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Category: Current Reviews
Judd Apatow Captures Familial Love in Avett Brothers Music Doc May It Last
I have a brother and we worked together for close to twenty years. Our “band” broke up in 2006 after we sold our business. Like the Avett’s, we never really had a fight, and also like the subjects of this film, our parents provided us with solid relationship tools and an understanding of the importance… Continue reading Judd Apatow Captures Familial Love in Avett Brothers Music Doc May It Last
Netflix Presents Willem Dafoe Power Hour (Death Note & What Happened To Monday)
What works about What Happened to Monday and what doesn’t work about Death Note?
Patti Cake$ Challenges the Solo Underdog Story
I am not writing this post because this movie is about an overweight white girl beating the odds. We all struggle with our outward appearance at one point or another; we all are the underdog in our own story. I am writing this review because I left the theater feeling uplifted, smiling, and knowing why… Continue reading Patti Cake$ Challenges the Solo Underdog Story
Logan Lucky’s Solid Performances Make A Clichéd Plot Fun
SAMUEL RUSSELL: Critics seem to love Steven Soderbergh. I personally don’t have too much of an opinion on the guy. I saw the Oceans movies when they were in theaters, but hardly remember them at this point, and I saw Magic Mike, which I remember feeling underwhelmed by. Logan Lucky apparently marks a return from… Continue reading Logan Lucky’s Solid Performances Make A Clichéd Plot Fun
Good Time Chews You Up and Spits You Out Like the Piece of City Trash You Are
I don’t know what it is but all of the movies I have seen in theaters recently have been incredibly stressful to watch (Baby Driver and Dunkirk come to mind). Good Time is no exception. Taking place over less than twenty-four hours and clocking in at a nice hour and forty minutes this movie packs… Continue reading Good Time Chews You Up and Spits You Out Like the Piece of City Trash You Are
Social Media and Relationships are Ethereal in Ingrid Goes West
Ingrid Goes West takes a look at the things around us that we can’t see.
The Beguiled Beguiles These Guys, But at What Cost?
Christopher Maher: Hey Sam, hope you’re enjoying this rainy day. Is it cold out? I don’t think I’ve even been outside yet. Is it misty? Because The Beguiled by Sofia Coppola sure was, and also we saw it yesterday and we’re talking about it today. What’d you think? Samuel B Russell: The Beguiled wasn’t so… Continue reading The Beguiled Beguiles These Guys, But at What Cost?
Atomic Blonde is Very Cool
Every now and then a movie comes out that proves “style over substance” isn’t the awful thing it’s believed to be. We’ve discussed this in past reviews, but when style is all-consuming, when it is the primary purpose of a film, it becomes the substance. And when that style is good enough to sustain an… Continue reading Atomic Blonde is Very Cool
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