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  • AnalysisRetrospectives

    ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ and the Art of Framing

    by Kali Tuttle February 17, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle February 17, 2021

    The Silence of the Lambs scares the living daylights out of me. Anthony Hopkins is possibly the most terrifying actor to exist. I’m not sure if he should take that as a compliment or not, but…

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  • ReviewsRomance

    ‘Song Lang’ Follows a Familiar and Beautiful Tune

    by B Peterson October 9, 2020
    by B Peterson October 9, 2020

    You’d think that after Portrait of a Lady on Fire, we wouldn’t need romances, or even narrative films, anymore. I mean, Céline Sciamma has kinda been there and conquered that. Be that as it may,…

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  • AnalysisRetrospectives

    ‘Goodfellas’ Actually Has Bad Fellas

    by Kali Tuttle September 18, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle September 18, 2020

    In case you were not aware, Goodfellas actually doesn’t have good fellas in it. I don’t mean the actors — the actors are great and are on par with every other Martin Scorsese film. What I…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    ‘The Big Ugly’ is a Surprisingly Gentle, Character-driven Thriller Starring Vinnie Jones

    by Chris van Dijk August 2, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk August 2, 2020

    A mob enforcer with a troubled conscience, a crime boss who wants to go legit, and an oilman with a fatalistic code of honor. These are the three main players of Scott Wiper’s The Big…

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  • AnalysisFeatures

    Stranger Than Fiction: Unsolved Mystery or Lifetime Movie?

    by K at the Movies July 29, 2020
    by K at the Movies July 29, 2020

    As they say, truth is often stranger than fiction. No better show demonstrates than the longstanding, recently revived program Unsolved Mysteries. The show covers a variety of cold cases that show just how unexplainable our…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    ‘Money Machine’: Disturbing and Sensational (Not in the Good Way)

    by Patricia Henderson July 11, 2020
    by Patricia Henderson July 11, 2020

    On the first day of October, 2017, tragedy struck in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the final night of Route 91 Harvest, an outdoor country music festival. An estimated 22,000 people were in attendance. At…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    ‘The Painter and the Thief’ and the Relationship Between the Artist and Their Muse

    by Nick Kush May 29, 2020
    by Nick Kush May 29, 2020

    One of my deepest fascinations in film is when artists find a way to blur the line between art and reality. As I’ve said time and time again, meta readings of films are some of…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    ‘Arkansas’ is a Wonderful Slice of Hangout Noir

    by Chris van Dijk May 4, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk May 4, 2020

    Clark Duke has made a sizeable living being the dependable comic relief. He was the one who traveled to the fictional eighties alongside John Cusack in Hot Tub Time Machine; he was the nerdy sidekick…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    ‘Disappearance at Clifton Hill’ Takes the Unreliable Narrator Up a Notch

    by Nick Kush February 28, 2020
    by Nick Kush February 28, 2020

    I like to think I’m a fan of most film genres, but there’s something about a taut mystery that is extra exciting. Disappearance at Clifton Hill channels a lot of what makes the genre great, trapping…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘Charm City Kings’ is an Urgent Portrait of Baltimore With Serious Breakout Potential

    by Nick Kush February 11, 2020
    by Nick Kush February 11, 2020

    After my first experience at Sundance last year, I arrived this year at the festival cognizant of the hyperbolic reactions that come with the environment. (Or, at the very least, I did my best. I’m…

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  • Action/AdventureReviews

    ‘The Gentlemen’ is a Disposable, Yet Welcome Return to Guy Ritchie’s Comfort Zone

    by Sean Coates January 25, 2020
    by Sean Coates January 25, 2020

    Guy Ritchie has had quite an interesting career. Making a name for himself in the late 90s and early 00s with the critical and financial success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, movie-goers were…

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  • Action/AdventureReviews

    The Madness of Crispin Glover Cannot Save ‘Lucky Day’

    by Chris van Dijk October 27, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk October 27, 2019

    Here’s the premise: a psychotic hitman goes on an ultra-violent odyssey to avenge his brother’s death. Does this sound intriguing to you? Not really? Well, that’s because I forgot to mention that this hitman is…

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  • Netflix DramaNetflix Reviews

    ‘El Camino’ is an Outstanding and Satisfying Breaking Bad Epilogue

    by Alessandro Louly October 18, 2019
    by Alessandro Louly October 18, 2019

    As a huge fan of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, I was admittedly nervous about El Camino. Jesse Pinkman’s ending in Breaking Bad was a satisfying conclusion to a beloved character. So, when I…

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  • AnalysisRetrospectives

    Rewatching ‘The Accused’ in #MeToo Era

    by Natasha Alvar August 11, 2019
    by Natasha Alvar August 11, 2019

    I watched The Accused many years ago, at a point in my life where I was too young to really know what was going on in the film. I knew it was a movie about…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    Film Review – A Score to Settle (2019)

    by Chris van Dijk August 9, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk August 9, 2019

    It’s time for another Nicolas Cage VOD feature! I’m not saying I’d rather watch Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — nor am I at all bitter about it not being out in my…

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  • ComedyReviews

    Film Review – The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

    by Nick Kush July 23, 2019
    by Nick Kush July 23, 2019

    Whether you’re looking at your Twitter feed, scrolling through an article, or even aimlessly walking by the TV as pundits discuss the day’s news, it’s difficult to escape the notion of toxic masculinity. The term…

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  • Netflix ReviewsNetflix Thriller

    Film Review – Point Blank (2019)

    by Cammy Madden July 13, 2019
    by Cammy Madden July 13, 2019

    I’ve always been a fan of action-thrillers that involve corrupt cops. From Filth and Lakeview Terrace to Training Day and The Departed. The trailer for Point Blank suggests that it will follow the budding bromance…

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  • DramaReviews

    Film Review – A Violent Separation (2019)

    by Patricia Henderson May 26, 2019
    by Patricia Henderson May 26, 2019

    Mix two directors, young attractive leads, some good performances, nice cinematography, and a made-for-TV vibe, and you get A Violent Separation. While this movie has some things going for it, there was clearly an untapped well…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    Film Review – Dragged Across Concrete (2019)

    by Chris van Dijk March 24, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk March 24, 2019

    I have been anticipating Dragged Across Concrete from the moment I became aware of its existence. Every so often, I would peruse the Internet for any announcements of its release date. The earlier reviews from…

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  • Netflix Action/AdventureNetflix Reviews

    Film Review – Triple Frontier (2019)

    by Nick Kush March 20, 2019
    by Nick Kush March 20, 2019

    Triple Frontier had me feeling a bit nostalgic for a time when the crime thriller reigned over everything else in Hollywood. A few decades ago, when an A-lister was looking for a big-time project, they…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    Film Review – Miss Bala (2019) [Video]

    by Nick Kush February 14, 2019
    by Nick Kush February 14, 2019

    So “Bala” translates to “Bullet” in English. That’s right, Columbia Pictures released a hard-edged, tough as nails crime thriller entitled Miss Bullet. Shoosh, these jokes write themselves, don’t they? Did Roger Corman secretly make this film?…

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  • DramaReviews

    Film Review – King of Thieves (2019)

    by Chris van Dijk February 4, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk February 4, 2019

    You might not associate Michael Caine with the crime genre, but he’s actually played quite a few memorable crooks in his 62-year acting career. From a professional thief in The Italian Job, to an avenging…

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  • Netflix Action/AdventureNetflix Reviews

    Film Review – Close (2019)

    by Michael Heimbaugh January 24, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh January 24, 2019

    Witnessing Netflix’s transformation from humble video-rental to gigantic streaming behemoth (bestreamoth?) has been disorienting at best. Whereas the release of a new Netflix original movie was once a momentous occasion, the platform nowadays churns out an…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    Film Review – Destroyer (2018)

    by Nick Kush January 13, 2019
    by Nick Kush January 13, 2019

    There’s always a few movies at the end of the year that are hoping for awards but ultimately get swallowed up by the sheer volume of films with similar aspirations. The awards season is often…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    Film Review – Widows (2018)

    by Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe November 27, 2018
    by Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe November 27, 2018

    After a few noteworthy prestige films that included Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen is back with Widows, a film that is sure to wow all kinds of audiences with its genre flair.…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    Film Review – Dogman (2018) [Watch]

    by Nick Kush November 3, 2018
    by Nick Kush November 3, 2018

    Usually films filled with dogs skew towards becoming overly sentimental and saccharine, shoving dogs in the face of the viewer simply for a cheap emotional response. Dogman, the latest film from Matteo Garrone, goes in the…

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  • AnalysisRetrospectives

    ‘Bullitt’ is Still Great After All These Years

    by Veronica Clarke October 17, 2018
    by Veronica Clarke October 17, 2018

    Bullitt, a crime/action movie, was first released fifty years ago today. Starring Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn, it’s far more intelligent than you might expect, and it has become a cinema classic. The Synopsis Just…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – Peppermint (2018)

    by Nick Kush September 18, 2018
    by Nick Kush September 18, 2018

    Pierre Morel deserves a lot of credit (and some of the blame) for the current state of action movies. His smash hit thriller Taken made studio executives realize the simplicity that can come with the action movie…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – Searching (2018)

    by Steven Ruiz August 27, 2018
    by Steven Ruiz August 27, 2018

    We live in a time where abduction thrillers are popping up once every year. Studios try to repeat the success of 2009’s Taken. There have been many Taken knockoffs such as 2013’s The Call and…

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  • Analysis

    Why The Gangster Sub-Genre Just Isn’t As Relevant Today

    by Stephen Finlay August 19, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay August 19, 2018

    The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking relatively fast but also plateauing in equal measure. It laid…

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