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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Review: Wishing Every Show Was the Last Show

Jason Gorber — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:00:57 +0000

Let’s take it as fact that ABBA is one of the greatest, most infectious musical groups ever assembled, a brilliant ray of Scandinavian sunshine pop that thumps its disco beats into one’s heart. Let’s also admit that “jukebox musicals” take even more suspension of disbelief than straight-ahead musicals, slamming song after song from disparate contexts...

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IFFBoston Journal: ‘First Reformed’

Jason Gorber — Mon, 07 May 2018 15:00:31 +0000

It’s been a long road for Paul Schrader to get to ‘First Reformed’, a work that even he admits may not be his last but may well serve as a culmination of his craft. From his earliest days as a seminarian through his screenwriting for the likes of ‘Taxi Driver’ and onto his own long...

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‘Gringo’ Review: Snatch-o

Luke Hickman — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:00:15 +0000

Aussie cinema has been ramping up over the last dozen years, but the country’s films haven’t quite broken into the American mainstream yet. While Nash Edgerton’s gritty dark comedy ‘Gringo’ doesn’t quite reach the level of greatness, it’s nice to see it get a wide release on this side of the Pacific. If you haven’t...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.11 Recap: “I Guess We Found Out”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:00:24 +0000

In terms of sheer weirdness, ‘Twin Peaks’ will probably never top Episode 8 this season. I doubt any show ever will. This week’s episode is pretty damn odd, though. A great deal of the episode actually takes place in Twin Peaks this time, so we’ll start there. Twin Peaks Miriam, the girl that Richard Horne...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.10 Recap: “This Calls for Another Donut”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:04 +0000

As the ‘Twin Peaks’ pendulum swings wildly from one extreme to another, this week’s episode focuses heavily on the type of David Lynchian quirky comedy that has been in short supply through most of this revival series. It also spends way more screen time in Twin Peaks itself than previous episodes. The episode sort-of addresses...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.05 Recap: “Off in Dreamland Again, Huh?”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:00:18 +0000

The latest entry in Showtime’s ‘Twin Peaks’ revival is less an “episode” in the normal sense of how episodic television works, than a collection of incidents that (presumably) happen to take place around the same time as one another. As an hour of television, it has no clear goal or structure or narrative of its...

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‘The Last Word’ Review: Not Worth Speaking

Philip Brown — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:00:53 +0000

The nice thing about ‘The Last Word’ is that it offers a chance to see Shirley MacLaine grouch it up and prove that she still has the goods. Unfortunately, that’s the only nice thing that can be said about the movie. There was a time when MacLaine was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood....

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‘Love the Coopers’ Review: Crap, Actually

Philip Brown — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:00:49 +0000

The holiday season wouldn’t be complete with some sort of maudlin family special at the multiplex. This year, that pile of Christmas crap arrives in ‘Love the Coopers’, one of the most tediously dull and frustrating entries in the genre to arrive in quite some time. This is a movie for people who felt that...

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‘Ted 2’ Review: More of the Same (For Better or Worse)

Philip Brown — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:00:32 +0000

The simplest way to describe ‘Ted 2’ is something along the lines of, “It is what it is.” If you liked the first ‘Ted‘ (or any of Seth MacFarlane’s crude comedy output), you’ll probably like this one. It’s pretty much just more of the same, which is really all it needs to be. So many...

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‘While We’re Young’ Review: Young People Suck

Philip Brown — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:00:19 +0000

Noah Baumbach has been a master of caustic comedy since his debut ‘Kicking and Screaming’. (No, not the one with Will Ferrell. The other one.) He’s a man for whom laughter always comes with a bitter sting of truth and deep discomfort. That’s why it was so surprising when he made the sincere and even...

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TIFF Journal: ‘While We’re Young’

Philip Brown — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:00:42 +0000

Middle-aged Noah Baumbach just had his greatest success with ‘Frances Ha‘, which dealt with the plight of the twenty-something with warmth, compassion and good humor. Now he’s made a move that feels like artistic venting after that experience. ‘While We’re Young’ is about how worthless all those twenty-something kids are, and it’s pretty damn priceless....

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‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Review: He’s a West-ern Guyyyyy…

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 May 2014 13:00:11 +0000

Seth MacFarlane may not be the most ambitious or beloved comedy mind around, but he’s damn funny, consistent and prolific. That’s been enough to make him a huge success. Depending on your feelings for him, the new comedy Western ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ is just as good or bad as you’ve...

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