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Dahmer: Jeff Who Lives at Home
What idiot executive told Netflix to title its dramatic series Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story? One-third of the words would have told...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 8: King Midas in Reverse
Prior to Game of Thrones’ debut, I remember selling it to a friend with a low threshold for swords and sorcery as “like The...
Film Shorts // October 5-11, 2022
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Ask Me to Dance (PG) Tom Malloy stars in his own romantic comedy as a man who’s destined to meet his soulmate before the...
Goddamn Amsterdam
For somewhat understandable reasons, the filmmakers and studio behind Amsterdam have buried the lede. This period satire is about a group of right-wing greedheads launching...
Film Shorts // 09-28-22
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Dead for a Dollar (R) Walter Hill (48 Hrs.) directs this Western about a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) who meets an old enemy (Willem...
Bros: Bobby Love
The major Hollywood studios have largely abandoned romantic comedies in the last decade or so. This seems like a giant failure of imagination. The...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 6: Dishonesty
After we watched the sixth episode of House of the Dragon, my girlfriend dived into A Wiki of Ice and Fire. The way they’re...
Don’t Worry Darling: There Is No Victory
I don’t usually get into the particulars of how I do my job, because I don’t think you’ll find it very interesting. Today, though,...
Birdy Out of Hand
They say, “Write what you know.” I’ve never been all that sure. Lena Dunham has written what she knows: contemporary life among creative types,...
Film Shorts // September 21-27, 2022
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Avatar (PG-13) James Cameron’s film demonstrates all his strengths and his flaws. Set in the 22nd century on a distant planet, the film stars...
