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Review: A Studio Mogul’s Career, Life and Influence Seems Endless (and Endlessly Impressive) in Laddie

Laddie

Alan Ladd Jr. was born into show business, as a certain percentage of those who work in the film industry are. They use their familial connections to work their way […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 28, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Simple yet Profound, Gunda Artfully Chronicles an Unexpectedly Captivating Cycle of Life on a Norwegian Farm

    Gunda

    It’s a complicated time for movie theaters, to say the least. As more and more Americans are vaccinated, cinemas are trying to figure out what films will draw audiences back […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • April 23, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Mixed-Bag of Couple Drama and Sitcom Silliness, We Broke Up Barely Balances Its Two Different Tones

    We Broke Up

    Teetering on the line between heartfelt relationship dramedy and sitcom silliness, director Jeff Rosenberg’s We Broke Up tells the story of longtime unmarried couple Lori (Aya Cash, “You’re the Worst”) […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 23, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Overly Complicated yet Impressively Brutal, Mortal Kombat Gets a Modern, Primal Reboot

    Mortal Kombat

    I’ve never played the Mortal Kombat video game (from Midway Games), nor have I revisited the 1995 film version since its original theatrical release. But I also didn’t live in […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 23, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Stowaway Finds Drama in the Isolation, Limited Resources and Interpersonal Conflict of Space Travel

    Stowaway

    I have no idea if the latest film from director/co-writer Joe Penna (Arctic) was made during the pandemic, but it sure feel like it could have been, albeit in a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 23, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Slalom Centers the Emotional Trauma of Sexual Assault in Elite Sports

    Slalom

    Last year’s Athlete A is a harrowing and heartbreaking documentary about the extensive abuse committed by the team doctor for the USA National Gymnastics team. In searing detail, the film recounts […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • April 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Ruby Rose Is Perhaps the Only Good Element In Her Latest Action Flick, Vanquish

    Vanquish

    By no means would I ever try to sell you on the idea that action movie staple Ruby Rose (John Wick: Chapter 2, The Meg, The Doorman) is a great […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: New Love Confronts Selfishness, Immaturity and More in Intimate, Emotional Monday

    Monday

    I can’t promise that you’ll enjoy the new romantic drama Monday, but I can promise you a glimpse of Sebastian Stan’s little (Winter) soldier and a whole lot of his […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Featuring a Historically Haunted House, The Banishing Is Frustratingly Confusing, Half-Baked

    The Banishing

    I have very much been in director Christopher Smith’s camp since his one-two horror punch of Creep and Severance back in the mid-2000s, and I’ve most enjoyed many of his […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 15, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: As Scary Movies in Old Farmhouses Go, Honeydew Doesn’t Cover Any New Ground

    Honeydew

    At this point, the hillbilly-in-the-woods horror sub-genre has become less about which films can be the most violent and shocking and more about production designers outdoing themselves when it comes […]

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

    Review: Eric Rohmer’s Four-Film Series Charts Both the Seasons and Ever-Engrossing Interpersonal Relationships

    A Tale of Springtime

    I regret to say I have not spent the last year getting into the best shape of my life or launching a new side-hustle or doing any other monumental work […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • April 10, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Brutality and Vulnerability of Conscripted Service in 1980s-Set Moffie

    Moffie

    Back when the Apartheid regime was alive and well in South Africa in the 1980s, any boy over the age of 16 was made to complete two years of military […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 9, 2021
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