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Nickel Boys – A moving and effective adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
Nickel Boys, the film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s excellent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Nickel Boys, takes a huge stylistic swing. Rather than telling the harrowing
Babygirl – A salacious erotic thriller that skimps on neither eroticism nor thrills
Babygirl is an erotic thriller that is, unlike so many which came before, both erotic and thrilling. But what makes it novel is that the
Wicked: Part One – I’m glad you’re all enjoying it but this is the worst
I avoided this movie because I suspected it would be an ugly, poorly shot pile of content with little artistic merit beyond the central performances.
I Like to Movie Movie episode 263 – Megan: Impossible – The Road to Dead Reckoning Part Two (Part Four)
Megan has never seen a Mission: Impossible movie. Dan and Stephen are making her watch ALL OF THEM. That’s right, as the final (?) film
Gladiator II – a crowd-pleasing blockbuster that serves the original well
When is the last time you’ve watched Gladiator? Prior to revisiting it a few days before seeing the sequel, I hadn’t seen it since it
Philadelphia Film Festival – Unstoppable & Desert Road
Unstoppable (dir. William Goldenberg) As a huge fan of the Rocky series, it’s hard for me to discount a film for being formulaic. There are
Terrifier 3 – a gruesome novelty that never quite finds its stride
It’s so cool that writer/director Damien Leone has taken a small, splattery short and turned it into a popular slasher franchise. I personally would not
The Apprentice – A scathing indictment of American greed with a powerful performance from Sebastian Stan
The Apprentice pulls off something miraculous in its bombastic telling of the early days of Donald Trump’s career. You see, at this point in my
Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival Day Three: Voidcaller, Carnage for Christmas, Párvulos, and Jeffrey’s Hell
Voidcaller (dir. Nils Alatalo) Nothing says “good morning, get your brain ready for a whole day of movies” quite the way a complete head trip