MY SON steadfastly refuses to give in to the catharsis of revenge
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Author: Dan Scully
Dan Scully is a film buff and humorist living in a tiny apartment in Philadelphia. He hosts the podcast I Like to Movie Movie and is the proud father to twin cactuses named Riggs & Murtaugh. Also, he doesn't really mind when Batman kills people. Follow him on Twitter and Letterboxd.
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (dir. Rob Letterman): Film review
It exists. I watched it. It was fine.
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Official Secrets (dir. Gavin Hood): Film review
Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a low-level British Intelligence translator, Katherine Gun, found herself privy to information which indicated high-level corruption. A joint…
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The Tomorrow Man (dir. Noble Jones): Film review
What appears on its surface to be your typical “older people in love” romantic comedy turns out to be much more. Certainly, this is a…
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Mike Wallace Is Here (dir. Avi Belkin): Film review
Mike Wallace is Here is entertaining and educational, miraculously giving us a thorough portrait free of excessive editorial spin.
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AVENGERS: ENDGAME (dir. Anthony Russo & Joe Russo): Film review
Avengers: Endgame had to stick the landing. It did.
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Luce (dir. Julius Onah): Film review
Based on a play by J.C. Lee (Warplay, Pookie Goes Grenading), this talky drama positively smolders from beginning to end
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Funke (dir. Gabriel Taraboulsy, Alexander Emanuele)
I’d still like to know more about pasta
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The Farewell (dir. Lulu Wang): Film review
Based on a story first made popular on an episode of This American Life
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The Art of Self-Defense (dir. Riley Stearns): Film review
This is Fight Club by way of Napoleon Dynamite
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Wild Rose (dir. Tom Harper): Film review
Perhaps the biggest compliment I can give the film is also the one that scares me most: I want to listen to more country.
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SHAZAM! (dir. David Sandberg): Film review
Unlike a lot of onscreen heroes, Zachary Levi is having fun. So are we.
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THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT (dir. Kim Nguyen): Film review
At once a financial thriller, a workplace comedy, and a character study of obsessives, this strange curiosity fails to commit to any one tone.
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US (dir. Jordan Peele): Film review
The most important thing about Us is that it is absolutely fucking terrifying.
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YARDIE (dir. Idris Elba): Film review
Dan Scully reviews the new film by actor Idris Elba.
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THE INVISIBLES (dir. Claus Räfle): Film review
All of this actually happened, and relatively recently to boot.
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TRIPLE FRONTIER (dir. J.C. Chandor): Film review
A tale about men with little to lose and everything to gain,
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CAPTAIN MARVEL (dir. Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck): Film review
What should’ve been a paean to girl power is instead a bland, by-the-numbers product of the Marvel machine.
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BODIED (dir. Joseph Kahn): Philadelphia Film Festival review
The film blogosphere has been alight about Joseph Kahn’s latest feature, Bodied, since its explosive debut at TIFF over a year ago.
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DIAMANTINO (dir. Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt): Philadelphia Film Festival review
From Portugal comes what is easily the funniest film of 2018
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