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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Superhero
‘The Suicide Squad’: A Ridiculously Entertaining Course Correction
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesCast your minds back five years ago to August of 2016. After two successive movies of superhero allies fighting each other over clashing ideologies with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil…
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Streaming HorrorStreaming Reviews
There Are No Dead Ends in ‘Fear Street Parts Two and Three’
by Jack Edgarby Jack EdgarComing 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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‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Is a Despicable Display of Studio Marketing
by Nick Kushby Nick KushIn the never-ending LeBron James-Michael Jordan debate, it always comes back to counting championships. For many, LeBron will never surpass Jordan until he at least earns his sixth NBA title. Sitting at four currently, that…
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If you know a thing or two about horror movies, you are probably aware that the heydays of Italian horror are long over. Instead of coming up with something original, directors Roberto de Feo (also…
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‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Is Only for the Most Forgiving Action Movie Aficionados
Stop me if you’ve seen this one before: a highly-skilled assassin working for a shadowy organization gets betrayed by their employers and is hunted down; said assassin, though merciless if need be, becomes emotionally attached…
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Streaming HorrorStreaming Reviews
‘Fear Street Part One: 1994’ Is Classic, Bloody Fun
by Jack Edgarby Jack EdgarTeen 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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Streaming AnimationStreaming Reviews
‘Luca’ Is Low-Stakes, Luscious, and Loving
by Nick Kushby Nick KushCrystal blue water, golden hour sunshine, delicious pasta, and plenty more lovely vibes. While watching Luca, you may come to forget it comes from the same company that made three Cars movies. It probably won’t…
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Streaming HorrorStreaming Reviews
‘Son’ – The Boy Ain’t Right (Or Is He?)
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorKids. Love ’em or hate ’em, we can all agree they’re emissaries of Satan sent to destroy the Earth, amirite? Or possibly vampires. Or something that isn’t right. At least that’s the case for young mother Laura…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Science Fiction
‘The Tomorrow War’ Offers a Lot of Action, but Is Let Down by Its Derivative Screenplay
This is the time of the year when Oscar rumors are beginning to make the rounds. Let me be helpful and add some: I predict that The Tomorrow War will not win an Oscar for its…
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Netflix is home to far too many crime documentaries, especially about murder, so you might be tempted to skip this one. However, that would be a shame. After all, Murder by the Coast isn’t a…
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Streaming Action/AdventureStreaming Reviews
‘Xtreme’ Might Be the Start of Something Special
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorGather ’round children, an old man is going to tell you about ye olde action movies. Let me take you back to a time when Chuck Norris headlined films. When Michael Dudikoff had a career.…
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‘Army of the Dead’: A (Mostly) Earned Victory Shamble for Zack Snyder
It’s safe to say that no American filmmaker working today is quite as polarizing as Zack Snyder. Detractors renounce the Watchmen, 300, Man of Steel et al. director as the hack creator of one dour,…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
There’s No Saving ‘The Woman in the Window’
by Jack Edgarby Jack EdgarAs 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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Streaming AnimationStreaming Reviews
‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’ Is Another Resounding Win for Sony Pictures Animation
by Nick Kushby Nick KushAll hail Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, purveyors of all things deliriously unhinged, meta, and yet still somehow deeply thoughtful. I still contend one of the biggest mistakes in blockbuster moviemaking the last decade was…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
‘Oxygen’: A Stylish Sci-Fi Thriller With an Emotional Core That Ultimately Struggles for Air
A woman wakes up in a cramped cryogenic pod. She can’t remember who she is or how she got there and as the pod’s AI matter-of-factly informs her, she’s fast running out of oxygen. Alexandre…
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Streaming DramaStreaming Reviews
‘Monster’ Is Mostly Good but Falls Short of Being Profound
by Aubrey McKayby Aubrey McKayI find myself thinking about 2017’s Get Out, a lot. It being one of the best movies made in my lifetime aides to that, but I often find myself reflecting on Jordan Peele’s decision in…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Science Fiction
‘Stowaway’ Is a Breath of Fresh Air
by Aubrey McKayby Aubrey McKayWith the world slowly starting to show signs of normalcy, the impact of COVID-19 on the entertainment industry, and specifically film, is undeniable. The visible wake of the impact from the virus grows more apparent…
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Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews
If You’re Fishing for Truth, Avoid ‘Seaspiracy’
by Jack Edgarby Jack EdgarLet’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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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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High school movies are a dime a dozen. Though the specific narrative, characters, and details will vary, the genre, for the most part, is pretty cookie-cutter. The new Netflix film, Moxie (based on the book…
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Well, it couldn’t last forever, could it? Week after week, I have been able to watch and review some splendid movies on this very site. Unfortunately, Red Dot is not one of them. In fact,…
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‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’ – A Somewhat Sickly-Sweet but Satisfying Sendoff
by Zoe Dowsettby Zoe DowsettThe third installment in the To All the Boys canon follows Lara Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter (Noah Centineo) as they prepare for their post-high school future at Stanford together. Everything is neatly scheduled, including the…
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When we think of archeology, we think of exotic locales, hordes of ancient buried treasures, and danger coming from the locals who are not pleased by the sudden appearance of strangers. But in reality, it…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Romance
‘Malcolm & Marie”s Stunning Performances Elevate a Lackluster Screenplay
by George Clarkby George ClarkSam Levinson’s lockdown project Malcolm & Marie will go down as one of the most divisive movies this year. Starring the incredible Zendaya as Marie and John David Washington as Malcolm, the film is based…
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Streaming Action/AdventureStreaming Reviews
‘Outside the Wire’ Loses Itself in Dreary Cyborg Action
by Nick Kushby Nick KushI don’t know about you, but I certainly didn’t go into Outside the Wire expecting it to function as a critique of the U.S. military. Mikael Håfström’s latest operates with the idea that if the military continues…
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Streaming DramaStreaming Reviews
‘Pieces of a Woman’: Vanessa Kirby’s Tour de Force Puts Her in the Oscars Race
Pieces of a Woman is Kornél Mundruczó’s first full feature in English. The acclaimed Hungarian director teamed up with big names such as Vanessa’s Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, and Ellen Burstyn, and the movie chronicles the consequences of…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Science Fiction
‘The Midnight Sky’ Reaches for the Stars But Falls Short
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorWhat Does Hollywood Have Against 2049? 2049 and three weeks after what is referred to as “The Event”, humanity faces extinction, except for the extravagantly named Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney), who has remained at his…
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Every year, a day after the Oscars ceremony, I start writing an article about the awards for the following year. This year was no exception. Of the movies that I predicted to be nominated, some were…
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‘Mank’ Is an Idiosyncratic, Cynical Look Into an Alternate History
by Nick Kushby Nick KushCitizen Kane. Decent flick. Odds are you were forced to study it endlessly in your Intro to Film course in college — it’s second only to Breathless among the films you were most likely to hate…