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Quickie Reviews: Annihilation; Game Night; The Party

February 23, 2018 0 Comments

Annihilation is interesting and weird, slow and methodical, and dare I say, bordering on boring. Hyper-sensitive fans of the film may ream me for not fully grasping or appreciating the…

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Review: Fifty Shades Freed

February 10, 2018 0 Comments

Seven years hence the release of “Fifty Shades of Grey", it’s time to close the book on the movie franchise that the popular and controversial novel helped procreate. If you’ve…

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Review: 12 Strong

January 30, 2018 0 Comments

It's Thor! As a soldier! On a horse! That got my attention. And it helped hold my attention while 12 Strong delivered some fairly standard war drama stuff. It's a…

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Quickie Reviews: Paddington 2; The Commuter

January 14, 2018 0 Comments

Paddington 2 - “If you’re kind and polite, the world will be right.” If only it were that simple. In Paddington’s world, it is. That’s why kids and adults could…

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Cinema Clash Podcasters talk Darkest Hour, The Shape of Water, Wonder Wheel, and the DC Film Critics Awards

December 10, 2017 0 Comments

Got an hour or so to kill? Like to listen to podcasts? If so, check out this super-sized edition of the Cinema Clash podcast with Charlie and Hannah (me) and…

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Quickie Reviews: The Hitman’s Bodyguard; Logan Lucky; Patti Cake$

August 20, 2017 0 Comments

The Hitman’s Bodyguard falls into the bucket of mindless summer entertainment that offers a decent-enough cinematic escape for anyone willing to accept the movie for what it is and not…

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Quickie Reviews: The Glass Castle; Wind River; The Fencer; A Taxi Driver

August 12, 2017 0 Comments

I’m generally a fan of (or maybe a sucker for) movies based on real people and events, so that could be why I had a pretty good week at the…

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Quickie Reviews: The Dark Tower; Brigsby Bear; Detroit; Step; An Inconvenient Sequel; Escapes

August 6, 2017 0 Comments

The Dark Tower. I’m not a Stephen King purist so I didn’t go into this movie with the same high expectations as those who’ve read the series of books that…

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Quickie Reviews: Atomic Blonde and Landline

July 30, 2017 0 Comments

Atomic Blonde is set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall in late 1989. As the Cold War appears to be nearing its end, the spy game…

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Quickie Reviews: Girls Trip; Dunkirk; Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

July 22, 2017 0 Comments

This film is trippin’! It may not garner any Oscar nominations, but it’s definitely the most fun option of the week for anyone in the mood for a comedic escape.…

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Quickie Reviews: Wish Upon; A Ghost Story; City of Ghosts; The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography

July 15, 2017 2 Comments

For those who don’t go bananas over blockbusters like War for the Planet of the Apes, there are some alternatives out there. But, be careful what you wish for. Wish…

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AFIDOCS Reviews Part Two

June 21, 2017 0 Comments

Saturday was a full day, and I had not thought I was choosing films with a theme, but at the end of the day I realized it was a day…

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Cinema Clash podcast: Snatched; The Lovers; King Arthur; The Wall; Obit

May 13, 2017 0 Comments

I missed my chance to see the Amy Schumer/Goldie Hawn Mother's-Day-weekend comedy Snatched and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword before they opened, but that didn't stop me from chatting…

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

May 11, 2017 0 Comments

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 does what a good sequel is supposed to do. It preserves the elements that made the first one a big success (intergalactic action and…

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Gifted

April 29, 2017 0 Comments

Gifted is admittedly schmaltzy and formulaic, but it fits a current void in our cinematic options for chick flick dramas. It plays a bit like a Nicholas Sparks movie –…