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Steve Prokopy

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Animated Spies in Disguise Could Use a Dose of Danger

Spies in Disguise

Well, this animated action-adventure featuring the vocal stylings of Will Smith and Tom Holland doesn’t have a particularly memorable or impressive look or story, but it has a great personality. […]

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Film, Film & TV, Reviews

Review: A Cinematic Pressure Cooker Boils Over in Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems

Every once in a while—and it isn’t very often, I assure you—I ask a very simple favor of anyone who takes the time to read what I have to write […]

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Film, Film & TV, Interview

Interview: Jay Roach on Conflicts, Costumes and Creating a Character for Bombshell

Bombshell Jay Roach

For some, it may be tough to reconcile the idea that Jay Roach, the same man who directed all three Austin Powers films and both Meet the Parents movies, also […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Terrence Malick Explores the Beauty of Defiance in A Hidden Life

A Hidden Life

There is no denying that writer/director Terrence Malick has created some of the most evocative and moving films in history, since his earliest works Badlands and Days of Heaven. He […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Lost Holiday Loses Track of Its Own Characters, Mystery

Lost Holiday

Starring a collection of some of the more interesting names in indie filmmaking and directed by the Matthews Brothers (Michael Kerry and Thomas, who also co-stars in the film), Lost […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: For the Cats Movie Adaptation, Best Not to Ask Why At All

Cats

The problem with Cats, the stage or movie musical, isn’t that it’s difficult to understand, as many may claim. The issue is figuring out the point of it. What life […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: As It Ends an Era, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Gets Too Nostalgic for Its Own Good

Star Wars Rise of Skywalker

I think I went into this most recent (and supposedly final) Star Wars with the right attitude: I didn’t pin my hopes and dreams on the filmmakers bringing us back […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Familiar Cast—And a Few New Faces—Play the Same Game in Jumanji: The Next Level

Jumanji The Next Level

I went into the last Jumanji film, Welcome to the Jungle, with such neutral expectations that I was pleasantly surprised to discover a funny, energetic adventure comedy featuring an array […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Moving Portrait of a Quiet Life in Colewell

Colewell

The sophomore effort from writer/director Tom Quinn (The New Year Parade) is exactly the kind of movie that could easily get lost in the shuffle of awards-season contenders and bigger-budget […]

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Film & TV, Music, Review

Review: Clint Eastwood’s Style (and Politics) Put the Story of Richard Jewell Into Perspective

Richard Jewell

Like many of the films Clint Eastwood has directed in the last 10 years or so—since about Gran Torino on—his latest, Richard Jewell, is an expertly made movie with a […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Risky, Adventurous Filmmaking in I See You Focuses on a Town and Family Mired in Mystery

Considering it’s only the second feature from director Adam Randall (iBoy), I See You is as ambitious and complex as many of the films I’ve seen lately from more seasoned […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: White Snake Retells An Ancient Chinese Legend In Slick Animation

Technically a prequel to the ancient Chinese “Legend of the White Snake” tale (which has ben interpreted in a number of major Chinese operas, films, and television series), White Snake […]

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