Harrison Ford is the beloved American President, James Marshall, in Air Force One. Glenn Close plays Vice President Kathryn Bennett who uses all her resources to save the president and his family on the titular plane.…
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JFK has its share of flaws. Director Oliver Stone, a Vietnam veteran, displays his strong disdain for the government throughout the film. Blinded by this, some of the information included in the film is incorrect and some…
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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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‘Crisis’ Fails to Stick the Landing Across Any of Its Three Narratives
by Blake Isonby Blake IsonComing 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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‘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…
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Warner Bros.’ 2021 Slate Goes Digital, ‘Mank’ Fails to Crack the Top Ten, and ‘The Godfather Coda’ Is Still Horrendous
In a shocking announcement earlier this week, Warner Bros made it clear that their 2021 slate of releases would all drop simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. Brennan and I talk about which films…
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‘The Laundromat’ is An Important Film that Struggles to Do Its Subject Matter Justice
Whichever side of the political spectrum you reside on, the unequal distribution of wealth should concern you. But the solution to this is anything but clearcut. Sometimes it seems that the ultimate answer to this…
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You might not believe this, but there used to be a time when a movie starring either Nicolas Cage or Gary Oldman would be an indicator of high quality. This seems like such a long…
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Christian Bale is one of the most respected actors of our era. Like Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman, he immerses himself so deeply into his character that the audience forgets that they are watching him…