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“With ‘Talk to Me,’ Directors Leap From Phone Screens to the Big Screen”
A movie that’s so good on such a fundamental level that I really can’t be bothered by the part that bugs me. Continue reading
“‘Sisu’ Review: Jalmari Helander’s WWII Action Film Makes History Fun… And Incredibly Gory”
The catch-up continues with one of 2023’s true hoots and hollers, because anything that puts Nazis on blast today is worth at least 3 stars off the bat. Continue reading
“The Most Timely Sci-Fi Epic is Impossible to Find in the US”
It is sad that a 20 year old South Korean anime is “timely” today, because that means the world’s even worse off now than it was then. Continue reading
“‘The League’ Documents a Well-Rounded Chapter in Baseball History”
I consider the line between “this could’ve been a magazine article” and “this needed to be a movie” perilously thin, which is why I run into the problem of necessity with documentaries all the time: Did this have to be a movie? Couldn’t this have been a written piece? The kicker here, regarding Sam Pollard’s The League, … Continue reading
“Horror Is Your Playground: ‘100 Bloody Acres,’ a Dirt-Cheap Delight at 10”
G’day, down under, the barbie, toss another body in the grinder, it’s mulchin’ time. One of these is not a stereotypical Australian colloquialism. Guess which! Continue reading
“For a Reunited John Slattery and Jon Hamm, Less Is ‘Maggie Moore(s)'”
Strictly speaking not a reunion, but this latest team-up between two handsomes is fruitful nonetheless. Continue reading
“‘Dalíland’ Is a Depressingly Normal Biopic of a Surrealist”
Normalizing Dalí is like taking the alcohol out of beer. Continue reading
“It’ll Take More Than Confession To Save ‘Padre Pio'”
Among other things: A recasting of the lead, a rewriting of the script, a reshooting of thy’know what, just scrap the whole thing and fucking start over. Continue reading
Andy’s Best Things 2023: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
…hi guys! Continue reading