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Agatha All Along
Reviews

‘Agatha All Along’ Needs More Script Editors | Exclaim!

Wednesday, 18 September, 2024Thursday, 17 October, 2024By Matthew

One of the great struggles in modern filmmaking is what to do with great supporting characters. Sometimes, it’s easy; a

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TRANSFORMERS ONE
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‘Transformers One’ Is Actually Good?! | Exclaim!

Thursday, 12 September, 2024Thursday, 10 October, 2024By Matthew

It’s forgivable to be a little cynical about Transformers in the year 2024. The franchise is seven films deep — eight if

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Cuckoo
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Cuckoo Review | Movies We Texted About

Saturday, 7 September, 2024Wednesday, 9 October, 2024By Matthew

[Dan Stevens] Herr König is creepy from the get-go, an over-familiar person in the life of this seventeen-year-old, and Stevens

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Out Come The Wolves
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‘Out Come the Wolves’ Movie Review: People versus Nature with Adam MacDonald | Movies We Texted About

Monday, 2 September, 2024Monday, 2 September, 2024By Matthew

“Nature has a way of showing you who you really are.” It’s a simple truth, if a little on the nose for a survival

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FUTURAMA - “Quids Game” - Bizarre aliens force the crew to reenact all the classic children’s games Fry played at his 8th birthday party... except this time, they are played TO THE DEATH! (Disney/Matt Groening)
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‘Futurama’ Season 9 Review: The First 6 Episodes | Movies We Texted About

Friday, 16 August, 2024Saturday, 7 September, 2024By Matthew

Good news everyone! Futurama is returned once again to satirize the future and the present, and it’s only slightly out of date doing it.  There are

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Borderlands
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Borderlands Review: A Frustrating Film Full of Wasted Potential | Movies We Texted About

Thursday, 8 August, 2024Thursday, 12 September, 2024By Matthew

Adapting a story from one medium to another is tough. Whether the source material is a novel or a comic or a twitterthread

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
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‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Makes Nazi-Bashing Seem Extra Fun | Exclaim!

Thursday, 18 July, 2024Friday, 20 September, 2024By Matthew

Since so many countries were involved in World War II, people around the globe have stories of heroes committing acts

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Fancy Dance
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The Brilliantly Performed ‘Fancy Dance’ Has a Few Too Many Steps | Exclaim!

Friday, 21 June, 2024Sunday, 18 August, 2024By Matthew

Every year film festivals release a certain type of film — usually a drama starring an actor riding a wave

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Darkest Miriam
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: Darkest Miriam Explores Grief, and Those Moments Where We Feel Stuck | That Shelf

Wednesday, 12 June, 2024Wednesday, 12 June, 2024By Matthew

There’s something relatable about those times when we feel listless, stuck, or unable to move forward. Sometimes, this is a

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Group Therapy
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: ‘Group Therapy’ Review: Six Comedians Get Honest and Vulnerable About Mental Health | Movies We Texted About

Tuesday, 11 June, 2024Wednesday, 12 June, 2024By Matthew

Comedy is one of the great cultural forces. It is, in many ways, the great equalizer. In the hands of

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Presumed Innocent
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: Presumed Innocent Updates the 90s Classic With Mixed Results | That Shelf

Monday, 10 June, 2024Tuesday, 11 June, 2024By Matthew

Where the series falters is in its updates to the story. For fans of the original, some characters are removed

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The Weekend / Tribeca 2024
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: The Weekend Is a Thrilling Film About the Horrors of Family Dinner | That Shelf

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Sunday, 18 August, 2024By Matthew

You don’t choose your family. Some of us are blessed with loving homes, and others come from complicated situations. The Weekend,

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Beacon / Tribeca 2024
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: ‘Beacon’ Review: A Novel Setting, but A Disappointing Misfire | Movies We Texted About

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

[…] The first half of the film does a good job of setting up the two lone characters in opposition.Emily is suspicious of Ismael,

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Brats / Tribeca 2024
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: ‘Brats’: Andrew McCarthy Looks for Closure | Movies We Texted About

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Friday, 9 August, 2024By Matthew

In the mid-1980s, Andrew McCarthy starred in a number of highly successful teen films.  You’ve probably heard of at least two of them: St. Elmo’s Fire and Pretty

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All That We Love / Tribeca 2024
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: ‘All That We Love’ Offers a Familiar Portrait of Grief and Awkward Family Dynamics | That Shelf

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

There are few things in life as devastating as the loss of a pet. Pets are members of our family,

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