Tag: Film
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The Suicide Squad—An Overlooked and Underrated “Sequel”
Since Season 2 of Peacemaker is currently airing, let’s revisit the movie that started it all.
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Queer Friendship is Complicated in “Lakeview” (2024)
Tara Thorne’s film is equal parts emotional and comedic, illustrating the beauty and the pain of long term relationships.
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“Outerlands” Provides Community in Unexpected Places
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.
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“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” (2025) Film Review-Taking a risk to love and trust again via fantastical, shared paths
Strangers in a crowd, exchanging glances, looking away, continually managing to run into each other then part ways, end up at the same diner, find they’ve rented the exact same vehicles, and are then made to travel together to learn once more whether they can both find genuine adoration and companionship again. This really does,…
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“Him” (2025) Film Review-The realities of making the grade in professional sports gets a cultism-driven, horror film makeover
“WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE?!!!!” “EVERYTHING!!!!!” This is but one of a multitude of highly emphatic questions, and subsequent answers, being asked in the newest feature film from one of the current masters of horror, Jordan Peele (“Get Out”, “Us” and “Nope”). I must give Peele credit in that he continues to push the…
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“Him” – All Flash, No Game
Him is visually stunning—all concrete cathedrals and bone-rattling impact shots that look like a nightmare highlight reel. Marlon Wayans is magnetic as this legendary quarterback who’s basically selling salvation with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. But the story keeps running in circles: more tests, more cryptic pep talks, more ritualistic drills. The…
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Ne Zha 2—The Chinese Blockbuster that you’ve probably never heard of
I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
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“The Long Walk” (2025) Film Review-Brutality, brokenness, and brotherhood in dystopian America
Those perfect Summer or Fall days. The sun is shining, the temperature is JUST right, and you’ve got nothing else to do. Therefore, isn’t it time to get outside and take a nice stroll through the park, or along the shoreline (should you be that fortunate), or even just around the neighborhood? Sure. BUT…..if one…
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The Conjuring: Last Rites Review
The Conjuring: The Last Rites delivers a thrilling mix of scares and heart. From the axe-wielding ghost to the Warrens’ emotional farewell, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga shine. Fans get a chilling, atmospheric conclusion that’s worth watching in theaters.
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Review: The Roses – Marriage and the Sweet Taste of Revenge
The Roses is a wickedly sharp marital warfare comedy that transforms domestic dysfunction into high art. Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch deliver powerhouse performances as a couple whose fairy-tale romance implodes when his architectural career collapses just as her culinary empire takes off. What makes Jay Roach’s remake so devastatingly effective is its refusal to…