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Jack Edgar

Jack Edgar

Jack works as a brand and marketing strategist by day to support his subscription streaming habit. He is a contributing writer at MovieBabble and lives in Washington, DC.

  • Action/AdventureReviews

    ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and the Irreplaceable Artistry of Tom Cruise

    by Jack Edgar June 10, 2022
    by Jack Edgar June 10, 2022

    Warning: this review contains unabashed adoration for Tom Cruise.  So leave your shit at the door, no one wants any part of it. Cowards couch their praise of Cruise behind opening statements like, “We all…

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    ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ and the Return of Nicolas Cage

    by Jack Edgar April 27, 2022
    by Jack Edgar April 27, 2022

    A year ago, Nicolas Cage starred in a small, buzzy movie called Pig.  When I wrote about it, I described his performance as somber and moving — an excellent Cage performance that put him back…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    ‘Nightmare Alley’ Avoids the Supernatural, but Casts a Haunting Spell Nonetheless

    by Jack Edgar December 29, 2021
    by Jack Edgar December 29, 2021

    “People are desperate to tell you who they are.” This lesson is one of many imparted to Stan (Bradley Cooper) in the first act of Nightmare Alley — the story of a rise and fall…

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    ‘Mass’ Is a Study of Grief, Told Through Masterful Performances

    by Jack Edgar October 16, 2021
    by Jack Edgar October 16, 2021

    There’s a line that creators of topical art must keep in mind as it’s being crafted — so easy is it to become melodramatic, “preachy”, or unrealistic. The slightest misstep can take a viewer out…

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    ‘Cinderella’ Is the Disaster You Knew It Would Be

    by Jack Edgar September 17, 2021
    by Jack Edgar September 17, 2021

    At one point in this 113-minute slog, Cinderella (Camila Cabello) asks another character with great distress, “But, but, but why??” And such is the question we all must ask ourselves after viewing what is nearly…

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  • HorrorReviews

    ‘Candyman’ Aims for Immortality, and Nearly Finds It

    by Jack Edgar September 12, 2021
    by Jack Edgar September 12, 2021

    1992’s Candyman is considered a classic of the slasher genre — mythologically inventive, steeped in relevant racial themes, and far more ambitious than contemporary slasher films; which at the time were so verging on self-parody…

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    There Are No Dead Ends in ‘Fear Street Parts Two and Three’

    by Jack Edgar July 27, 2021
    by Jack Edgar July 27, 2021

    Coming off Fear Street Part One: 1994 — a nostalgic 90s-style teen slasher and a fabulously fun entry into the genre in its own right — I was concerned that the follow-up sequels in the trilogy…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021: ‘The Last Horns of Africa’

    by Jack Edgar July 15, 2021
    by Jack Edgar July 15, 2021

    Nature documentaries often take a wonder-first approach to storytelling: the narration and cinematography are acutely focused on portraying the majesty of nature, the beauty of its subjects, and the stunning worlds that exist parallel to…

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    ‘Pig’ Dares to Ask: Can Nicolas Cage Make Us Emotional in 2021?

    by Jack Edgar July 14, 2021
    by Jack Edgar July 14, 2021

    Few arguments seem more daunting in 2021 than taking the stance that Nicolas Cage is a good actor. Best known in 2021 as the man who stole the Declaration of Independence, or perhaps more unfortunately…

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    ‘Fear Street Part One: 1994’ Is Classic, Bloody Fun

    by Jack Edgar July 13, 2021
    by Jack Edgar July 13, 2021

    Teen slasher flicks — we all know how they work. The kids are horny (unless you’re the bullied virgin), the night is dark and full of terrors, and the blood is fire engine red. Wash,…

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  • MusicalsReviews

    ‘In The Heights’ Takes the Modern Movie Musical to New, Well, Heights

    by Jack Edgar June 18, 2021
    by Jack Edgar June 18, 2021

    Once scheduled for a mid-2020 release, In the Heights was one of last year’s summer blockbusters to fall victim to a delayed launch due to the pandemic and the shuttered theater industry. And after a…

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    ‘Flashback’: A Trippy Light Show with Little to Show for Itself

    by Jack Edgar June 16, 2021
    by Jack Edgar June 16, 2021

    I promise I like a lot of movies — I even am a huge fan of the thriller genre! I know that recent reviews of The Virtuoso and The Woman in the Window seem to…

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    There’s No Saving ‘The Woman in the Window’

    by Jack Edgar May 21, 2021
    by Jack Edgar May 21, 2021

    As I’m sitting at my laptop writing this review, I’m drinking a glass of red wine — partly inspired by The Woman in the Window’s central protagonist Anna Fox, and partly driven to drink by…

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    ‘The Virtuoso’ Is One Long Bad Vibes Anonymous Meeting

    by Jack Edgar May 7, 2021
    by Jack Edgar May 7, 2021

    Growing up, there was a time in my life where only one book series truly mattered: Goosebumps. And within R.L. Stine’s nearly infinite list of book titles was a particularly special set of books, the…

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  • Retrospectives

    ‘Bridesmaids’ Revisited

    by Jack Edgar May 2, 2021
    by Jack Edgar May 2, 2021

    “CHICK FLICKS DON’T HAVE TO SUCK.” This quote from Movieline’s Jen Yamato was splashed across movie posters for Bridesmaids leading up to its wide release on May 13th, 2011. The marketing team must have loved…

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  • Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews

    If You’re Fishing for Truth, Avoid ‘Seaspiracy’

    by Jack Edgar April 20, 2021
    by Jack Edgar April 20, 2021

    Let’s get it out of the way first: Conspirasea was right there. It’s a vastly better name, but then again, it may have raised expectations for a documentary certainly incapable of delivering on any promise…

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    The Super-Disaster of ‘Thunder Force’

    by Jack Edgar April 16, 2021
    by Jack Edgar April 16, 2021

    What is the nicest way to ask a happily married couple to call it quits? An email? A phone call? A box of Shari’s Berries? If you have an answer, sound off in the comments.…

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  • ComedyReviews

    Enter the Orbit of the Great Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘French Exit’

    by Jack Edgar April 3, 2021
    by Jack Edgar April 3, 2021

    What a treat it must be to be Lucas Hedges. By twenty-four, he’s already established himself as one of the finer actors of his generation and has had the chance to work for the best…

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  • DramaReviews

    A Shameful Truth Declassified in ‘The Mauritanian’

    by Jack Edgar March 17, 2021
    by Jack Edgar March 17, 2021

    If you had not heard of The Mauritanian prior to Jodie Foster’s surprise Golden Globes win for best supporting actress, you weren’t alone; I was right there with you. The film — based on Mohamedou…

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  • AnimationReviews

    ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’: An Important, Imperfect Story

    by Jack Edgar March 16, 2021
    by Jack Edgar March 16, 2021

    Raya and the Last Dragon premiered on Disney+ on Friday, March 5th with perhaps the best lead-in it could have asked for in the midst of the pandemic: the season finale of WandaVision (it also…

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