Film Reviews

You might recognize the name Quinn Shephard from her first feature film, Blame (2017), which got a fair amount of buzz and was even nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Writer and director Shephard delves into a new topic for her follow-up film, Not Okay. Danni (Zoey Deutch) is a twenty-something photo editor at an…
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When I saw the runtime for The Batman I felt like I couldn’t commit to seeing it. Two hours and fifty-six minutes is a long movie. I figured I’d need to get two sodas and two popcorns to make it through that marathon. Plus, I was very on the fence about Robert Pattinson being Batman.…
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Top Gun: Maverick takes place nearly three decades after the original Top Gun (1986). Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is now a U.S. Navy test pilot, testing hypersonic jets. The program is in jeopardy with Admiral Cain (Ed Harris) wanting to shut it down in favor of a drone program. In a test run, Maverick…
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Writer and director Jordan Peele shot to fame with his first feature length horror film Get Out (2017). His sophomore effort, Us (2019), followed similar themes and was a standard horror movie. For Peele’s third effort, he strays a bit from what he has become known as: a horror movie director. Nope is not a…
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Dr. Strange has always been my least favorite superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His magic abilities always seem unclearly defined and he is a generally unlikable character. The best part of this movie is that Rachel McAdams reprises her role as Strange’s love interest, Christine. Strange attends her wedding but during the celebration, an…
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Cha Cha Real Smooth is the latest effort from writer, director, and actor Cooper Raiff. For only his second feature film, Raiff crafts an incredibly complex and sentimental film. Andrew (Cooper Raiff) is a recent college graduate who lives at home with his parents and younger brother David (Evan Assante). While attending a bat mitzvah…
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Normally I stay away from horror movies. Actually I tend to stay away from any movie that looks the slightest bit scary. But after many months of debate, I decided to give Fresh a shot. Since it’s streaming on Hulu, I figured I could turn it off if it got too scary for me. I’m…
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Watching the new Jurassic World movies feels like some sort of sin considering how iconic the original Jurassic Park (1993) movie is. I had suffered through the previous two Jurassic World movies so I felt an obligation to sit through this one. However, when I heard members of the original cast including Sam Neill, Jeff…
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Elvis begins by introducing us to Colonel Parker (Tom Hanks), the devious and conniving long-time manager of Elvis Presley. Parker narrates and advocates for himself, saying the press got the situation all wrong and painted him in the wrong light. While he is making these claims, we flash to the 1970’s where Elvis (Austin Butler)…
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Watcher is the feature film debut for writer and director Chloe Okuno. This 91 minute psychological thriller has put Okuno on my list of directors to watch. Julia (Maika Monroe) is an American who moves to Bucharest with her husband Francis (Karl Glusman). She doesn’t speak Romanian and knows no one other than her husband…
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