Category Archives: Film

Thanks to Ari for letting us sit in on his bewildering self-therapy. BEAU IS AFRAID is best described as an epic anxiety horror. It could certainly be considered funny, but funny-peculiar. Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) is a man-child still under the … Continue reading →

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Madame Web (2024) Review

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Dakota Johnson, Madame Web, Marvel, SJ Clarkson, Sony, Superhero Movie, Sydney Sweeney | Leave a comment

Alexander Payne Films Ranked

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged About Schmidt, Alexander Payne, Citizen Ruth, Downsizing, Election, Nebraska, Sideways, The Descendants, The Holdovers | Leave a comment

‘Blazing Saddles’ at 50 – Review

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Blazing Saddles, Cleavon Little, Comedy, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Western | Leave a comment

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2023

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Sam S-P

The year of strikes, Barbenheimer and some dead certs falling short, 2023 was a year of extremes in cinema. Some films were as big and spectacular as you could hope to fill a big screen but as is often the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged across the spider-verse, anatomy of a fall, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Barbie, blue Jean, Broker, el condo, Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, joyland, killers of the flower moon, One Fine Morning, Oppenheimer, Return to Seoul, Rye Lane, Scrapper, The Boy and the Heron, The Five Devils, wonka, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Film

Civil War (2024) Review

‘Hellboy’ at 20 – Review

Monster (2023) Review

Dead Ringers (1988) Review

Review in Brief: Beau is Afraid (2023)

Madame Web (2024) Review

Alexander Payne Films Ranked

‘Blazing Saddles’ at 50 – Review

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2023

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