Film Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home picks up right where its predecessor, Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) left off. Spider-Man’s real identity as Peter Parker has just been outed to the entire world by Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal). Parker returns to high school where he is mobbed by those who both praise and criticize his actions. His university…
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Nicolas Cage can be a polarizing figure for most folks. Some people love him and others simply hate him. But his body of work is impressive and he has admittedly been in some cult classics and some out right hits. Moonstruck (1987) and Raising Arizona (1987) were both successful and somewhat put Cage on the…
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Steven Soderbergh has a long filmography filled with numerous hits and a handful of misses. Kimi isn’t Soderbergh’s best but it’s a very solid effort that is worth a watch. Kimi is the name of a smart speaker similar to Siri or Alexa, and it monitors human behavior to advance and improve the algorithm. Kimi…
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You might recognize Megan Park from her acting career. Her most well known role is undoubtedly on the television show The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), the same show where Shailene Woodley also first gained notoriety. But Park steps into the role of writer and director with her feature film debut, The Fallout.…
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Alex Garland has quickly become one of my favorite directors. Ex Machina (2014) and Annihilation (2018) were both phenomenal movies that kept you on the edge of your seat. I expected Men to be the same style of psychological thriller that touched on important and intricate themes and ideologies. Men begins when Harper (Jessie Buckley)…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the wildest and most ridiculous movies of 2022. But it is also one of the best. The movie is divided into three parts. ‘Part 1: Everything’ begins by introducing us to the main players of this tumultuous story. Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) runs a laundromat with her…
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Turning Red is a Pixar movie that departs from the traditional trajectory of the studio, but in a good way. This movie is the first time that an all female creative leadership team has created a movie for the animation studio. You might recognize writer and director Domee Shi from her animated short film, Bao…
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Montana Story is a neo-Western that follows the story of two siblings who have lost touch with each other but reunite at their family ranch. Cal (Owen Teague) lives nearby and has built a life for himself with one foot still in his childhood and the ranch he grew up on. He is at the…
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Pixar has gone back to their roots with their latest release, Lightyear. In 1995, Pixar made a splash with Toy Story – the first film from the new animation studio. Since then, there have been 26 Pixar films covering a wide range of topics and characters. Toy Story was such a smash hit it spawned…
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Lucy and Desi is a documentary about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the legendary television couple. Ball and Arnaz’s many successes have been well documented both on screen and in print. The power couple met on the set of a movie. They quickly fell in love, got married, and were promptly separated because of work…
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