stroheim got…
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Call Me Crazy: Anne Heche (1969-2022) | Tributes
From there, her star grew, becoming virtually omnipresent in 1997 and 1998 with films like “Donnie Brasco,” “Wag the Dog,”…
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Let the Little Light Shine movie review (2022)
When Black and Latinx neighborhoods are reduced to mere statistics on the news, the work of documentary filmmakers is absolutely…
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Inu-oh movie review & film summary (2022)
Unfortunately, there’s a fundamental disconnect between these musical numbers’ raucous energy—specifically how they’re visually represented—and the music that we hear…
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Secret Headquarters movie review (2022)
Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who made their name in 2010 with the documentary “Catfish,” have nothing nearly so…
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Fall movie review & film summary (2022)
Becky (Grace Caroline Currey), husband Dan (Mason Gooding), and Becky’s BFF Hunter (Virginia Gardner) are climbing a sheer mountain face…
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Day Shift movie review & film summary (2022)
“Day Shift” is a movie in the vein (har har) of “R.I.P.D.,” “Shaun of the Dead” and their early dollar theater progenitors:…
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Emily the Criminal movie review (2022)
Emily is a specific individual, but she is also representative of her generation’s particular struggles. She went to an expensive…
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