Category: Travis
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Review: ‘Ferrari’
Michael Mann’s Racing Drama Never Shifts Into High Gear
Does the world really need two Ferrari movies in less than five years? To be fair, 2019’s critically acclaimed Ford v Ferrari wasn’t so much about the man as the racing rivalry. Michael Mann’s Ferrari, however, is considerably less interesting and intense for putting its focus on a past-his-prime, befuddled Enzo Ferrari as he juggles…
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Review: ‘The Boys In The Boat’
George Clooney Steers A Workmanlike Story Of Depression Era Triumph
George Clooney is often regarded as a classic movie star, and his roles tend to reflect that. But so do many of the films in his directorial career, which take on a classic, old Hollywood style such as Good Night & Good Luck, Monuments Men, and now The Boys in the Boat. The inspirational sports…
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Review: ‘The Family Plan’
Mark Wahlberg Stays In His Comfort Zone As Suburban Dad And Elite Assassin In Apple’s Forgettable Action-Comedy
Mark Wahlberg continues to occupy just the weirdest space for middle-aged action stars. He could probably be commanding his own blockbuster franchise, like Tom Cruise does, but instead he’s given his career over to playing the hot dad with great biceps and ripped abs, domesticated dudes who used to have thrilling lives but have settled…
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Review: ‘The End We Start From’
Jodie Comer Mesmerizes As A Mother Fleeing A Climate Catastrophe
The End We Start From is a post-apocalyptic survival thriller…but then it’s also not. There are no large-scale, massive displays of cataclysmic damage. No meteors hurling towards Earth, or other acts of destruction. Roland Emmerich wouldn’t know what to do with a small-scale, intimate story as this, which centers on a woman, a new mother,…
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Review: ‘American Fiction’
Jeffrey Wright Leaves Them Bamboozled In Funny, Insightful Satire About Plight Of The Black Writer
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our Middleburg Film Festival coverage.* In 1985, Robert Townsend offered one of the most insightful, and funniest looks at the relationship between art and Black culture with Hollywood Shuffle. The film followed a Black actor who struggled with staying true to himself, or “selling out” and pandering to a…