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Young Woman And The Sea Review- An Inspiring True Story That May Not Find Its Audience
By Nick Nitkowski “Young Woman and the Sea” is a Disney-released movie about the true story of Trudy Ederle, played by Daisy Ridley, who became the first woman to swim the English Channel from France to England in 1926. Other… Continue reading
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Eric Review- A Fascinating Series Based On True Events That Deals With Real Life Trauma While Also Dealing With The Loss Of A Child
Eric is based on a true story and in a world of Imaginary Friend films that have come out in theaters recently it’s the best of the lot so far. Even though this isn’t a film, Abi Morgan sets it… Continue reading
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The Dead Don’t Hurt Review- As The First Time Writer and Director This Didn’t Go As Good As It Should Have For Viggo Mortenson
Viggo Mortenson is an actor who has done some of the biggest movies in Hollywood in his career, namely the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. He has also done a lot of indie and character studies like Green Book, Captain… Continue reading
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The Beach Boys Review- A Solid Documentary About The Band That Started The Beach Culture Sound, We All Know And Love Today
When I was a kid, my parents loaded my brothers and sister in the car, and we went for rides around New England on the weekends. We used to listen to all kinds of music, including the 60s station on… Continue reading
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Atlas Review- A Terrific Turn For Jennifer Lopez In This CGI Spectacle, Opposite Gregory James Cohen As The Voice Of An AI Mech Suit
Jennifer Lopez’s career has been a bit disjointed. She came out of the gates with Selena and a few other action films opposite George Clooney, Out of Sight, and some rom-coms opposite Matthew McCaughey, The Wedding Planner. Lately, though, her… Continue reading
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Review- A Gorgeous Action-packed Adrenaline Rush Of A Film That Never Let’s Up From Beginning To End With A Career Best Performance From Chris Hemsworth
George Miller has created a nice franchise with the Mad Max world, based in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. After many years away from the franchise he came back with a vengeance in 2016 with the critical and box-office smash Mad Max:… Continue reading
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The Garfield Movie Review- Terrific Voice-Over Performances Can’t Save Basic Animation And A Retread Plot
The Garfield Movie is based on a cartoon cat from the newspapers and later turned into a movie with the titular cat voiced by Bill Murray decades later. Garfield is a cat who likes to eat pizza and lasagna and… Continue reading
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You Can’t Run Forever Review- An Over The Top Performance From JK Simmons Can’t Save Wooden Acting From The Rest Of The Cast And Bad Direction
JK Simmons is an actor who is known for being J Jonah Jameson in the Spiderman films and many other roles, including his Oscar-winning performance in Whiplash as the overbearing band instructor Terence Fletcher. He goes to the dark side… Continue reading
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The Strangers: Pt 1 Review- A Reboot Of A Horror Franchise That Lacks The Appeal It Needed To Move It In The Right Direction
The Strangers: Chapter 1 is the reboot of the horror franchise that had its moments in the previous two installments. They weren’t the classic slasher films. They were based on a true story. This franchise has a grounded feeling to… Continue reading
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Babes Review- Hilarity Insues While Women Are In The Throws Of Child Rearing
Motherhood is an unforgiving job. No matter what you do it’s never good enough. You have to deal with your husband, boyfriend, and your kids. It’s always this, go here, get dinner ready and so many other things I’m not… Continue reading
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