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TIFF Journal: Dolemite Is My Name

Jason Gorber — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:25 +0000

Dolemite Is My Name is a delightful deep dive into the world of indie film production and the Blaxploitation genre. The movie feels like a spiritual sequel to Tim Burton’s Ed Wood (also scripted by screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski). Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) helms this bio-pic about a tenacious man, his retinue...

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Fantastic Fest Journal: An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:00:26 +0000

Director Jim Hosking is a singular force. His first feature , The Greasy Strangler, was doused in anxious energy and grease, so much so that I desperately wanted to take a shower after watching it. It’s not that his films are disgusting (though they are), they just feel wrong. Intentionally and unabashedly wrong. Hosking’s second...

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‘Ghosted’ Pilot Recap: “The Head Should Not Have Been Yelling”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:00:20 +0000

Fox’s new comedy ‘Ghosted’ mashes up bits of ‘Men in Black’, ‘Ghostbusters’, various 1980s buddy-cop action movies and other obvious influences, and then largely shoves them to the background so that its two stars can riff off each other. That’s not necessarily a bad thing when those two leads are as talented and funny as...

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‘Table 19’ Review: Great Cast, Shame About the Movie

Philip Brown — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 17:00:36 +0000

There’s a unique pain that comes from watching a movie filled top to bottom with actors who you love shuffling awkwardly through a screenplay completely unworthy of their efforts. ‘Table 19’ is a particularly rough example of the form. Essentially, this is an unofficial remake of ‘The Breakfast Club’ centered on a collection of vaguely...

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‘Morris from America’ Review: Let Me Get Some Claps, Y’all

Philip Brown — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:00:57 +0000

Chad Hartigan’s ‘Morris from America’ is a unique coming-of-age tale that wisely never attempts to do anything too big. On a certain level, we’ve seen this all before: the lonely kid lost in the world, the impossible crush, the lovable dad he doesn’t quite have the time for, and of course the awkward growth. But...

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‘Sausage Party’ Review: Dirty Pixar

Philip Brown — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:00:38 +0000

We aren’t quite there yet, but there will come a point when people recognize that Seth Rogen is actually a little underappreciated. He’s made some crap, sure, but when the guy actually writes and controls his projects with partner Evan Goldberg, there’s always some sort of clever genre game, surprisingly layer of emotional honesty, or...

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‘Mr. Robot’ 2.01 & 2.02 Recap: “Control Is an Illusion”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:00:16 +0000

One of last year’s most daring and most challenging TV shows, ‘Mr. Robot’ was a very unusual change of pace for programming on the USA Network. Nonetheless, the network execs were so pleased with it that they renewed the series for a second season before the first episode even aired. Fortunately, it proved successful enough...

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‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ Review: Bad, But Funny

Philip Brown — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:00:24 +0000

The biggest joke in ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ was the fact that the movie even existed at all. It was beyond idiotic and that was the charm. ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ doubles down on this dumbness, and at times can be tough to watch. And yet, it has laughs. The original was a guilty...

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Now Playing: ‘This Is’ Hilarious

Bryan Kluger — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:00:47 +0000

Car crashes, explosions, decapitations, exorcisms, the apocalypse and tons of dick jokes make up Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen’s ‘This Is the End’ – and it’s the most fun I’ve had at the movies in ten years. In this dark comedy, the entire Apatow gang plus many more cameos from popular comedians all play themselves...

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Weekend Movies: Let’s Party Like It’s the Roaring ’20s

Luke Hickman — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00:22 +0000

If anything, this will be an interesting weekend at the box office. Baz Luhrmann’s flashy adaptation of an American literary classic and a Tyler Perry-produced comedy may not worry about competing against one another, but both have to compete against last weekend’s $174 million blockbuster. Darryl from ‘The Office’ and the Man in the Iron...

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