Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: We Have a Ghost Is a Dead-On-Arrival Afterlife Comedy

With his previous films, writer/director Christopher Landon (Freaky, the Happy Death Day movies, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, and screenwriter on a bunch of the Paranormal Activity movies) seemed […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Amy Adams Deserves Better than the Messy Mystery at the Center of The Woman in the Window

Woman in the Window

It’s always disappointing when a film doesn’t live up to expectations; it’s exponentially worse when that film comes from a filmmaker who is clearly capable of great things on screen. […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Seeking Humanity in AI Soldiers, Outside the Wire Rarely Finds It

Outside the Wire

After spending years standing alongside a super-soldier as Falcon in a bunch of Marvel movies, it seems like Anthony Mackie wanted to play one himself in Outside the Wire, the […]

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Review: Uneven Sci-Fi Thriller Synchronic Earns Points for Originality

Synchronic

A slick if slight thriller, Synchronic earns points for originality with its pill-based time-traveling plot and for a strong central performance from Anthony Mackie, who brings us along as he investigates […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Teacher’s Timeless Influence on Generations of Actors in Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy

Creating a Character

When I first moved to New York City a few years ago, I splurged on a tiny studio apartment in Manhattan, 160 square feet (not counting the bathroom and closet) […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: At the Intersection of Hollywood and Politics, Seberg Falls Short

Seberg

The late, American-born actress Jean Seberg certainly led a fascinating life, from her first film, 1957’s Saint Joan (in which she was actually burned during the film’s climactic sequence) to […]

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