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When a movie comes along with hype and critical acclaim, you sit up and take notice. The Beguiled comes with that after Sofia Coppola became only the second woman in the 70 year history of the Cannes Film Festival to ...
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Edgar Wright has made a series of critically successful movies, although I happen to be particularly partial to Scott Pilgrim vs the World for its impressive aesthetic and deep levels of references, and Hot Fuzz simply for being such a ...
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A couple of years ago I wrote about a phenomenon known as “Minions Madness” when I reviewed Minions. I’d never seen Despicable Me or its sequel, but I’d finally succumbed to the cuteness of those walking, talking Twinkies with the ...
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The genre of “a child and their CGI monster” seems to be an ancient one, with movies like Pete’s Dragon or ET coming to mind. There’s something about that pairing of supernatural intelligence with the naiveté of a cute kid ...
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By the time indicator on my DVR, it took a mere 3 minutes and 30 seconds for the season 2 premiere of Preacher to make me fling my hands into the air with manic frustration.Three. Minutes. Thirty. Seconds.Now, you might ...
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Movie musicals. You love them or you hate them. They are certainly a uniquely American genre of film, adapted from the stage musical but some people just have a hard time grasping the notion that characters suddenly burst into song ...
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We love our TV here at Hotchka, but we don't like how expensive it's become and how cable companies manipulate the prices by consolidating cable, phone and internet into one package, and then forcing you to add more channels to ...
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Some Broadway musicals become legendary, enjoying new revivals and interpretations over the ensuing decades, and some are lost to history for one reason or another. One show that has enjoyed a very long life on stages around the world is ...
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Indie filmmakers turned into blockbuster directors is the shtick these days, and Colin Trevorrow is one of those people. He did the beloved Safety Not Guaranteed which I think is hideously overrated but in fairness, it’s mainly the script and ...
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Is it really a big deal that there’s a new silly, mildly raunchy, super profane comedy about a bunch of women screwing up, written by and directed by a woman? Yeah, sure. That doesn’t mean it’s good or bad. It ...
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Israeli cinema has existed since its creation in 1948, although it has never had the influence of other foreign film culture over critical acclaim and blockbuster hits. As their film industry expands over time, this has changed a little, but ...
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Fist Fight hit theaters in February (2017) but the R-rated comedy failed to make much of a dent at the box office, debuting in fifth place and hitting eleventh by its third week, topping out at just over $32 million ...
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