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TIFF Journal: Knives Out

Jason Gorber — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:00:21 +0000

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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Late to the Party: ‘The Last Jedi’

Josh Zyber — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:00:26 +0000

Due to my longstanding ‘Star Wars’ ennui and all the vehemently negative word-of-mouth surrounding the movie, I feel like I must be one of the last people on Earth to see ‘The Last Jedi’. When a window of opportunity opened the other day, all that hectoring from one of our readers must have gotten to...

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Poll: Has the Force Left ‘Star Wars’?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:00:42 +0000

Barely a little over a month ago, we asked you how excited you were for the upcoming ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’. Since that time, the production has been beset by major setbacks. Are you still optimistic for the film and the franchise, or do you have a bad feeling about this? As you’ve probably heard,...

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‘Looper’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:26 +0000

Last week, we offered two lucky readers the chance to win the time travel thriller ‘Looper‘ on Blu-ray. Are you ready to find out who won? Good, because the results are in! As explained in the original post, your task was to come up with a funny or clever caption for the following photo: I...

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Round and Round We Go – Win ‘Looper’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:53 +0000

It’s the first contest of 2013! Let’s start this year off on the right foot by offering free copies of the time travel thriller ‘Looper’ on Blu-ray to two of our lucky readers. Want to know how you can win? Read on after the page break for all the contest instructions and rules. One of...

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Full Metal Jackets: Thrown for a Loop

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:00:09 +0000

Rian Johnson’s time travel thriller ‘Looper‘ was one of the better-reviewed movies of this past summer, and a solid little hit. Now fans will get the choice of not one but three SteelBook Blu-ray collectibles, so long as you aren’t afraid to import from other countries. First, we start with Future Shop in Canada, which...

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Now Playing: A Killer Time Travel Thriller

Luke Hickman — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:00:38 +0000

Like many who saw it, I fell in love with Rian Johnson’s directorial debut, ‘Brick’. Unfortunately, I found his sophomore effort ‘The Brothers Bloom’ sorely lacking. He’s directed two episodes of ‘Breaking Bad’ since then, which has restored my faith a little – especially when I listened to the commentary on his episode ‘The Fly’....

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The Trailer Park: After-Summer Surprises

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Once the summer movie madness is pretty much over, two more wonderful surprises will hit theater screens. Both come from fairly promising filmmakers, and their short previews have definitely worked some magic on me. ‘Looper’ Just about everything in this trailer has me excited to see it as soon as it releases. As someone who...

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