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Very few films portray male friendship with the energy of Doug Liman’s 1996 breakout hit Swingers. What is so rewarding about the film nearly...
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Very few films portray male friendship with the energy of Doug Liman’s 1996 breakout hit Swingers. What is so rewarding about the film nearly...
Class is a fascinating relic of 1980s cinema, serving as both a typical teen comedy of the era and a precursor to the...
Disappointing but still worthwhile documentary on the extraordinary makeup artists – led by John Chambers and Tom Burman – who created the revolutionary...
Oy vey… I used to really like this movie. Now it’s a novelty remembrance to bygone times, cultural appropriation, casual homophobia, misogyny and unrequited...
Money Talks is a buddy action-comedy that pairs Charlie Sheen and Chris Tucker in a wild ride of high-octane chases, slapstick humor, and...
There’s been a deluge of Hong Kong action from boutique Blu-ray labels in the past few years, but one area which has been...
The Mighty Quinn is probably most noteworthy to most film buffs as a strong, early performance in Denzel Washington’s career, but for this...
George Miller’s Furiosa may bill itself as a ‘Mad Max Saga’ but don’t be fooled: it’s less an action epic than an origin fable, a myth...
When something is really good, it continues to be reinvented generation after generation. The new creators find the message and see how it relates...
Based on the book written by Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat is the underdog story of the 1936 US Olympic...
Run Lola Run celebrates the 25th anniversary of its original release with a new 4k restoration. For me, it is the first time viewing...
1987’s No Way Out starring Kevin Constner, Gene Hackman, and Sean Young is a classic Cold War spy thriller in the vein of Le...
Let me begin this review by stating that this movie has absolutely no right whatsoever to be as good as it is. When...
With the recent release of Twisters being met with a mostly positive critical response and moderate financial success, it is only natural to wonder...
“We Can’t. I’m alive, and you’re dead.” “I’m not prejudiced, my love.” – Francesco and Lei Cemetery Man (1994). To say that Dellamorte...
Like the genre it drew it’s inspiration from, Heroes and its sequel series Heroes Reborn starts strong out of the gate and then...
Let me say right up front here that I have always had a major dislike for South Park, which was created by Trey Parker...
Hanks For The Ride If I ever get to address a college graduation ceremony, I will tell them the truest thing I know: live...
I was to understand there would be pie and punch. Whenever people asked Andy Kaufman how he wanted to be remembered, he always...
In Luca Gaudagnino’s latest opus Challengers, we are introduced to three tennis players with differing degrees of talent, challenges and motivations, and we follow...
It’s both a pain and a pleasure to write about a new Hayao Miyazaki film— a pleasure because for some three years after the...
Having long since cemented how talented he is in front of the camera, with Monkey Man, Dev Patel steps behind the camera and...
Say what you will about Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective, but it was one of the few shows on television (along with Noah Hawley’s Fargo)...
The Last Kumite is an homage to a very particular sub-species of martial arts film: the 1980’s and early 90’s western wave of bone...