Go Boldly Into the Future – Ad Astra

Quite frankly, there haven’t been a lot of films I’ve marked the calendar for this year. Not to say nothing…

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Heart in the Age of Cynicism – The Peanut Butter Falcon

Every so often, a movie comes along that restores your faith in the transformative power of film. Roger Ebert once…

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Secrecy in the Family – After the Wedding

Heading into the first weekend in September, It Chapter Two is poised to dominate the box office. If you’re not…

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Familiar Territory – Good Boys

Maybe it’s just me getting older but it feels like legitimately good comedies are getting harder and harder to come…

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The Burden of Truth – The Farewell

Counterprogramming is always interesting over the summer. The big studio projects are doing their thing at the box office, bulldozing…

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Dearest Tinsletown – Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

It’s not every day…or, in this case, every year…we get to see a Quentin Tarantino film. The man is incredibly…

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