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    F*** You Everybody, Good Night: 25 Years of ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’

    by Michael Heimbaugh January 27, 2021
    by Michael Heimbaugh January 27, 2021

    (CW: rape/abuse) Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were on a white-hot streak in 1995. Each had two critically acclaimed, wildly successful features under his belt (for Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction; for Rodriguez, El…

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    ‘Unknown Origins’ Needs More Courage in Its Convictions

    by Brian Connor August 30, 2020
    by Brian Connor August 30, 2020

    Unknown Origins, David Galan Galindo‘s first solo feature as director (he previously helmed one of the sections of portmanteau film Al Final Todos Mueren) brings the world of comic book fandom to the serial killer genre…

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    ‘The Last Days Of American Crime’ Is a Joyless Ordeal

    by Brian Connor June 9, 2020
    by Brian Connor June 9, 2020

    In a (slightly more) dystopian near-future, The USA is preparing to turn on the ‘American Peace Initiative’, a signal that acts as “a synaptic dampener making it impossible for a person to carry out an…

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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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    ‘Spenser Confidential’ is Yet Another Forgettable Berg/Wahlberg Action Romp

    by Michael Heimbaugh March 15, 2020
    by Michael Heimbaugh March 15, 2020

    Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have been inseparable since first teaming up for 2013’s Lone Survivor. In the years since, they’ve become Hollywood’s leading providers of robust, forgettable action thrillers with weirdly conservative politics. They’re…

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    ‘Uncut Gems’ Exit Survey: This is How Sandler Wins

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 11, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 11, 2020

    2019 was a big year for A24, which distributed some of the more noteworthy and beloved indie films, including The Lighthouse, Midsommar, High Life, The Farewell, and many more. But arguably none were more successful…

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    We All Have Our Bad Days: 25 Years of ‘Serial Mom’

    by Michael Heimbaugh April 19, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh April 19, 2019

    John Waters’ films are all about transgression. Like his contemporary David Lynch, the underground cinema icon seeks to expose the rot at the heart of the idyllic world of post-World War II America. But where…

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    40 Years of ‘The Warriors’: How Well Does the Cult Classic Hold Up?

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 11, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 11, 2019

    Last week, Walter Hill’s street-fighting gang adventure The Warriors celebrated its 40th anniversary. Hill’s film, while initially poorly received by critics, has in the decades since its release garnered a massive cult following. But the big…

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    Film Review – Soni (2019)

    by Nathan Heard January 21, 2019
    by Nathan Heard January 21, 2019

    A policewoman with anger management issues; a complicated and confusing romantic relationship; and tension between said policewoman and her superiors. If you’re into slow-moving films with all the elements of a good police thriller —…

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    Heat (1995): The Realistic Film that Ruined the Crime Genre

    by Lance Heard July 24, 2018
    by Lance Heard July 24, 2018

    Heat (1995), the famous first pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, was so well made, with such high quality on both sides of the camera, that it was too good

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    Film Review – Den of Thieves (2018)

    by Nick Kush January 20, 2018
    by Nick Kush January 20, 2018

    Gerard Butler isn’t a stranger to action films, and he’s at it again in Den of Thieves, a gritty heist film in the vein of Heat and others like it.  The quality of his films haven’t exactly been…

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