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    ‘Training Day’: The Making of a ‘Good’ Villain

    by Kali Tuttle October 21, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle October 21, 2021

    I’d never seen Training Day before this past week and so I had the idea in my head that Denzel Washington’s character, Alonzo, was the hero of our story. He was rough around the edges and a…

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    ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’: A Journey Toward Doom

    by Ingridje April 30, 2021
    by Ingridje April 30, 2021

    The Alexanderplatz in Berlin. Even if you have never been there, you can easily imagine what it looks like. You must have seen it on the news, a documentary, a video clip, or another movie.…

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    ‘Crisis’ Fails to Stick the Landing Across Any of Its Three Narratives

    by Blake Ison March 17, 2021
    by Blake Ison March 17, 2021

    Coming nine years after his debut feature film, director Nicholas Jarecki returns with Crisis. The film stars Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, and Armie Hammer and tells three colliding stories about the world of opioids and their…

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    ‘The Life Ahead’ Doesn’t Deliver on Its Weighty Themes

    by Ingridje November 20, 2020
    by Ingridje November 20, 2020

    The first time I fell asleep during a movie was with Forrest Gump. Since I had missed quite a big part of the movie, I went to see it again. At the exact same moment,…

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    ‘Habitual’, Indie Horror By the Numbers

    by Brian Connor November 15, 2020
    by Brian Connor November 15, 2020

    Night Of The Living Dead. Paranormal Activity. The Blair Witch Project. All micro-budget horror films that made an absolute fortune at the box office. Which, unfortunately, leads hundreds of people to think making a horror film…

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    Five Times ‘Requiem for a Dream’ Completely Floored Me

    by Kali Tuttle October 27, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle October 27, 2020

    I’d never actually seen Requiem for a Dream before and I realized that there was a good reason for that after I watched it: it scared the living daylights out of me. Of course, the subject matter…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘Gutterbug’ is a Hard-Hitting Tale of Misguided Youth and the Counterculture that Embraces It

    by Christopher Hantman August 11, 2020
    by Christopher Hantman August 11, 2020

    Gutterbug is the feature film debut of numerous folks, from director Andrew Gibson, who co-wrote the film with Chris Tobin, to the stellar supporting cast Justin Pietropaolo (Slim) and Hannah Mosqueda (Jenny). The film follows…

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    ‘Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics’ isn’t Very Educational, but It is Fun!

    by Cammy Madden May 17, 2020
    by Cammy Madden May 17, 2020

    When you hear that Netflix is releasing a documentary involving comedians, actors, chefs, musicians, and others, all sharing their psychedelic drug trip stories, what do you imagine? Whacky animations? Bizarrely retro skits? Nick Offerman dressed…

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  • Retrospectives

    The 5 Best Characters in ‘Friday’

    by Kali Tuttle April 26, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle April 26, 2020

    Friday is just one of those movies you’re required to see so you can quote it incessantly, much like The Princess Bride (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998). It’s pretty stupid and has an overwhelming amount of plot points…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘Selah and the Spades’ Marks Tayarisha Poe as a Director to Watch

    by Nick Kush April 24, 2020
    by Nick Kush April 24, 2020

    Every generation has their favorite high school movie. From Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Booksmart, seeing whipsmart or daffy teenagers played mostly by actors in their 20s traverse the difficulties of growing has made for…

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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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    Film Review – The Beach Bum (2019)

    by Nick Kush April 9, 2019
    by Nick Kush April 9, 2019

    I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get really tired with the amount of plot in movies. Plot gets in the way of most things, like when a comedy has to start bringing threads…

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  • DramaReviews

    Film Review – The Mule (2018)

    by Brennan Dubé December 17, 2018
    by Brennan Dubé December 17, 2018

    Picture this: an elderly U.S Army veteran who grows and sells flowers decides to become a drug runner in a time of need. Clint Eastwood directs and returns to act in a film that fits…

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  • DramaReviews

    Film Review – Beautiful Boy (2018)

    by Natasha Alvar October 31, 2018
    by Natasha Alvar October 31, 2018

    For some of you, this movie might not be a recent feature, since it was released about two weeks ago in limited release. But alas for us folks here in Singapore, it only started showing…

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  • Reviews

    T2: Trainspotting is One of the Better Unnecessary Sequels

    by Cammy Madden April 19, 2018
    by Cammy Madden April 19, 2018

    Once upon a time, sequels were something you would look forward to. A film ending on a cliffhanger could mean only one thing: a follow-up movie! Perhaps you’d even count down the days until its…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – Gringo (2018)

    by Nick Kush March 13, 2018
    by Nick Kush March 13, 2018

    As Amazon and STX Entertainment both work to increase their shares of revenue at the box office, they teamed up to distribute a new comedy: Gringo.  With premise that is full of comedic possibilities and a…

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