Tag: SXSW
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Joe Bell, How It Ends – 107
Mark Wahlberg aims for awards but lands in reductive storytelling in Joe Bell. Plus can we handle How It Ends now that we have some modicums of hope? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Joe Bell From filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green (MONSTERS AND MEN; upcoming KING RICHARD), along with the Academy Award-winning writing team behind…
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Thunder Force, Voyagers, Hysterical – 72
The women of Thunder Force have 7 Academy Award nominations (and 2 wins) between them but is their might enough? Voyagers throws a bunch of horny teens into space and the rest is chaos. Thankfully Hysterical shows we can have heart and laughs in the world of comedy. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Thunder…
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The Farewell, The Art of Self-Defense
This week brings two indie movies, the amazing “The Farewell” and the eccentric “The Art of Self-Defense.” Please please please get thee to a theater to see “The Farewell” ASAP. Lulu Wang‘s film has comedy, drama, heart, and Awkwafina. Meanwhile the more bizarre “The Art of Self-Defense” tackles toxic masculinity. Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and…
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Review: Dumbo and The Beach Bum
This week brings the Tim Burton disaster “Dumbo” and the equally disappointing “The Beach Bum.” Why Disney decided to allow the remake of “Dumbo” I will never know. Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Michael Keaton, and Alan Arkin star. Then there’s the self indulgent madness trip that is “The Beach Bum” Matthew McConaughey, Isla…
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Us, The Hummingbird Project
Jordan Peele is back in action with the terrifying “Us” and then there’s the utterly skippable pseudo-tech thriller “The Hummingbird Project.” Jordan Peele continues to prove he’s a master of the horror genre with his follow up to “Get Out” – “Us.” It stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker. Meanwhile “The…