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‘White Boy Rick’ Review: The American Dream

3.8

out of 5

September 13, 2018

The movies have long since portrayed the American dream as something attainable through luck, skill, or by force. Crime films that show the dream realized have always been popular, films such as The Godfather and Scarface. But when the dream… Read More

3.8

out of 5

‘Lizzie’ Review: Like A Hatchet To The Face

3.5

out of 5

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September 12, 2018

I've been obsessed with the legend of Lizzie Borden for most of my life. As a young boy, I stumbled across images taken from the scene of the crime, of Lizzie Borden's father and step mother hacked to death by… Read More

3.5

out of 5

‘The Nun’ Review: Unanswered Prayers

3.5

out of 5

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September 7, 2018

I love the films of the "Conjuring Universe." With the true life stories from Ed and Lorraine Warren serving as a backdrop, these films have scared and thrilled audiences and critics alike for the better part of this decade and… Read More

3.5

out of 5

‘The Happytime Murders’ Review: Bad Puppets

3.2

out of 5

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August 24, 2018

The Happytime Murders could have been so much more. The very idea -- a world where puppets and humans live together, and a hard boiled ex-cop-turned PI has to solve a case which leads into a larger murder investigation --… Read More

3.2

out of 5

‘Teen Titans Go! To The Movies’ Review: Every Hero Needs A Movie

4.2

out of 5

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July 27, 2018

I admit that I'm not a huge fan of the Teen Titans Go! TV series. While I did enjoy the first iteration of the Teen Titans cartoon on Cartoon Network back in 2003, the sudden change of art direction and… Read More

4.2

out of 5

‘Hot Summer Nights’ Review: Dealing Weed, Heat, And Hurricanes

4.2

out of 5

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July 26, 2018

The new film Hot Summer Nights is supposedly based off a true story -- or parts of it are true, at least -- as told by someone who witnessed it all. The narrator, a nameless kid in the small Massachusetts… Read More

4.2

out of 5

‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Review: Action, Action, And More Action

4.8

out of 5

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July 25, 2018

The most interesting thing about Mission: Impossible - Fallout, the sixth film in the Mission: Impossible film franchise, is that the MacGuffin here is as generic as you can get. A terrorist organization, the Apostles -- an off-shoot from the Rogue… Read More

4.8

out of 5

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Review: Twice The Heroes, Twice The Fun

4.6

out of 5

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July 2, 2018

Marvel Studios has done so many things right, and one big feather in their cap has always been the casting of their iconic characters for the big screen. Starting with Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, the studio has… Read More

4.6

out of 5

‘Tag’ Review: The Games People Play

4.0

out of 5

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June 17, 2018

The concept of the new film Tag is brilliant in and of itself. It's made so much better that it's based on a true story, and somewhere in the pacific northwest, a group of friends -- now in their 50s… Read More

4.0

out of 5

‘American Animals’ Review: Don’t Feed The Animals

4.2

out of 5

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June 10, 2018

I love a good true crime story, especially a heist film. There's something about watching the elements coming together throughout the course of the story, and beating back the urge to Google what really happened as it all unfolds. In… Read More

4.2

out of 5