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Film Reviews

Sacrifice (dir. Andy Collier, Toor Mian): Film review

Dan Scully February 18, 2021 No Comments

Takes its time getting to the scary stuff, but uses that time to ratchet up the dread in a big way, leading to a surprising finale that chills to the bone.

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Film Reviews

Greenland (dir. Ric Roman Waugh): Film review

Dan Scully February 14, 2021 No Comments

Worth checking out before the world ends

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Film Reviews

BLISS (dir. Mike Cahill): Film review

Dan Scully February 5, 2021 No Comments

An empty novelty, presented in a way that can only keep the audience at a distance

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The little things
Film Reviews

The Little Things (dir. John Lee Hancock): Film review

Dan Scully January 26, 2021 No Comments

I have a feeling that The Little Things is going to be a bit of a critical punching bag, but I enjoyed the film

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Film Reviews

Psycho Goreman (dir. Steven Kostanski): Film review

Dan Scully January 18, 2021 1 Comment

It’s hard to overstate how wonderfully fucked up this movie is.

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Music Reviews

Holiday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemic

Henrik Eger December 31, 2020 2 Comments

Some of the most beloved choruses and orchestras in the Philadelphia area became creative in entertaining audiences in safe and often unexpected ways via virtual holiday performances. 

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Music Reviews

Girl in the Snow: A new CD by Rutgers-based composer Scott Ordway

Margaret Darby December 20, 2020 No Comments

Ordway’s originality shines through every aspect of this music.

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Film Reviews

News of the World (dir. Paul Greengrass): Film review

Dan Scully December 20, 2020 No Comments

The kind of movie that’s totally worth watching while simultaneously being nothing at all to write home about.

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Film Reviews

Come Play (dir. Jacob Chase): Film review

Dan Scully October 30, 2020 No Comments

Next in a long line of “horror short gets expanded to feature length” projects

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Film Philadelphia Film Festival Reviews

New Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2020 No Comments

This movie is going to upset a lot of people. Good. 

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Apples (2020 – dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2020 No Comments

A mostly quiet tale, carried by the human performances and minimalist plot

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White Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2020 1 Comment

Ever meet one of those people who, no matter what the situation, cannot help but lie about even the tiniest things?

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Film Reviews

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner): Moviefilm review

Dan Scully October 22, 2020 No Comments

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is hilarious to the point of incapacitation.

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Film Reviews

THE NEST (dir. Sean Durkin): Film review

Dan Scully September 18, 2020 No Comments

Carrie Coon torches the screen contemporary version of a costume drama

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Film Reviews

I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (dir. Charlie Kaufman): Film review

Dan Scully September 4, 2020 No Comments

Maybe my love for this movie is mostly because it’s a rock-and-roll act of writing

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Film Reviews

RELIC (dir. Natalie Erika James): Film review

Dan Scully July 8, 2020 No Comments

The scariest thing I can think of, outside of a talking octopus that walks on land, is mental decline

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Film Reviews

7500 (dir. Patrick Vollrath): Film review

Dan Scully June 17, 2020 No Comments

Taking place entirely within the cockpit of a hijacked commercial airliner, this minimalist performance piece benefits greatly from a high-level of sustained tension.

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Film Reviews

BABYTEETH (dir. Shannon Murphy): Film review

Dan Scully June 17, 2020 No Comments

An A-rate tale of flawed, kindhearted humans doing their best to be as good as they possibly can.

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Film Reviews

SHRED AMERICA (dir. Arthur Swidzinski): Film review

Dan Scully June 11, 2020 No Comments

Back in the summer of 2008, a group of skaters decided to go on an adventure.

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Film Reviews

THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir. Judd Apatow): Film review

Dan Scully June 11, 2020 No Comments

A moving tale of a delayed coming of age

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