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The Misandrists Review: Bawdy, Transgressive Satire from Bruce LaBruce

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Bruce LaBruce’s reputation as a bad-taste provocateur gleefully continues with this campy exercise in sex, sleaze, and political […]

Marshall Estes Posted on July 3, 2018July 30, 2020

TAU Review: Netflix’s Perplexing Smart House Thriller

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Netflix’s latest thriller about a young girl trapped in a smart house is pure, unapologetic schlock, with workmanlike […]

Dusty Wilson Posted on June 29, 2018July 30, 2020

Ant-Man and the Wasp Review: Marvel’s Latest Shrinks the Stakes

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Marvel’s first placeholder till the next Infinity War is a more assured caper comedy than the first Ant-Man, […]

Clint Worthington Posted on June 27, 2018July 30, 2020

La Enfermedad del Domingo: Entrevista con Ramón Salazar (Español)

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This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood (You can find an English-language version of the interview here. Read […]

Jon Espino Posted on June 21, 2018July 30, 2020

Sunday’s Illness: Ramon Salazar on Creating Female-Driven Stories (English)

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We sit down to talk to Sunday’s Illness director Ramón Salazar about the creation of the film and […]

Jon Espino Posted on June 21, 2018July 30, 2020

Sunday’s Illness Review: Netflix’s Elegant, Stately Mother-Daughter Drama

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Ramón Salazar’s direct-to-Netflix Spanish drama is a heartfelt exploration of the tenuous bonds between mother and daughter, anchored […]

Jon Espino Posted on June 21, 2018July 30, 2020

Incredibles 2 Review: A Sneakily Regressive Message Under All That Fun

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Brad Bird’s 2018 sequel offers more of the same superhero fun as the original, but brings along some […]

Andrea Thompson Posted on June 13, 2018July 30, 2020

SuperFly Review: A Gritty Remake That’s Far From Groovy

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Director X’s slick, hip-hop fueled remake of the blaxploitation classic trades in 70s crime for music video slickness, […]

Marshall Estes Posted on June 12, 2018July 30, 2020

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Review: A Beautiful Doc on the Life of Fred Rogers

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Morgan Neville’s documentary about Fred Rogers is sweet, earnest, and filled with a wellspring of love for one […]

Dusty Wilson Posted on June 8, 2018July 30, 2020

Hotel Artemis Review: A Grungy Sci-Fi Shoot-’em-Up With a Five-Star Staff

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Drew Pearce’s pulpy near-future potboiler about a futuristic hotel/hospital for bad guys lets its stacked cast have fun […]

Clint Worthington Posted on June 7, 2018July 30, 2020

Hereditary Review: A24 Keeps Haunting, Existential Horror in the Family

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A24 continues its mean streak of unrelentingly interesting horror films, merging The Exorcist, The Witch and The Shining […]

Clint Worthington Posted on June 6, 2018July 30, 2020

Ocean’s 8 Review: Female-Forward Heist Antics Don’t Cover A Lack of Depth

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Gary Ross’ gender-swapped revamp of the slick heist franchise doesn’t offer its female leads enough worthwhile things to […]

Andrea Thompson Posted on June 5, 2018July 30, 2020

INTERVIEW: Upgrade’s Leigh Whannell on Crafting the Futuristic World of BH Tilt’s Latest Thriller

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This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Alcohollywood’s spinoff mini-cast On Tap returns! Every so often, we’ll be […]

Clint Worthington Posted on May 30, 2018July 30, 2020

That Summer Review: Illuminating New Areas of Grey Gardens

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Cobbled from footage of a pre-Grey Gardens attempt to tell the tale of Big Edie and Little Edie, […]

Marshall Estes Posted on May 26, 2018July 30, 2020

On Chesil Beach Review: A Picturesque Tale of a Broken Honeymoon

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Dominic Cooke’s sumptuous adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel tells the tale of a marriage doomed from the […]

Marshall Estes Posted on May 23, 2018July 30, 2020

Solo: A Star Wars Story Review: Never Tell Disney the Odds

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It’s messy and more than a little overlong, but Disney’s latest Star Wars prequel manages to coast by […]

Clint Worthington Posted on May 21, 2018July 30, 2020

Cargo Review: Netflix’s Sprawling, Intimate Zombie Travelogue

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Netflix’s Australian zombie drama sports some fascinating twists on the undead genre, and drips with as much atmosphere […]

Dusty Wilson Posted on May 20, 2018July 30, 2020

Hitler’s Hollywood Review: Doc Explores Dark Periods of German Cinema History

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Rudiger Suchsland’s second documentary on the cinema of Hitler’s Germany takes a fascinating, if surface-level, look at the […]

Marshall Estes Posted on May 16, 2018July 30, 2020

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