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weekend watchlist: country twang with a Scottish accent

Mon, Jul 11, 2022
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Plus a soothing science-fiction horror and a scathing not-at-all satire that helps explain Boris Johnson. (First published June 11th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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weekend watchlist: a prophetic dystopia (that is also rather comforting)

Tue, May 17, 2022
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Plus iconic performances from Jessica Chastain and Bruce Willis. (First published April 15th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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The Bad Guys movie review: criminally fun

Fri, Apr 08, 2022
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A snappy, snarky, never-ever sentimental concoction of cartoon chaos meets hip heist flick. Its breezy swagger extends to the delightful animation, organic and mellow, hot and cool at the same time.

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Ambulance movie review: dead on arrival

Fri, Apr 01, 2022
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A screaming deluge of metal and rubber devoid of drama, suspense, and elegance. Instead it’s random vehicular chaos enacted with the same energy of a four-year-old smashing his toys into one another.

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Delicate State movie review: life goes on as the world falls apart

Thu, Jan 06, 2022
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An ultra-low-budget marvel, a perspective on societal disruption and disorder as everyday precariousness comes for those previously sheltered from it. Barely speculative, maybe terrifyingly prescient.

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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts 2021 (93rd Academy Awards) review

Fri, Apr 23, 2021
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“Hunger Ward,” an unvarnished vérité look at starving Yemeni children and the medics trying to save them, best encapsulates the human experience of pain and resilience that all the nominees embody.

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I Blame Society movie review: jeopardizing her likability with no f*cks to give

Fri, Feb 26, 2021
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A vicious, delicious Hollywood sendup, deconstructing — like a wrecking ball deconstructs — indie filmmaking, cinematic violence, and the industry’s treatment of women. Write what you know? Hoo boy.

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Songbird movie review: screechingly out of tune

Wed, Dec 23, 2020
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An appalling melange of insipid disaster drama and implausible romance with a bit of dystopian satire thrown in. This is a crass cash-in meant to prey on our pandemic anxieties, not grapple with them.

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Faith Based movie review: God is in the details

Fri, Oct 09, 2020
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I love the initial cynicism of this sendup of Christian cinema, and love even more how it goes on to punch up rather than down, and embraces sincerity and friendship with good cheer and gentle zing.

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I Am Woman movie review: more a purr than a roar

Thu, Oct 01, 2020
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A winsome Tilda Cobham-Hervey leads a rote rags-to-riches tale, though its rampant sexism is a villain women will recognize. Needs to be seen, even if it’s not quite the tribute Helen Reddy deserves.

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