Slowly but surely, we’re coming to the end of the line for this series folks. Yes, this time around I’ll be tackling the last of the technical categories in this series. After this week, it’s all the remaining big eight categories from here on out. This one today is arguably one of the lesser tech categories, but still an interestin ... READ MORE
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As I always like to say when I start this series in the middle of the summer, it’s one thing to read early Academy Award predictions to see what folks like myself think will happen at the end of the year. However, it’s another thing entirely to actually know which films will be in contention. To that end, once a week (or maybe twice a ... READ MORE
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Among Disney animated titles, The Lion King holds a special place in the hearts of many. Part of the second Golden Age of animation for the company, it captured the imaginations of young and old back in 1994. Now, Disney has updated the look with a photorealistic remake, looking for all the world like actual animals are doing this riff on ... READ MORE
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Welcome back everyone to the weekly box office report! As always, each and every Sunday you can expect a look at what made the most money in theaters, as well as just how all of the new releases fared. This week, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe offering in Spider-Man: Far From Home looks to continue its financial dominance, while it& ... READ MORE
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Welcome back folks! This time around I’ll be tackling one of the biggest of the big eight categories in an effort not to save them all for very last, much like with last week with Director. This one is arguably the second biggest of them all…the Best Actor field. This is as prestigious a category as there is ladies and gentlemen. I co ... READ MORE
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Happy Friday! As the weekend hits, we are bringing back the review round-up in order to cover a couple of new titles arriving in theaters on a limited basis. Today, we’ll be briefly discussing two particular films, both of which are quite different from each other (a pattern with these round-ups, usually). The movies in question are the ... READ MORE
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Ever since the Sundance Film Festival, buzz has been building for The Farewell. Poised to be one of the fest’s potential awards season players, the heartfelt drama is opening this week and should begin accruing a number of new fans. Those at Sundance did not overhype this one, as it’s a tremendously good movie, one that will u ... READ MORE
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Everyone remembers hanging out during the summer. No matter what part of your youth it was during, being with your friends, feeling out the first pangs of love and sex with significant others, the whole shebang is steeped in positive nostalgia. Actor turned director Joseph Cross taps into that for his directorial debut Summer Night, a han ... READ MORE
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Action comedies can often feel old fashioned. That’s not a criticism either, just a fact of the matter. They don’t necessarily represent a trip to a whole different era, but more simply a throwback to 1980’s type cinema. As such, it either needs to lean into a modern transgression of the tropes, or it needs to lean in to ... READ MORE
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For years, filmmaker Lynn Shelton has been making low key independent slice of life movies. In looking at largely ordinary, if quirky, characters throughout her career, Shelton has made quite a niche for herself. This week, her latest outing opens in Sword of Trust, another small scale character based comedy. What makes this one of her be ... READ MORE
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