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Sicario

Last and First Men movie review: a sobering message from the future (EIFF 2020)

Thu, Jul 23, 2020
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A mesmerizing, haunting contemplation of the headiest issues we ever confront: evolution and extinction, the depths of time, the meaning of life. Screams with ominous alarm for the human future.

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Hell or High Water movie review: there will be blood

Tue, Sep 13, 2016
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Alongside plenty of heist-movie humor and suspense is a bleak fatalism grounded in depressing reality and resignation to the miserable necessity it demands.

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my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)

Mon, Feb 29, 2016
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Now updated with all the winners…

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Cartel Land documentary review: the war on drugs can have no winners

Tue, Feb 16, 2016
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A real-life action thriller, a terrifying companion piece to Sicario. Do we want the wild West in the 21st century? Because that’s what we’ve got.

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
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Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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why does the Sicario Region 1 DVD cover art make it look like Benicio Del Toro is the star of the film?

Wed, Dec 23, 2015
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In a year when badass women are obviously doing very well for Hollywood, this is no explanation for this beyond unthinking, reflexive sexism.

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OFCS 2015 awards winners announced

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
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Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…

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Where Are the Women? Sicario

Mon, Oct 05, 2015
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The female protagonist is smart and competent, wields authority like a total badass, and is an intriguingly conflicted, wonderfully awful mess.

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Sicario movie review: lies, injustice, and the American way

Mon, Oct 05, 2015
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The “War on Drugs” has never felt more like an actual war in this brutal, scathing condemnation of the lawlessness of the battle… on the “good guys” side.

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