Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: In the Rousing, Sweeping Dune: Part Two, a World Becomes Real and a Young Man Confronts His Fate With Ferocity

As is often the case with origin stories, there’s a great deal of world building and character establishment that has to play out before we can even get to the […]

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Review: An Irish Romantic Comedy, Wild Mountain Thyme Brings Heart and Affection to its Unusual Characters

Wild Mountain Thyme

If you have trouble figuring out the century in which Wild Mountain Thyme takes place, I don’t think you’ll be alone. The latest film from writer/director John Patrick Shanley (Joe […]

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Review: A Battle of the Generations in Sloppy, Cringe-Worthy The War with Grandpa

The War With Grandpa

Someone genuinely trusts director Tim Hill with family-friendly entertainment. Not only is he also the director behind the COVID-delayed The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (based on the TV […]

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Interview: Filmmaker Tim Hill on the Subtext in The War with Grandpa, Reuniting Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, and the Next Spongebob Movie

The War With Grandpa

You may not have your eyes trained on filmmaker Tim Hill’s newest release, The War with Grandpa (based on the very popular 1984 kids book by Robert Kimmel Smith, and […]

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Review: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind Is the Actor’s Story From Those Who Knew Her

Natalie Wood

Not unlike actresses Marilyn Monroe and Sharon Tate, the career of Natalie Wood is too often reduced to the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death at the age of 43. But […]

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