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Review: A Strong Cast and Subtle Charm Work for Krystal

Krystal

Sometimes, a movie doesn’t have to be great to be watchable; sometimes, just having a highly likable cast of actors that I genuinely adore is enough to get me through […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: An Ordinary Man Explores Life After War Crimes

    Brad Silberling is a man with many job titles. He’s been a television producer and director for quite a number of years, while occasionally dipping his toe into the world […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Scares Grow Tiresome in Marrowbone

    Marrowbone

    Having just appeared in the darkest of dark comedies, Thoroughbreds, as well as such works as The Witch and Split, actor Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the more reliable new faces […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Family’s Wine Roots Explored in Back to Burgundy

    Back to Burgundy

    After a succession of high-energy, dialogue-heavy comedies such as L’Auberge Espagnole, Russian Dolls, Chinese Puzzle, and When the Cat’s Away, writer/director Cédric Klapisch returns with something a bit more easy […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Harrowing and Intense, Brace Yourself for You Were Never Really Here

    The latest from writer/director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, We Need To Talk About Kevin), You Were Never Really Here is about a lot of things for such a seemingly single-minded, unspeakably brutal […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Connection, Kinship at the Heart of Achingly Moving Lean on Pete

    Lean on Pete

    I walked into the latest from director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) knowing absolutely nothing about it beyond the title, Lean On Pete. As someone who sees anywhere between 450-475 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Desperate to Scare, Truth or Dare Loses at Its Own Game

    Truth or Dare

    You should fully expect to see “from the producers who brought you Get Out” in front of a lot of not-nearly-as-good horror films over the next year or two, beginning […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 12, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Chicago Takes a Beating in Entertaining, Pointless Rampage

    Rampage

    It’s been since 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon that Chicago has taken a epic-sized, big-budgeted walloping the way it does in the video game-inspired Rampage. But something curious happened […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 12, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Jon Hamm as an Ex-Diplomat in Tense, Focused Beirut

    Beirut

    I’ll fully admit that for decades, I have been a sucker for thrillers steeped in real-world political intrigue, whether the events at the heart of the story being told are […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 11, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Quiet Place Embraces Its Genre, and Masters It

    A Quiet Place

    John Krasinski (who you most likely know as Jim from The Office) has directed three features films: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men in 2009; The Hollars in 2016; and now […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • April 6, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Murder Investigation in Neon and Synth Beats in Gemini

    Gemini

    It’s become clear over the years that writer-director Aaron Katz has been making films (including Land Ho! and Cold Weather, to name two of his most recent) that he has […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 6, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Gripping 1945 Is a Crisp, Impressive Day of Reckoning

    1945

    This fascinating work from Hungarian director Ferenc Török (No Man’s Island, East Side Stories) combines story elements including the immediate aftermath of World War II, the beginnings of Russia’s occupation […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 6, 2018
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