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Review: Damien Chazelle Cobbles Together Babylon, Three-Plus Hours of Bombast, Ego and Decadence, and Calls it a Movie

It’s said that one key to an artist’s success is knowing when to put down the paintbrush. Any work of art could go on and on, could be revised again […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 23, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With James Gunn at the Helm, The Suicide Squad Brings Characters with Depth and a Story with Plenty of Fun

    The Suicide Squad

    After working almost exclusively for several years on the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies (as well as contributing in no small part to the last couple Avengers movies […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 6, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Inheritance Isn’t Much Without Gritty, Slightly Twisted Performances

    Inheritance

    There are times when a clever film is a bit too clever for its own good. That doesn’t mean it isn’t still fun—the kind of fun that stems from on […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 22, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Birds of Prey Wants You To Think It’s Edgier Than It Is

    Birds of Prey

    This is a film that wants so desperately for us to believe it’s edgy and twisted that it forgets to actually be edgy and twisted. This is not to say […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 7, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Jay Roach on Conflicts, Costumes and Creating a Character for Bombshell

    Bombshell Jay Roach

    For some, it may be tough to reconcile the idea that Jay Roach, the same man who directed all three Austin Powers films and both Meet the Parents movies, also […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 24, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review , Uncategorized

    Review: By Over-Simplifying the Narrative, Bombshell Misses Its Mark

    Bombshell

    In the throes of the 2016 presidential campaign, as a nation geared up to elect a sexual predator, women in entertainment began speaking up and out against the bad actors […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 20, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Revisits, Celebrates a Bygone Cinematic Era

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Like many works by Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood is an exercise in creation and re-creation, often simultaneously, but never more so than in this love letter/death knell […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 23, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review , Uncategorized

    Review: Two Strong Performances Carry a Shaky Mary Queen of Scots

    Mary Queen of Scots

    There is little doubt in this most recently telling of the life and death of Mary Stuart (here portrayed by Saoirse Ronan), the ambitious Queen of Scotland, eager to build […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 13, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: I, Tonya Proves a Fascinating, Sympathetic Portrait Driven by Year’s Best Performances

    This exquisite biopic from director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, The Finest Hours) asks you to consider—or perhaps “reconsider” is the better word—everything you think you know about […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 21, 2017
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