Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Brings Levity and a Real Villain to Latest Haunted New York Adventure

Certainly better than the deadly serious Ghostbusters: Afterlife, this fifth chapter in the horror-comedy franchise features more of what a Ghostbusters movie should include, such as laughs, action, an actual […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Despite Vibrant Visuals, Animated Duck Tale Migration Isn’t Much to Quack About

From Illumination, the animation studio that brought us the Despicable Me, Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets franchises, comes a slightly more accomplished tale of conquering your feelings and […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Oscar-Winner Chloé Zhao Breathes New Life, Style Into Eternals, an Intriguing, Promising New Chapter for Marvel

Eternals

In creator/artist Jack Kirby’s original “Eternals” comic books, these immortal heroes have been living on Earth, steering, guiding, helping humans evolve for thousands of years and protecting us from mankind’s […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: The Lovebirds Are Anything But In This Slight Rom-Com

The Lovebirds

Up until recently, most of the big-ticket films scheduled to be released in theaters that have been sidetracked to some form of streaming of VOD platform have been family-friendly works. […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Dolittle Does Very Little with Its New Take on a Children’s Classic

The new year is young, but thank goodness we didn’t have to wait more than a couple of weeks into it to hit our first big-budget, military-grade stink-bomb of 2020. […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Forced and Phony, Stuber Isn’t Worth the Fare

Stuber

Sometimes, it just comes down to laughs. A few years back, director Michael Dowse made one of the great sports comedies of the last 10 years, Goon, and he proved […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Part Reboot, Part Sequel, Men In Black: International Doesn’t Add Anything to the Franchise

Men in Black International

The Men In Black movies don’t make up a particularly good franchise. The first film from 1997 was a terrific original idea about the hide-in-plain-sight tactics of a secret organization […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review, Uncategorized

Review: Actress Judy Greer Disappoints in Directorial Debut, A Happening of Monumental Proportions

happening monumental

The title of this film betrays its true nature, but the fact that A Happening of Monumental Proportions marks the directing debut of actress Judy Greer is something to celebrate. […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Sincere Pain and Brave Performances Work for Duck Butter

Duck Butter

For a few years now, I’ve been trying to find a common theme in the works of writer/director Miguel Arteta, and I think it comes down to capturing rebellious spirits […]

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Beyond, Comedy, Event, Stages

Preview: Jonah Ray Hits Chicago for Comedy, Raydio and Riffs with ‘Festival of Me’ at North Bar This Weekend 

While you might have been forgiven a few years ago if you were unfamiliar with Jonah Ray, these days you’d have to have more or less lived under a rock […]

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Film, Film & TV

Big Stories and Big Love Make The Big Sick Tick

Though it hadn’t seen nationwide release until today, The Big Sick is already all over the news.  The film features Kumail Nanjiani, a Pakistani-born stand-up comedian who came up in the comedy world via our […]

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