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Paint ends up being an example of what happens when you don't make enough decisions in a film's focus, its direction, and its identity. Maybe I just have the "wrong" sense of humor for this one.
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With an all-star cast, a true story about real people, and lots of sports statistics, the new film Air seems to have it all to be a successful crowd pleaser. I learned many new things about Nike and Michael Jordan's parents throughout this film. Air just doesn't have enough heart or feeling to make it memorable.
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Hive is the feature film debut from writer/director Blerta Basholli who presents a realistic, unglamorous, quiet view of her home country Kosovo and the societal effects of war. The narrative is patient and plain, but the emotions it explores are surprisingly complex.
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Moments of thrills and moments of calm. The film just doesn't fulfill its possibilities of being a more nuanced or lively version to get more viewers to watch it.
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Director Sam Mendes does a diligent and heartfelt job with this love letter to the movies, but he also crams in a lot of other themes with it.
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'Bruiser' is not the film of the season for me. But it is good, and it lays the foundation for a promising future with the director and the actors.
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Because this film wants the audience to be absorbed in every word, and in every subtext of those words, "The Son" has no flashy cinematography or dynamic editing. It's a film about the words.
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This week, host Casey Allen takes a look at the Oscar nominees.
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"The Whale" is a tragic, intimate story of one man's grief and shame and how he fights against those emotions by making a grasp at redemption far out of his reach.
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"M3GAN" presents as a mischievous satire on the growing ravenous world of consumerism, and the constant need for new toys, new advances and new ways to be entertained.