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Film Review: Tron: Ares
Welcome back to the blog readers. I may have been alive when Tron: Legacy (2010) came out, but that was a film that was well before my time as a film lover (or a cinephile). I never really even had any interest in watching that film or the first film in this franchise: Tron (1982). You know I love me a good science fiction film, so I kind of got excited to see this upon the release of the trailers earlier in the year. So, would my hype in this film be rewarded with a good tim
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1 day ago5 min read
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Film Review: Kiss of the Spider Woman
Welcome back to the blog readers. Musicals are normally considered an escape from the outside world and the struggles we have to deal with on a day-to-day basis, but not all of them have resonated with me in the same way. Some are good, some are superficial, and others are The Greatest Showman (2017), which a lot of people have been sleeping on recently. Hearing that this film was coming got me intrigued, especially because the last musical I saw was not good (and that was Em
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2 days ago4 min read
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Film Review: Black Phone 2
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, and it is pretty well-documented over the last few years, I have had a contentious relationship with horror films. 2025 has been the best year for horror I have ever seen (coming from someone who does not see a whole lot of them), and I am hopeful we can end on a high note after a few misses. I really enjoyed The Black Phone (2022), the first film in this "new" franchise, and got both excited and nervous at the prospect of
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3 days ago4 min read
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Film Review: Good Fortune
Welcome back to the blog readers. Turns out, I am beginning to appreciate comedies more. We have already had two pretty solid ones come out this year in The Naked Gun and The Roses (both 2025), and if you consider Roofman (2025) one as well, we are getting some pretty good ones. This is a film I have had my eye on for a good while now, and I have been hopeful it will deliver as I thought it would. Question is, would the 18-month wait be worth it in the end? Stick around to fi
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4 days ago3 min read
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Film Review: Roofman
Welcome back to the blog readers. Crime films are just a taste as to how a certain sect of the population lives, whether their reason for crime is personal or family-related. Plus, when these films are done right, they can be a lot of fun or painful as shit to watch. This film, however, has attracted my attention in recent months, because of how absolutely absurd the real story is. Now that I finally got to see this film (a sinus infection has kind of wiped me out the last fe
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5 days ago3 min read
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Film Review: The Mastermind
Welcome back to the blog readers. One genre of film that I can be very critical of is heist films, because they have to capture you from the very beginning. One film, though a lot more fast-paced and brutal, that failed to do this is Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025). Hearing of this film's existence gave me hope, especially since the film competed for the prestigious Palme d'Or at Cannes back in May. Would I agree that this film was worthy of the prestige and accolades it was
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Oct 164 min read
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Film Review: Good Boy
Welcome back to the blog readers. I could write an essay on my love-hate relationship with horror films, especially over the last three...
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Oct 93 min read
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Film Review: The Smashing Machine
Welcome back to the blog readers. We are officially in Oscars season, and this is my favorite time of the year. Fun fact: as long as I...
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Oct 94 min read
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Film Review: One Battle After Another
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, action films are one of my favorite kinds of films. Over these almost three full...
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Sep 295 min read
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Film Review: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Welcome back to the blog readers. One genre of film I have never really understood was the romantic film genre. Is it because I have been...
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Sep 284 min read
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Film Review: Dead of Winter
Welcome back to the blog readers. One thing in this business that we very rarely get anymore is the element of surprise. That feeling...
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Sep 243 min read
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Film Review: Him
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, I have not an extensive one, but I do have a history with horror films. And I can...
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Sep 233 min read
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Film Review: The Long Walk
Welcome back to the blog readers. Book-to-film adaptations are a tough nut to crack; on one hand, you get things like the Twilight...
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Sep 174 min read
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Film Review: The Conjuring: Last Rites
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, two things are true for me when it comes to horror. The first thing is that I believe they...
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Sep 104 min read
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Film Review: The Roses
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, a good comedy is hard to come by these days. You can sacrifice some story but you need to...
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Sep 33 min read
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Film Review: Honey Don't!
Welcome back to the blog readers. If there is one genre of film that does not get made enough, it would be detective films. The Knives...
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Aug 283 min read
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Film Review: Weapons
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, I have had a somewhat "contested" relationship with horror films over the last half...
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Aug 104 min read
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Film Review: Together
Welcome back to the blog readers. I cannot believe I am saying this right now, but 2025 has been the year of the horror film. Most of the...
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Aug 43 min read
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Film Review: The Naked Gun
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you may have been able to deduce from the well over two years I have been on this blog, comedies are...
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Aug 23 min read
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Film Review: The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, this year has been pretty good for superhero films (with the exception of a kind of...
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Jul 315 min read
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