Category: Featured
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Review: ‘The Politician’, Ryan Murphy Shows How Screwed Up Our Politics Are Via A High School Student Election
“The world is finished with entitled white men.” “The world will never be finished with entitled white men. That’s why we feel so entitled” After making such hits as Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens, 9-1-1, American Crime Story, Feud, and most recently Pose, Netflix drove a figurative dump truck full of cash up…
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Review: “Downton Abbey,” A Lot of Pomp, Too Much Circumstance
Dust off the furniture and polish the silver, tell the maids to turn down the beds and make some popcorn because Downton Abbey is back. After six seasons of classic quips and will-they-won’t-theys, the cherished PBS show went off the air in 2016, only to return this Friday on the big screen through Focus Features. The show…
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Review: ‘Angel Has Fallen’, The Franchise Gets Back On Its Feet In A Big Way
I must admit to having a soft spot for the ‘Has Fallen’ movies. They are ridiculously absurd, knuckle-headed action movies with a generic tough-guy lead, basically the kind of flicks I grew up on and I get a ping of nostalgia every time. The first one, Olympus Has Fallen, had the misfortune of coming out…
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Review: ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’, A Feel-Good Comedy That Outwrestles Disability Stereotypes
As a wrestling fan it’s been a treat seeing it grow beyond limited cinematic confines set by films such as No Holds Barred and *shudder* Ready to Rumble. Following on the heels of the excellent family drama Fighting With My Family, the sport of pro wrestling now is key to the charming Tom Sawyer-esque adventure,…
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Review: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, A Breezy And Violent Tinseltown Fairy Tale
I want to live in the idyllic 1969 that Quentin Tarantino glorifies in his stylish and surprisingly personal Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It’s a time of great upheaval in the country, but here, in this place of cinematic gods and goddesses, the glamour, the magic, it’s as captivating as ever. Being there, and…
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Review: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3: The Kids Celebrate the Summer And Fight Monsters Once Again
“The best things come to those who wait.” That couldn’t be better said with the third season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. It feels like it’s been forever since the second season of the cult show came in 2017. Many fans were left wanting to see what else is going to happen to the kids of…
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Review: ‘Yesterday’, Danny Boyle’s Beatles-Inspired Comedy Sings A Pleasant Tune
If you love the Beatles, chances are you’re going to love Yesterday, Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’ love letter to the iconic band. Put simply, it revolves around the premise that the Beatles are the greatest band ever, quite literally capable of changing the world. If you buy into that, and accept the heaping helping…
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Review: ‘Murder Mystery’, Adam Sandler And Jennifer Aniston’s Whodunnit Is No Killer Comedy
Netflix has become a haven for films that would fall flat on the big screen. Most comedies on the streaming platform could be categorized as such, though a few have their merits. Murder Mystery,the latest collaboration between Netflix and Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions, definitely can be described as the former. Though parts of the…
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‘Booksmart’ Interview: Beanie Feldstein And Kaitlyn Dever On Female Comedies And Becoming Real-Life Friends
Olivia Wilde’s funny and perceptive high school comedy Booksmart has most favorably been compared to Superbad. While some have pushed back on that comparison, I think it’s appropriate not only from a storyline perspective but in their aspirations. What the two films also share is a special bond that formed between its stars. In this…
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Review: ‘The Souvenir’, Pain Gives Way To Hope In Joanna Hogg’s Captivating Coming-Of-Age Drama
Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir feels like someone taking a deep exhalation of confusion, frustration, and anger after a long time of holding it in. There’s reason for that; the veteran British filmmaker of some three decades, yet only on her fourth feature, pulled from a dark episode of her romantic past to authenticate this contemplative…