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Oscars Preview 2025! Scene-Stealers Talk the 96th Annual Academy Awards
Oscars Preview 2025! Scene-Stealers Talk the 96th Annual Academy Awards
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“If Will Smith wins, he’s going to have the speech that people talk about for years.”   -Joe Jarosz, February 10, 2022 We’ve done this before, people! The bullpen of writers…

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Oscars Preview 2025! Scene-Stealers Talk the 96th Annual Academy Awards
Tasty Danish
No Need to Whisper About ‘The Quiet Ones’
No Need to Whisper About ‘The Quiet Ones’
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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters and VOD on February 21 If America can repackage (Den of Thieves) or reimagine (The Town) Heat every couple of years, why can’t…

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No Need to Whisper About ‘The Quiet Ones’
Stop! Or Dog Will Bark!
“Dog Man” is SUPA Cute
“Dog Man” is SUPA Cute
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Dog-Man hybrid takes names and sniffs butts. And he's all out of butts.

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“Dog Man” is SUPA Cute
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Lots of Cents in “Nickel Boys”
Lots of Cents in “Nickel Boys”
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The horrors of a reform school are seen through the eyes of two young men.

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Lots of Cents in “Nickel Boys”
Damned-Nation
God Bless “The Damned”
God Bless “The Damned”
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A reverse 'Lord of the Flies' with 'The VVitch' vibes, 'The Damned' explores the moral cancers that humanity lets fester and blossom in both life and death.

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God Bless “The Damned”
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‘Greenland’ Is a Rare Disaster Thriller With Heart

by Warren Cantrell December 17, 2020 Print Reviews

‘Greenland’ is an emotional, prescient suspense drama that’s got no right being as good as it is.

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‘The Beach House’ Director Jeffrey A. Brown Dissects One of the Best Horror Films of 2020

by Nick Spacek December 14, 2020 Blogs

‘The Beach House’ is absolutely one of my favorite horror films of the year, so I was thrilled to get a chance to hop of the phone with director/writer Jeffrey A. Brown to discuss how this excellent piece of small-budget terror came to be.

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Stand-up Dramedy ‘The Opening Act’ shines on Blu-ray and DVD

by Nick Spacek December 9, 2020 Blu-ray/DVD Reviews

There’s a lot to take from Steve Byrne’s ‘The Opening Act,’ but the main takeaway is if you’re willing to take a chance, enjoy it while it lasts, rather than worrying about what happens if it doesn’t go exactly as planned.

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‘Archenemy’ a Dark Entry To The Superhero Genre

by Jonah Desneux December 9, 2020 Print Reviews

The superhero genre gets darker in Adam Egypt Mortimer’s newest feature Archenemy. To get out of a world of hyper-violent crime, two teenagers partner with a drunken man who claims to be a superhero from another dimension.

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‘Dear Santa’: A Heartfelt Love Letter to Christmas

by Christian Ramos December 9, 2020 Print Reviews

‘Dear Santa’ examines Santa’s helpers, hundreds of volunteers and postal workers who make sure the letters to the Big Guy become Christmas wishes to remember.

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Stick Around for ‘Another Round’

by Warren Cantrell December 3, 2020 Print Reviews

Anchored by a career-best performance by Mikkelsen and a thoughtful script that understands its characters, ‘Another Round’ is black comedy at its best.

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‘Sound of Metal’ Rings True

by Warren Cantrell November 18, 2020 Print Reviews

‘Sound of Metal’ is an outstanding film that explores not just the struggle of addiction, but the addiction of struggle.

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If Hallmark & Bruce Willis Had A Baby, You’d Get ‘Fatman’

by Jonah Desneux November 10, 2020 Print Reviews

Its only fitting to end with weird year with the possibly the weirdest Christmas movie of all time. Fatman answers the age old question of “What if Santa was actually badass?” Gibson and Goggins star in the bloody Christmas epic.

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‘The Dark and the Wicked’ Has a Surplus of the Former, and Deficit of the Latter

by Warren Cantrell November 4, 2020 Print Reviews

There’s more good than bad in ‘The Dark and the Wicked,’ and a lot of heart behind the effort.

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New Doc Showcases the Monster Cult of 1987’s ‘The Monster Squad’

by Nick Spacek October 27, 2020 Print Reviews

Director Andre Gower’s effusive documentary, ‘Wolfman’s Got Nards,’ about the 1987 cult horror flick ‘The Monster Squad’—which he starred in as a kid—will please die-hards.

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‘I Am Greta’ Is Direct Cinema Done Right

by Jonah Desneux October 23, 2020 Print Reviews

I Am Greta touches on the rise in popularity of Swedish Teenage activist Greta Thunberg. Showing the highs and the lows of Thunberg’s activism on climate change, the film takes audiences on an inspiring emotional rollercoaster.

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‘Synchronic’ Has Interesting Ideas But A Half-Baked Plot

by Jonah Desneux October 23, 2020 Print Reviews

‘Synchronic’ starts as a mind-bending psychedelic mystery and turns into a bland showcase of the scientific method in action. Anthony Mackie is good as the leading man, but he can’t save the lackluster script by himself.

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Niiiiiice…’Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ is Everything You’d Expect and More

by Warren Cantrell October 22, 2020 Print Reviews

Sacha Baron Cohen is indeed back as his most famous alter-ego, Borat, exposing America’s darkest impulses in this sequel to the 2006 smash hit.

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‘The Opening Act’ is No Headliner

by Warren Cantrell October 15, 2020 Print Reviews

Stand-up comedy is friggin’ hard, sure, yet it pales in comparison to the difficulty of making a film about it, which ‘The Opening Act’ demonstrates.

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If ‘The Devil Has a Name’ it’s Satan McMediocre

by Warren Cantrell October 15, 2020 Print Reviews

‘The Devil Has a Name’ has a few bright spots thanks to its cast, yet never manages to bring all its pieces together in a way that makes good use of them.

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