Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Dramedy Scrambled Addresses a Woman’s Ticking Biological Clock with Heart, Humor

It’s rare that I get blindsided by a performer whose work I’ve simply never been exposed to before, but while watching Scrambled (written/directed/starring Leah McKendrick), that’s exactly what happened. McKendrick […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Dumb Money Chronicles a Recent Moment in Pop Culture, Financial History in Accessible, Hilarious Ways

It took me a few minutes to figure out what makes director Craig Gillespie’s (I, Tonya; Lars and the Real Girl) latest work, Dumb Money, different from the slew of […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: In John Wick: Chapter 4 the Assassin Turns Superhero, with Action Scenes (and a Runtime) to Match

I’ve long given up on trying to recall or understand the mythology behind the John Wick movies. I kind of remember that the 2014 original was the decidedly simple story […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: An LA Whodunnit, Last Looks Is Punchy, Original Enough to Make it Worth a Look

I’ve always had a soft spot for stories about private detectives solving cases that so completely loop around on themselves that there’s no possible way to figure out everything that’s […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: The Mortuary Collection Sets Up Some Solid Halloween Scares, with Mixed Results

Mortuary Collection

There are certain scary films whose only objective is to get the job done. They aren’t usually the cream of the crop or especially thought-provoking, but they have two or […]

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