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    ‘Road to Perdition’s’ Score Got Me in My Feels

    by Kali Tuttle July 23, 2022
    by Kali Tuttle July 23, 2022

    Thomas Newman is my all-time favorite film composer. I love his scores for Cinderella Man, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Road to Perdition. I don’t know a lot about music theory, but I do know that Newman’s scores…

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    Lisbeth Deserved Better in David Fincher’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

    by Kali Tuttle December 23, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle December 23, 2021

    Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) got the ending that Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) deserved in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After years of the government bouncing her around and facing discrimination and violence, she deserved to be…

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  • HorrorReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Sadness’

    by Nick Kush August 24, 2021
    by Nick Kush August 24, 2021

    Almost every conceivable trigger warning is in effect for Rob Jabbaz’s pandemic horror movie, The Sadness. Saying the film isn’t afraid to “go there” is probably the biggest understatement of Fantasia 2021 — it’s undoubtedly the…

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    ‘A Classic Horror Story’ – Karma Is a Bitch

    by Ingridje July 19, 2021
    by Ingridje July 19, 2021

    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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  • Action/AdventureReviews

    ‘Mortal Kombat’ Is Far From a Flawless Victory, But a Little Win for Video Game Adaptations

    by Sean Coates April 22, 2021
    by Sean Coates April 22, 2021

    As far as I am concerned, there are three certainties in life; death, taxes, and film adaptations of video game franchises always being bitterly disappointing or just plain bad. Over the years, so many great…

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    ‘Crisis at the Canal’: The Latest Michael Bay Film

    by Kali Tuttle April 13, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle April 13, 2021

    It was a day like any other: Chad McSmithJohnson was guiding the large cargo ship through the Suez Canal as he normally does. He looked down at a picture of him, his estranged wife, and…

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  • Retrospectives

    ‘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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    ‘Identifying Features’ Portrays the Haunting Reality of Mexican Immigration

    by Ingridje January 21, 2021
    by Ingridje January 21, 2021

    You might associate Mexico with pristine beaches. Turquoise seas. Lots of sunshine. A luxurious, exclusive all-expenses-paid hotel with various restaurants. Exotic cocktails. Maybe even a wedding on the beach. You could, of course, leave your…

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    ‘Outside the Wire’ Loses Itself in Dreary Cyborg Action

    by Nick Kush January 20, 2021
    by Nick Kush January 20, 2021

    I 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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  • ReviewsThriller

    A Family of Trappers Encounter a Vicious Predator in the Unforgettable ‘Hunter Hunter’

    by Chris van Dijk December 30, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk December 30, 2020

    This much-belated review could have been finished last week, considering the film came out on the 18th. But I’ll be honest, considering that Christmas was coming, I didn’t want to spend my time writing about…

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    ‘Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight’: Much More Than an Intriguing Title

    by Ingridje November 4, 2020
    by Ingridje November 4, 2020

    I’ll admit it: I chose to review this movie merely because of its title. Now, I have done this before, and afterward regretted my choice (The Binding, for example). But this time, I was a…

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  • Retrospectives

    ‘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

    Russell Crowe is on a Murderous Rampage in the Highly Entertaining ‘Unhinged’

    by Chris van Dijk August 26, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk August 26, 2020

    If you’re as obsessed with true crime stories as I am, you know the frightening concept of regular people suddenly turning homicidal. In some cases, we could have seen it coming. A past riddled with…

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  • ComedyReviews

    ‘Why Don’t You Just Die!’: From Russia, With (Some) Love

    by Blake Ison April 13, 2020
    by Blake Ison April 13, 2020

    Why Don’t You Just Die! comes from writer/director Kirill Sokolov and tells the story of Matvey, a young man who has been tasked with murdering his girlfriend’s detective father, Andrey, by none other than his…

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    ‘Mark of the Devil’: When Gore Can’t Save a Horror Movie

    by Ingridje April 9, 2020
    by Ingridje April 9, 2020

    A couple of months ago, I decided to watch Romina (2017) by Diego Cohen on Netflix. I like a nice horror movie, and I was unfamiliar with the director and with Mexican horror for that…

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    ‘The Decline’ into a Fight for Survival

    by Ingridje April 4, 2020
    by Ingridje April 4, 2020

    When it comes to Canadian directors, I am almost ashamed to say that I only know two of them. First, there is Denys Arcand whose Les Invasions Barbares deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Foreign…

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  • Action/AdventureReviews

    ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ is a Very Flawed Yet Satisfying Finale to the ‘Rambo’ Series

    by Chris van Dijk September 24, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk September 24, 2019

    John Rambo has been a prime example of the muscle-bound eighties action hero for many years, even though the roots of the character were literary and his first on-screen outing had none of the typical…

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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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  • Retrospectives

    ‘Midnight Cowboy’ is a 60s Landmark

    by Nils Berg May 25, 2019
    by Nils Berg May 25, 2019

    Midnight Cowboy, directed by John Schlesinger was a surprise Best Picture Winner at the 42nd Academy Awards. The film follows the friendship between Joe, a Texan prostitute and Ratso, a fledgling con-man in New York…

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  • ReviewsWestern

    Film Review – Never Grow Old (2019)

    by Chris van Dijk March 22, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk March 22, 2019

    I’ve been known for my recurring and frankly obsessive phases, especially when it comes to movies. One period of time you’ll see me going through a catalogue of horror classics, filling my fragile mind with…

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    Film Review – The Tree of Blood (2019)

    by Jillian Oliver February 20, 2019
    by Jillian Oliver February 20, 2019

    The Tree of Blood is a tortuous road filled with sex, lies, secrets, violence, and bulls — lots of them. For anyone craving a two-hour soap opera, this Spanish drama just might hit the spot.…

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  • Retrospectives

    Mississippi Burning and the Wages of Hate

    by Veronica Clarke December 7, 2018
    by Veronica Clarke December 7, 2018

    Mississippi Burning is thirty years old this month. Based on real events that occurred in 1964, 54 years ago, it depicts the way racism divides and destroys the community. In 1964, three civil rights workers…

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