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TIFF Journal: Bad Education (2019)

Jason Gorber — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:00:36 +0000

Director Cory Finley takes the good will from his 2017 debut Thoroughbreds and ups the ante even further. Bad Education is a bleak, comical, and surprisingly effective film about a high school finance scandal. Writer/co-producer Mike Makowsky’s screenplay is remarkable both for its deft construction and for how close the writer is to the events...

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NYFF Journal: The Irishman

Jason Gorber — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:22 +0000

With a running time of just under 3 ½ hours, I’m less time away from The Irishman writing this review than it took to watch the film, yet even in these moments following the first screening, it feels like if I’ve witnessed something truly special. In a year where numerous movies feel like the culmination...

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Sundance Journal: Paddleton

Jason Gorber — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:00:33 +0000

Cancer dramas are usually mawkish, teary things, melodramatic films where the fear of loss is exuded in every frame. It’s somewhat refreshing that director Alex Lehmann and co-writer/star Mark Duplass managed with Paddleton to find a way of creating a warm, amusing, and deeply affecting film about friendship and mortality that avoids all the obvious...

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‘The Big Sick’ Review: A Cure for the Ailing Rom-Com

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:00:15 +0000

The rom-com has been in rough shape over the last few years. Thankfully, Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon were able to take their unique and true love story and transform it into one of the most moving, hilarious and original spins on age-old romantic comedy tropes in years. The film essentially crams...

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Sundance Journal: ‘The Big Sick’

Luke Hickman — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 18:00:59 +0000

I have yet to watch an episode of HBO’s hit comedy ‘Silicon Valley’, so ‘The Big Sick’ was my introduction to Pakistani comedian-turned-actor/writer Kumail Nanjiani. With the help of producers Judd Apatow and Berry Mendel, Nanjiani makes his debut as the lead in an autobiographical dramedy that he co-wrote with his wife, Emily V. Gordon....

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‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ Review: Fifth Time Ain’t the Charm

Philip Brown — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:00:35 +0000

The fifth movie in the ‘Ice Age’ franchise, ‘Collision Course’… Wait a minute… I need to pause for a second. The FIFTH ‘Ice Age’ movie since 2002?! How did that happen?! Sure, these movies make money, but do people actually like them enough to justify four sequels? Is there really that much story to tell?...

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Now Playing: ‘Ice Age’ Franchise Ready To Be Set A-‘Drift’

Luke Hickman — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:00:35 +0000

Let it be known up front that I’m not a fan of the ‘Ice Age’ series. The voice cast is sub-par. (Who honestly believes that Ray “Monotone” Romano is a good choice for an animated kids’ movie?) The characters aren’t interesting; they’re barely likeable. And the stories are flat. Having said that, I found ‘Continental...

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NBC Thursday Night Comedy 5/19/11 Recap: “People Disappear in the Finger Lakes”

Dick Ward — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Last week, NBC’s Thursday night comedies drew to a close with a pair of double headers from ‘The Office’ and ‘Parks and Recreation’. While they both worked, one felt like a bit of an anticlimax and the other left us with a fairly frustrating cliffhanger. The Office ‘Search Committee’ is a two-part episode with a...

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