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Good Time Review
Good Time is a sleazy synth-trip through New York City that stews in a bath of Walter Hill and Running Scared influences. Very Point-A-to-Point-B, burning like a 100-minute fuse. The Safdie brothers...
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Morris From America. We Are The Best!. Sing Street. All recent, beautiful coming-of-age stories about finding yourself through musical expression. What do they have to do with Geremy Jasper’s Patti...
View ArticleThe Hitman’s Bodyguard Review
Patrick Hughes’ The Hitman’s Bodyguard is, in its simplest form, everything you’d expect from an August release. What does that mean? Well, you can count on an asinine story, distracting action, and...
View ArticleLemon Review
Humans. Such a savage tribe. Complex beings who view heartwarming triumphs and delusional meltdowns with the same excitement. Life deals a bum hand now and again, which we like to see in our movies –...
View ArticleBushwick Review
In Bushwick, New York City resembles a militaristic wasteland. We’re to believe Texas has formed a Southern pact and is leading a new Civil War in the name of secession. It’s a scary reality that...
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Death Note Review
Before wrestling with Godzilla vs. Kong, director Adam Wingard accepted the gargantuan challenge of helming Netflix’s American Death Note adaptation. Regional relocation is usually a kiss of death for...
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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Reveals Killer Second Wave
Not even a year has passed since The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival emerged as a must-attend genre festival, but year two is already looking to cement such talk. We Got This Covered reported from the...
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It Review
Under less forgiving circumstances, 2017 could have marked a disastrous year for Stephen King adaptations. As is? Andy Muschietti’s It atones for the slog-heavy sins of The Dark Tower, all but erasing...
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mother! Review
In mother!, Darren Aronofsky accepts his greatest dare – channeling, and replicating, Lars Von Trier’s stylistic anarchism. Not a tremendous leap given Aronofsky’s cataloged signatures, but layers are...
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle Review
In terms of mouthy James Bond stand-ins, Taron Egerton‘s “Eggsy” alter ego has earned his blockbuster appeal. A cocky-but-cool espionage wunderkind who won our hearts by skewering Samuel L. Jackson in...
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Rift Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
Erlingur Thoroddsen‘s Rift is an icy “cabin in the hills” thriller worth every scenic gawk; Iceland’s genuine production value featured to a remarkable degree (looming mountain regions to jagged lava...
View ArticleWheelman Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
Jeremy Rush’s Wheelman is a “Dad Movie” in the best way; the kind of no bullshit engine-rever that you flip on every Father’s Day during [insert random cable station]’s “All Poppas, All Action”...
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Brawl In Cell Block 99 Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
Vince Vaughn will always be thought of as a dry-witted comedian, but writer/director S. Craig Zahler’s ultra-violent Brawl In Cell Block 99 looks to diversify opinions. Instead of crashing weddings,...
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Anna And The Apocalypse Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
As a massive fan of happy-go-not-so-lucky genre hybrids, it should come as no shock that I abso-f$%king-lutely dig John McPhail’s Anna And The Apocalypse – his Scottish Christmas horror musical zombie...
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Let The Corpses Tan Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
In the argument of “style over substance,” movies like Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s Let The Corpses Tan make a case for limitless artistic boundaries. In every sense, this is a Giallo-fied...
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Bodied Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
From the moment Bodied opens with a promotional advert for the Killafornia Battle League (in which we’re *immediately* told to “suck a dick!”) to the very last insert-rap-lyric-here outro line,...
View ArticleDownsizing Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
Alexander Payne’s Downsizing is a disappointingly shallow dive into a supremely interesting topic. As humanity continues to gunk up Mother Nature’s designs with smog and muck, Payne toys with...
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Mom And Dad Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
Those who worship at the altar of Cage, I come speaking words of comfort. Our Lord and savior St. Nicolas not only nails his role as a psychotic, mind-controlled parent in Brian Taylor’s Mom And Dad,...
View ArticleThelma Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
Joachim Trier’s beguiling Norwegian thriller Thelma couldn’t be more up-front about its message, but cinematically, this folkish Carrie-esque hymn dazzles despite simplicity. Brooding religious...
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Professor Marston And The Wonder Women Review [Fantastic Fest 2017]
When Wonder Woman’s origins are discussed, it’s typically of Diana Prince’s Amazonian upbringing on Themyscira. Talk of a fake superhero’s beginnings on paper. But what if I told you there’s a more...
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