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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Mother Schmuckers’

    by Nick Kush January 31, 2021
    by Nick Kush January 31, 2021

    After watching two idiots attempting to pan sear their own shit and feed it to their mother in the opening scene of Mother Schmuckers, I have concluded that Cinema is now dead. I’m bracing for…

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    ‘Psycho Goreman’ Is a Hilarious Cinematic Treasure That Is Destined to Become a Cult Classic

    by Chris van Dijk January 26, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk January 26, 2021

    Sometime in 2020, I saw a trailer for a movie in which two kids had control of a galactic monster. It looked deliciously bonkers. There was extensive gore, people’s heads were torn off through their spines;…

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    ‘Locked Down’ Is a Time Capsule that Should Stay Buried for a While

    by Brady Sanders January 16, 2021
    by Brady Sanders January 16, 2021

    In just a few years, director Doug Liman plans to go into outer space and film a movie with Tom Cruise. Yet somehow, that still won’t be the most ambitious film Liman’s ever tackled. Rather,…

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    Jamie Babbit’s ‘The Stand In’ Is a Fun But Forgettable Way to End 2020

    by Bethany Lola December 11, 2020
    by Bethany Lola December 11, 2020

    In theory, double the Drew Barrymore should mean double the jokes, but The Stand In fails to achieve a script even a quarter full of funny moments. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still plenty of enjoyment here,…

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    Raise a Glass to ‘Another Round’

    by Brian Connor December 3, 2020
    by Brian Connor December 3, 2020

    Norwegian psychotherapist Finn Skårderud once posited the idea that humans are too sober. He believed the ideal running level for mankind was a blood alcohol level of 0.05%. (Interestingly, fellow noted scientist Elizabeth Hurley had…

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    ‘Superintelligence’ Does the Bare Minimum at Every Turn

    by Nick Kush December 2, 2020
    by Nick Kush December 2, 2020

    An artificial intelligence studies someone who is apparently the most average human on Earth to learn more about humanity as a whole. At the end of this guinea pig session, the artificial intelligence will take…

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    The Cognitive Dissonance Within ‘A Rainy Day in New York’

    by B Peterson October 12, 2020
    by B Peterson October 12, 2020

    Oh look, that new Woody Allen film is finally coming out in the States, the one with Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez. Huh. Guess it’d be interesting to review that, to see if it’s any…

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    ‘Unpregnant’: We Have to Laugh

    by Anna Campion September 25, 2020
    by Anna Campion September 25, 2020

    Writer’s note: This review briefly discusses a plot point involving stalking, if you need resources on stalking and domestic violence, please visit https://www.thehotline.org/. The personal is political and art is political. I’ve learned this in…

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    ‘Bill and Ted Face the Music’ is Proof the World Isn’t Such a Bad Place After All!

    by Chris van Dijk September 1, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk September 1, 2020

    The world has changed a lot since the characters of Bill and Ted first hit the big screen. Bill and Ted, if you don’t know, are two loveable Californian simpletons who were prophesied to one…

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    ‘Tesla’ Breaks Every Biopic Rule

    by Nick Kush August 28, 2020
    by Nick Kush August 28, 2020

    If there’s one kind of movie that bores me the most, it’s the by-the-numbers biopic, which often plays like creatives formed the script by glancing at a Wikipedia page. You can forget most biopics about…

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    ‘Palm Springs’ is Refreshing from Start to… Right Before the Finish

    by Lisa Geurts August 4, 2020
    by Lisa Geurts August 4, 2020

    Initially, the concept of Palm Springs is easy to grasp. Boy meets the girl. Boy and girl hook up. From this point on, however, it becomes a bit of a whirlwind. Partly produced by The…

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    ‘Yes, God, Yes’ is a Thoughtful and Often Hilarious Interrogation of Blind Faith

    by Nick Kush July 29, 2020
    by Nick Kush July 29, 2020

    I grew up in a Catholic household, went to Catholic high school, and went to church every Sunday. So yes, Catholic guilt is coursing through my body every waking moment. Seriously, the amount of guilt…

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    ‘Zombie for Sale’ is a Pretty Cute Zombie Film

    by Lisa Geurts July 27, 2020
    by Lisa Geurts July 27, 2020

    As far as foreign-language films go, I am in love with cinema from all over the world, with Korean cinema taking a strong lead. Being from a country with a small number of movies that…

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    ‘Irresistible’ is Political in the Best Way

    by Lisa Geurts July 6, 2020
    by Lisa Geurts July 6, 2020

    As a Dutch person who is used to having government made up of coalitions, American politics can feel daunting. Even scary at times, when they are essentially only two ways you can vote, for the…

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    ‘Babyteeth’: A Vibrant, Yet Bittersweet and Transgressive Take on the Teen Cancer Dramedy

    by Sean Coates June 18, 2020
    by Sean Coates June 18, 2020

    As MovieBabble’s unofficial and self-appointed Australian correspondent, it is my obligation to pounce on any Australian film that falls into the lap of the MovieBabble staff to review. My ears especially prick up when I…

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    ‘Lucky Grandma’: Making the Elderly Cool Again

    by Blake Ison May 27, 2020
    by Blake Ison May 27, 2020

    Lucky Grandma is the Chinese/American debut feature film directed by Sasie Sealy, and tells the story of Grandma Wong, an ill-tempered, chain-smoking, newly widowed Grandma eager to live an independent life in the bustling Chinatown…

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    ‘How To Build A Girl’ Knows How To Build A Rapport

    by Brian Connor May 8, 2020
    by Brian Connor May 8, 2020

    How To Build A Girl is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by English journalist and broadcaster Caitlin Moran. As a woman who was writing for a national music magazine at 16 and writing for The Times…

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    ‘Bad Trip’ is Exactly as Advertised: a Stupid, Good Time

    by Chris van Dijk May 6, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk May 6, 2020

    Days before the release of Bad Trip, I had discovered the wonderful stupidity of The Eric André Show. It’s a baffling show, not just hilarious, but sometimes eerily surreal. It’s not a show that wants you…

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    Jean Dujardin Stars as a Jacket Enthusiast Turned Serial Killer in ‘Deerskin’

    by Nick Kush April 30, 2020
    by Nick Kush April 30, 2020

    I agonized over the title of this article for some time. (SEO is tough, ya’ll.) But sometimes, when a movie is as ridiculous as Deerskin, being as plain as possible can do wonders. It paints…

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    ‘Bad Education’ is the Allegory We Need Right Now

    by Hunter Goddard April 27, 2020
    by Hunter Goddard April 27, 2020

    High school reporter Rachel Bhargava (Geraldine Viswanathan) is photocopying financial records from her district’s archives when she notices water dripping from the ceiling. She’s working on a story about a skywalk her superintendent, Doctor Frank…

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    ‘Why Don’t You Just Die!’: From Russia, With (Some) Love

    by Blake Ison April 13, 2020
    by Blake Ison April 13, 2020

    Why Don’t You Just Die! comes from writer/director Kirill Sokolov and tells the story of Matvey, a young man who has been tasked with murdering his girlfriend’s detective father, Andrey, by none other than his…

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    ‘Big Time Adolescence’: A Refreshingly Honest Coming-of-Age Film

    by Spencer Henderson March 18, 2020
    by Spencer Henderson March 18, 2020

    When I was a teenage boy, like many of my peers, I was obsessed with coming-of-age films. In particular, I loved the high school party comedies like Superbad, American Pie, and Dazed and Confused. I…

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    A Beloved TV Show Takes a Shot at the Big Screen in ‘Impractical Jokers: The Movie’

    by Patricia Henderson March 3, 2020
    by Patricia Henderson March 3, 2020

    Full disclosure: my family and I are fans of the television program, Impractical Jokers. In fact, on weekends, when my husband is home, it’s on for much of the day. It’s in heavy rotation on truTV,…

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    ‘Emma.’: The Creative Comfortable

    by Anna Campion February 25, 2020
    by Anna Campion February 25, 2020

    It is a truth universally acknowledged…wait, wrong one. “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly…

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    ‘The Nowhere Inn’ Ruins the Tour Documentary For Every Recording Artist

    by Nick Kush February 17, 2020
    by Nick Kush February 17, 2020

    I had a funny experience when I caught up with Netflix’s Miss Americana, the Taylor Swift documentary which captures her political awakening while also recapping her career and work leading up to the release of…

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    ‘The Jesus Rolls’ is ‘The Big Lebowski’ Spin-off You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

    by Chris van Dijk February 12, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk February 12, 2020

    Like my fellow ordained Dudeist Ministers out there, I’ve seen The Big Lebowski countless times. It’s a film that not only became increasingly entertaining after each consecutive viewing, but its underlying message also became of great philosophical and spiritual…

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    You’ve Already Forgotten about ‘Like a Boss’, Haven’t You?

    by Nick Kush January 16, 2020
    by Nick Kush January 16, 2020

    Ah, January, a time when every critic wonders why they even bother. I often think that studios think something similar as they release bottom-of-the-barrel material with a lazy shrug that says, “well, at least we…

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    ‘Noelle’ Marks The Beginning of Disney Making Low Stakes Streaming Content

    by Nick Kush November 20, 2019
    by Nick Kush November 20, 2019

    Since Netflix began pumping out original content every single week, there’s been a clear difference between their high-end properties such as Roma or the upcoming The Irishman and something such as Tall Girl or Sierra Burgess is a Loser. Putting…

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    Watching ‘Man Camp’ Without Expectations

    by Patricia Henderson November 15, 2019
    by Patricia Henderson November 15, 2019

    Most of us have had this happen. You see an impressive trailer or hear people rave about how good a movie is. You have to see this movie! More often than not, when you finally do,…

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    Taika Waititi is Channeling His Softer (But Still Zany) Side in ‘Jojo Rabbit’

    by Nick Kush November 9, 2019
    by Nick Kush November 9, 2019

    So far in his career, Taika Waititi has essentially told two kinds of stories: ones that are nothing but unabashedly goofy chaos (think What We Do in the Shadows or Thor: Ragnarok) or a coming-of-age…

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