High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewDon Johnson Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/don-johnson/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 TIFF Journal: Knives Out https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-2019-knives-out-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-2019-knives-out-movie-review/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:00:21 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101850 The most obnoxious thing I can say about Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is that I prefer its mix of genre tropes and social commentary to Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Frankly, the mix of Clue with an acerbic and biting look at race, class, and privilege in America is more entertaining to me than taking The...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/brawl-in-cell-block-99-movie-review/feed/ 4 TIFF Journal: Brawl in Cell Block 99 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-brawl-in-cell-block-99-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-brawl-in-cell-block-99-movie-review/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:00:40 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=87216 ‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ is a mean and nasty movie that sneaks up on audiences. It’s not immediately clear where this dark odyssey is headed or how bleak and violent it will get. Writer/director S. Craig Zahler confirms that his debut ‘Bone Tomahawk’ was no fluke. He’s clearly a special filmmaker for those who...

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