Category: Cortland
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Review: ‘Tuscaloosa’
Overstuffed Coming Of Age Story Stars Natalia Dyer And Devon Bostick
A typical movie has a runtime between 90 and 120 minutes. Most come in around 110 and what directors decide to do with that time can make or break a film. In the new film Tuscaloosa, director Philip Harder makes some really interesting choices on the film adaptation of W .Glasgow Phillip’s 1994 novel. However,…
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Review: ‘Come As You Are’
Disability Sex Comedy Is Sweet, Shallow, And Naive
The sex comedy is nothing new. A bunch of guys trying to lose their virginity before some big life event happens has been done a lot. Think pretty much every comedy in the late nineties to early two-thousands. Come As You Are, a new dramedy from Richard Wong takes that concept and tries to transform…
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Review: ‘Only’
Post Apocalyptic Drama Tries To Imagine World Without Women
Women. They say you can’t live with them or without them. Well, in the new film Only from Writer/Director Takashi Docher takes that turn of phrase and transforms it into a bleak post-apocalyptic survival tale. In a world where a giant comet lands on earth containing a deadly disease that only affects women, couple Ava…
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Review: ‘Beanpole’ Is A Beautifully Bleak Tale About The Effects Of War
There were three films in 2019 that pushed me completely of my comfort zone. The first was Joker for its real and at times ironically unaware look at the white male condition. The second was Parasite for its unbelievably powerful and mind bending plot twist, deserving of every Oscar it won earlier this month. The final and lesser known…
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Review: ‘Olympic Dreams’, Alexi Pappas And Nick Kroll Go For Cinematic Gold
2020 is well underway and I know I speak for everyone when I say that I am waiting with baited breath for the year’s most anticipated event: the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. We think of the Olympics as a unifying time, countries setting aside differences to come together to compete in various sporting events. However,…
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Sundance 2020 Review: ‘The Climb’ Finds The Funny in Toxic Friendships
Having friends as an adult is not as easy as it is when you are a kid. Your life is more complicated, social norms are more abstract, and people straight up have to deal with trauma and toxic behavior. These ideas are hilariously explored in the film The Climb, a new film that first premiered at the…
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Review: The 2020 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts Showcase Radiates With A Dark Sophistication
Oscar voting is well underway as we are less than two weeks from Hollywood’s biggest night. It’s that time of year for nominated films to be released back into theaters and for you to see the collection of Oscar-nominated shorts gracing your screen for your consideration. This year in the animation category, multiple countries, themes,…
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Review: The 2020 Oscar Live Action Short Showcase Covers A Wide Range Of Harrowing Topics
The Oscar Short categories are often the purest. Most submissions don’t have much clout or star power attached to them so the films that make it into these categories, make it in on merit alone or at least on fewer politics than the feature film category. This year’s nominees are no exception. The following five…