Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Two-Time Oscar Winner Hilary Swank Carries The Good Mother, a Dark Family Drama Best Served by Its Performances

I sometimes have to remind myself that Hilary Swank has two Academy Awards, and I in no way mean that as a slight to her acting abilities. She’s one of […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Pandemic of Memory Loss Leads One Couple Down an Emotional, Complex Path in Little Fish

Little Fish

We’ve had a small handful of films made in the last year that have a pandemic as their backdrop, or were filmed during the current pandemic and either do or […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Sound of Metal Charts the Painful, Inspiring Journey of a Musician Losing His Hearing

Sound of Metal

In what might be one of the coolest opening sequences of the year, the beginning of Sound of Metal sees Riz Ahmed’s Ruben drum as if his life depends on […]

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Review: Life Itself Lacks Any Signs of Actual Human Life, or Heart

Life Itself

If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to advance reviews on this film, then you know that it’s one of the worst-reviewed movies of 2018—and deservedly so. Writer/director Dan […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Thoroughbreds Introduces the Wealthy, Privileged…and Murderous

Thoroughbreds

From first-time writer-director Cory Finley comes a unique brand of horror film that isn’t about scares or bodycounts. Thoroughbreds is about the creeping tension that accompanies a murder so meticulously […]

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