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Blogging “Django Unchained” (The Texas Chapters)
Welcome to my insanely detailed series of posts about Django Unchained, containing all my thoughts and insights on Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning film. Some of...
How to Make a Killing: Bad Relations
I’m about to drop some film history on you, so brace yourself. In 1949, the British director Robert Hamer made a black-comedy masterpiece called...
Hostiles: Savage Land
Every time I look at Scott Cooper’s career, it gets smaller. The actor-turned-filmmaker made a promising directing debut back in 2009 with his country-music...
Brian and Charles: I Made a Friend
We’ve been deluged with found-footage horror films ever since The Blair Witch Project, but mockumentary comedies have been largely neglected ever since Christopher Guest...
The Best Movies of 2012
I discovered something quite distressing while prepping for this annual listicle. I made an initial pass through a list of movie titles from 2012...
Film Shorts
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The Brothers Bloom (PG-13) The second film by writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick) stars Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as adopted brothers and con artists...
The Modern and The ‘Phibs Present “This House”
Americans like to harumph that they’re sick of the dysfunction in the U.S. Congress –– too many special interests, career ambitions, dubious backroom deals,...
Women Talking: Voices of Change
I’m usually depressed by the unexpected Oscar nominations, but every once in a while, a pleasant surprise sneaks in. That would be Women Talking,...
Film Shorts // April 12-18, 2023
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline (R) Based on Daniel Malm’s book, this thriller is about a West Texas rancher (Jake Weary) who teams...
Film Shorts
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Goodnight Mommy (R) This Austrian horror film stars Elias and Lukas Schwarz as twin brothers who no longer recognize their mother (Susanne Wuest) after...
