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Now Streaming: Eli

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:00:51 +0000

Eli, the latest streaming horror movie on Netflix, both asks and answers the question, “What’s creepier than a hospital?” It starts with young Eli (Charlie Shotwell), who’s very sick. He’s basically a “bubble boy” who cannot deal with the toxins and allergens of the open air and must live his life behind a protective film...

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TIFF Journal: Marriage Story

Jason Gorber — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:00:19 +0000

In 1979, Robert Benton directed Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in a film about the disintegration of a marriage and the ramifications it had on their young kid. Kramer vs. Kramer was groundbreaking stuff, became an enormous financial success, and took home Oscars for Best Picture, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Screenplay. If Netflix has...

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Trick Review: Tale from a Hood

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:00:58 +0000

‘Tis the season for a deluge of horror films to his screens big and small. Don’t go writing them off as a whole. Plenty of the smaller ones, like the perfectly entertaining Trick, are good for some quick scares and popcorn levity. Starting on Halloween 2015, a college costume party looks like your typical night...

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Now Streaming – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Deirdre Crimmins — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:00:11 +0000

El Camino just might be the movie that Breaking Bad die-hards have yammered for the past few years, but it’s bound to leave more casual fans a little unsatisfied. If you recall, the television show ended six years ago with everyone’s favorite meth cook, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), breaking free from his captors and driving...

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Now Streaming: In the Tall Grass

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:00:53 +0000

Death, taxes, and inadequate Stephen King adaptations are three guarantees in life. In the Tall Grass upholds this tradition of missing the mark, but it deserves some credit for trying. Director Vincenzo Natali is no stranger to high concept cinema. From Cube to Splice, and several other single word title films, Natali has been able...

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Now Streaming – Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:00:51 +0000

I love a Zach Galifianakis vehicle as much as the next person, but Between Two Ferns: The Movie falls one fern short of greatness. For those unfamiliar with the Funny or Die series, Between Two Ferns is one of the best things on the internet, just after kitten pictures and Russian dashcam footage. It has...

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Off the Shelf: In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

Josh Zyber — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:00:48 +0000

After rolling my eyes through the dumb Netflix movie that stole its title, I needed to cleanse my palate by revisiting the original In the Shadow of the Moon, the 2007 documentary about NASA’s Apollo space program. Needless to say, it’s a lot more interesting, even without any time-traveling assassins. In the Shadow of the...

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Now Streaming: In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)

Josh Zyber — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:00:50 +0000

For a remake of the acclaimed documentary about NASA’s Apollo space program, Netflix’s In the Shadow of the Moon misses the mark pretty badly. For a TV movie thriller about a time-traveling serial killer… well, it’s pretty middling at that as well. The truly strange thing about recycling this particular title is that the phrase...

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Now Streaming: Undone

Josh Zyber — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:00:21 +0000

Star Rosa Salazar is so good in Amazon’s new animated, existential sci-fi mystery series Undone that I almost want to check out that Alita: Battle Angel movie she was in after all… Almost. Let’s not go crazy here. Undone is animated in rotoscope style, wherein live actors are filmed and then stylized animation is drawn...

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Now Streaming: The I-Land

Josh Zyber — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:00:13 +0000

Ever since Lost went off the air, a lot of TV shows have come and gone trying to be the next Lost. I can’t think of any quite so shameless about it as Netflix’s The I-Land. The first episode even opens with a close-up shot of a character’s eye opening. I’d almost be inclined to...

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Now Streaming: The Spy

Josh Zyber — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:00:19 +0000

The prospect of Sacha Baron Cohen playing a secret agent practically begs for a “Borat Does Bond” headline. Surprisingly, Netflix’s The Spy is a very serious story, played completely straight. Even more of a shock, Cohen makes a terrific dramatic lead. Set during the early 1960s, the series is based on the true story of...

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Now Streaming: Carnival Row Season 1

Josh Zyber — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:32 +0000

Many fantasy or science fiction narratives use metaphor and allegory to associate relatable real-world events with an extraordinary premise or setting. When done properly, which generally means subtly, this can be a powerful storytelling tool. Amazon’s Carnival Row is perhaps a little too blatant with the message it’s trying to push. All right, fine, maybe...

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