Understated Docudrama Explores The Trial Of The Juntas
With a bold, declarative title such as “Argentina, 1985,” one might wonder what co-writer/director Santiago Mitre is taking on with his fifth feature. Reunited with his “The Summit” lead Ricardo Darín, Mitre turns to the Trial of the Juntas. A…
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A Dreamer’s Search | Film Threat
Written and directed by Eric Downs, A Dreamer’s Search tells the true story of Rockwell Kent. Well, more accurately, the story is of one brief but very important moment in the beloved artist’s life. Does such a narrow focus help…
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The 1996 Movie’s Boring Younger Sister
Nothing summarizes Hollywood better than the history of Matilda’s adaptations. A children’s book by Roald Dahl becomes a bestselling hit. It gets the movie treatment, much like his other tales, in 1996 and becomes an instant classic, a constant go-to…
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Ambitious Stop-Motion Movie Is Creepy Family Fun
Wendell & Wild, the first feature from director Henry Selick since 2009's Coraline, is an excitingly ambitious movie. It's of a piece with his previous stop-motion work in that it combines family-film sensibilities with macabre imagery in a way sure…
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Horror Master Breathes New Life Into The Anthology Format
It’s been too long since a show like “Masters of Horror” allowed twisted auteurs a platform to explore the themes and images that haunt them. Enter Guillermo del Toro, the Oscar-winning director who has gifted his fans with Netflix’s “Guillermo…
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Christian Bale Dives Into Edgar Allan Poe Mystery
Home Movie Reviews ‘The Pale Blue Eye' Review: Christian Bale and Henry Melling Get at the Tell-Tale Heart of an Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Scott Cooper expertly adapts Louis Bayard’s novel, with Christan Bale and Harry Melling at the heart…
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A Great Run That Crashes and Burns
In Season 1 of Netflix Japanese battle royale series Alice in Borderland, two elements stood out: one was that director Shinsuke Sato made sure that a huge number of the frames and blocking made the series look and feel like…
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Atrabilious | Film Threat
Atrabilious is Will Parker’s (aka Willliam Atticus Parker) third film, behind one short and another feature-length title. The impressive thing is that the writer-director is only 19. So, does this mystery-comedy-thriller show the signs of an auteur finding their voice?…
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HBO’s Hit Anthology Isn’t Worth The Trip This Time
Last summer “The White Lotus,” Mike White’s limited series skewering the lives of the elite while on vacation at the titular resort in Hawaii became a cultural phenomenon, snagging ten Emmy awards. Now an anthology, Season 2 finds a (mostly)…
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Great Cast Gets Wasted On A Tedious Script
Home Movie Reviews American Murderer Review: Great Cast Gets Wasted On A Tedious Script [SDIFF] American Murderer may look good on paper, but it’s a dull and lazy interpretation of a story about one of the country’s most fascinating criminals.…
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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody Review: Ackie Shines in Biopic
Home Movie Reviews ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Review: Naomi Ackie Shines in a Musical Biopic That Does Not As it turns out, even the story of one of the most enduring musical talents in history can become…
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House of the Dragon Season 1 4K Blu-Ray Review: A Lazy, Missed Opportunity
House of the Dragon was easily one of my favorite shows of this year, so when given the opportunity to review the Season 1 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, I jumped at it. After all, there were rumors of deleted scenes,…
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