Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Adam Sandler Produces a Lackluster, Overly Broad Heist Comedy in The Out-Laws

I don’t want to spoil anything up front about how I feel about the new Adam Sandler-produced Netflix comedy The Out-Laws, but it stinks to high heaven. Your reaction may […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: White Elephant Is Not a Good Movie, But a Stacked Cast Makes it Watchable

In all likelihood, you haven’t seen any of director/co-writer and prolific action filmmaker Jesse V. Johnson’s movies. But with a surprisingly solid cast, his latest work, White Elephant, might change […]

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Beyond, Event, Previews, Suburbs and exurbs

Preview: The Last Wizard World Chicago

It’s here, and for Chicago-goers it’s bittersweet. Tomorrow the doors open one last time on Wizard World Chicago. We’ve had a great time over the years with this convention, covering […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: An Original Musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vivo Mostly Works as a Lesson in Music and Friendship

Vivo

In roughly the last year, the world has celebrated the past works of award-winning songwriter and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda with the filmed releases of Hamilton and In the Heights, but […]

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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 […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: F9 is More Furious than Fast, an Overstuffed Entry in an Overlong Franchise

F9

Is it my imagination, or do most of the Fast & Furious movies spend about a third of their running times explaining or rewriting the events of previous installments? I […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Marvel’s Latest Cosmic Adventure is a Blast

Just when I think I have figured out what writer-director James Gunn is capable of, he goes and makes Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and shows me he’s capable […]

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