It Always Comes Home – Doctor Sleep

The Shining is very much hallowed ground when it comes to horror films but it has always come with a…

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A Lesson in Class – Parasite

It’s not very often I walk into a theater without at least a generalized idea of what I’m about to…

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Why So Serious? – Joker

It seems as though films that get me genuinely excited have been fewer and farther between. There have been many…

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Enough Clowning Around – IT Chapter Two

Lessons in Narrative Function After a highly successful remake two years ago and substantial hype machine behind this sequel, I…

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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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