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Review: Ewan McGregor Stars as a Son Losing His Grip on Reality in Mother, Couch, an Odd, Confusing Family Drama

This is a goofy-ass movie, where making sense is perhaps the third most important thing to writer/director Niclas Larsson, making his feature debut with Mother, Couch. The premise is simple […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 11, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Fly Me to the Moon Stars Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson in NASA Moon Landing as America’s Marketing Campaign

    Blending comedy, drama and a touch of historical fiction, director Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon and the showrunner of the CW’s Arrow-verse) sends us skyward with Fly Me to the Moon, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 11, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV

    Local Movie Theater Owners Develop ‘Drive-Ins Near Me’ Website, Launch with Prize Giveaway

    The Midway Drive-In of Sterling, Ill., one of 12 permanently constructed movie drive-ins in Illinois, and its owners/operators, Mike and Mia Kerz, recognize that their business is part of a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 10, 2024
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    Review: June Zero Offers Nuanced, Thoughtful Answers to Difficult Questions and Complicated Histories

    Set in 1961 Israel—specifically when the verdict and sentencing of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, the chief architect of the Holocaust, was announced—June Zero offers three different perspectives of the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Is Part Teen Coming-of-Age Drama, Part Vampire Lore

    Sometimes when you can’t watch a French movie, a French-Canadian movie works just as nicely. Case in point: this sweet dark comedy about a “teen” vampire (she’s actually 68) named […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 5, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Kill Is a Thrilling, Impressive Action Movie on a Train, Not Your Typical Bollywood Fare

    Shorter than most films we see from India (by about an hour), the blood-soaked actioner Kill concerns two army commandos taking time off after a big mission. One of them, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 5, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Eddie Murphy Heads Back to California in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, a Nostalgia-Heavy Cop Comedy

    I sometimes feel guilty about coming down on a film that hits all the nostalgia buttons and makes people feel good about the things they enjoyed growing up. But with […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 5, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Ti West Concludes Horror Trilogy with MaXXXine, an Ensemble Piece Led by Mia Goth

    Rounding out his horror trilogy, writer/director/editor Ti West (X, Pearl) brings us MaXXXine, following up on the adventures of adult film star Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) six years after that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 5, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron Fail the RomCom Spark Test in Otherwise Charming, Clever A Family Affair

    It would seem the romcom is having a moment. Not that it’s ever really gone away, of course. But in the post-Nancy Meyers era (she’s still very much alive, just […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • June 28, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Unique Take on Vampire Lore, The Vourdalak Is an Unsettling Watch and Welcome Addition to the Genre

    Adapted from an Aleksei K. Tolstoy novella that predates Bram Stroker’s Dracula by more than 50 years, director/co-writer Adrien Beau’s The Vourdalak is an 18th century vampire story that remains […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 28, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Set Almost Entirely Inside a Taxi, Daddio Is an Enjoyable Ride with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn

    Sometimes the simplest idea is the most effective. Case in point: the feature debut from writer/director Christy Hall, Daddio, about two people in a New York City yellow taxi swapping […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 28, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Yorgos Lanthimos Follows Oscar-Winning Poor Things with a Challenge in Well-Cast Anthology Kinds of Kindness

    For those who have been on the journey with Yorgos Lanthimos since films like Alps and Dogtooth (and yes, even his early English-language days of The Lobster and Killing of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 28, 2024
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