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Review: Featuring Real-life Father Daughter Sean and Dylan Penn, Flag Day Explores Family Dynamics and Overcoming Traumas

Flag Day

Based on the real-life story of journalist Jennifer Vogel, Flag Day offers a volatile father-daughter tale that is as much about the way we love certain family members unconditionally as […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 20, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Good—Not Great—Action Movie, The Protégé Fills a Summer Blockbuster Gap

    Protege

    More often than not with the new Maggie Q-starring action film The Protégé, you can see what the filmmakers are going for even if sometimes they don’t quite get there. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 20, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Night House Is an Atmospheric, Layered Thriller About Grief and the After life

    The Night House

    Seemingly once or twice a month lately, a film is released that originally debuted at Sundance 2020 (Nine Days was the last one, I believe), and it’s actually been strangely […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 20, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Film Noir Reminiscence Creates a Fascinating World Populated by Inert Performances

    Reminiscence

    Visually compelling and front-loaded with an attractive cast, the science-fiction film Reminiscence has the added bonus of being a deeply layered film with noir story and dialogue. In it, Hugh […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 20, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In the Same Breath Is Perhaps the Most Harrowing, Essential COVID Documentary Yet

    In the Same Breath

    This film was original reviewed as part of Third Coast’s Sundance 2021 coverage and is being reprinted now for its streaming release. On the heels of powerful COVID-centric documentaries like […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 18, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Shallow, Predictable Respect Ultimately Disrespects the Great Aretha Franklin’s Legacy

    Respect

    How is it possible for a music-centered biopic to feature fantastic music, heartfelt performances, and a story about triumph over trauma and still end up teaching us nothing about its […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 13, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Set in a Video Game World, Free Guy Features Vibrant Visuals But Mediocre Humor

    Free Guy

    The challenge I’ve always put to filmmakers who choose to adapt a video game into a movie is to make it accessible to someone who has never played a modern […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 13, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: An Original Musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vivo Mostly Works as a Lesson in Music and Friendship

    Vivo

    In roughly the last year, the world has celebrated the past works of award-winning songwriter and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda with the filmed releases of Hamilton and In the Heights, but […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 6, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With James Gunn at the Helm, The Suicide Squad Brings Characters with Depth and a Story with Plenty of Fun

    The Suicide Squad

    After working almost exclusively for several years on the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies (as well as contributing in no small part to the last couple Avengers movies […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 6, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Sensitive, Contemplative Narrative, Nine Days Heralds a Promising New Filmmaking Talent

    Nine Days

    The feature directorial debut from Edson Oda, Nine Days is a powerfully contemplative narrative about all the contradictions that come with being born into this unpredictable, often unfair thing called life. […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 6, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Wholly Original Movie Musical, Annette is Sometimes Messy, Always Enthralling

    Annette

    Ah, the movie musical. That universally beloved genre with its big dance numbers, show-stopping staging and legendary movie stars. The charm. The romance. The wholesome happy endings. And then, there’s […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 6, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Based on Disney’s Hokey Attraction, Jungle Cruise Struggles to Capture the Same Charm, Comedy as the Ride

    Jungle Cruise

    There’s a great deal of plot and a great number of characters packed into the latest Disney theme park attraction that has been turned into a feature film, Jungle Cruise. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 30, 2021
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