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Film Review: Based in Chicago, The Big Sick is Equally Heartwarming and Heartbreaking

The first thing you notice about the romantic tragicomedy The Big Sick is how conventionally it begins. If you don’t know where it’s going—or figure it out from the title—the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 30, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Despicable Me 3 is Disarmingly Electric

    Some animation features only have to answer one question: Do they make you laugh? Another one might be: Do they entertain you? And for the most part, I seem to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 30, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Sofia Coppola’s Latest, The Beguiled, Gazes Subtly at Desire

    I’m not going to get into another discussion about how frustrating it is when a filmmaker remakes a well-regarded film, and then all people do after they watch it is […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 30, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    TV Review: Season 3 of Fargo Invokes a Conflicting Sense of Happiness and Fear

    “Are you sitting comfortably? Good. Then I’ll begin.” Have you ever listened to Peter and the Wolf? Written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936, Peter and the Wolf is a musical […]

  • Kate Scott
  • June 29, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Baby Driver, a Tennessee Williams Play on Four Wheels

    With Baby Driver, the latest from writer-director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), being set in Atlanta (a rare instance where an Atlanta-shot movie is […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: A Troubled World War II Love Story, The Exception is a Misfire

    This is a classic example of a host of talented people missing the mark because the resulting film places its emphasis on the least interesting characters. The Exception is the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 23, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Sally Hawkins is Remarkable in Maudie

    You’ve likely never seen a story before like the one told in director Aisling (The Daisy Chain) Walsh’s Maudie, even though this particular one springs forth from real life, which […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 23, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: The Bad Batch is a Provocatively Terrifying Fever Dream

    Writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour is one of the most provocative filmmakers working today, but you might not realize it because her films also happen to be works of art worthy […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 23, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Alia Shawkat Delivers a Truly Haunting Performance in Paint It Black

    Making the transition from acting to directing is Amber Tamblyn, working from a book by Janet Fitch concerning Josie (Alia Shawkat), a young woman trying to cope with the sudden […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 23, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Whisky Galore! Doesn’t Have Much Going On

    It didn’t surprise me in the slightest to find out that the Scottish film Whisky Galore! was, in fact, a remake of a 1949 Ealing Studios work (which in turn […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 23, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review – Transformers: The Last Knight Feels a Bit Off Balance

    One of the last lines of dialogue uttered by a human in the fifth and allegedly “final” installment (which is nonsense, since this film sets up a new one just […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 20, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    TV Review: The Handmaid’s Tale Is Chillingly Powerful

      So, let’s get this out of the way. This review contains heavy spoilers. If you haven’t finished the season yet, you may want to read this later. Last week’s […]

  • Kate Scott
  • June 19, 2017
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