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Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods

By Christian DiMartino The original Shazam! from 2019 followed a young teenage orphan named Billy (Asher Angel) who was essentially given superpowers, but with a twist akin to Penny Marshall’s Big. When Billy shouts out “Shazam!”, he’s transformed into an adult, muscular version of himself (played by Zachary Levi, very winning), but he still has…

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March 18, 2023

Reviews

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The 95th Academy Awards: Final Predictions and Preferences

By Christian DiMartino So the 95th Academy Awards are tonight and… hmm. So this could be a really interesting set of winners, or it could be boring. It’s interesting in that, for the first time in many years, there appears to actually be multiple races. Often times it’s assumed someone will win early into the…

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March 12, 2023

Blogs

aftersun, all quiet on the western front, ana de armas, andrea riseborough, angela bassett, austin butler, avatar the way of water, barry keoghan, bill nighy, black panther wakanda forever, blonde, brendan fraser, brendan gleeson, brian tyree henry, cate blanchett, causeway, christian dimartino, colin farrell, elvis, everything everywhere all at once, film, films, glass onion a knives out mystery, hong chau, jamie lee curtis, judd hirsch, ke huy quan, kerry condon, living, movie, movies, oscars, paul mescal, stephanie hsu, tar, the banshees of inisherin, the fabelmans, the whale, to leslie, top gun maverick, triangle of sadness, women talking, wordpress
Review: Scream VI

By Christian DiMartino We are 27 years, and six movies, into the Scream franchise, and guys, I gotta say, they are still delivering the goods. Perhaps some may feel they’ve ran out of gas, because in a lot of ways, the latest entry, Scream VI, is more of the same. Basically, I’d say it’s more…

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March 11, 2023

Reviews

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The Best Movies of 2022 (and the Five Worst)

By Christian DiMartino One thing I like about doing a year in review thingy is that it serves as a document of where my taste was at this point in time. I won’t lie though: often times I place a movie in my top spot, and some time down the road, my opinion changes. Not…

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March 4, 2023

Rankings

aftersun, ambulance, ana de armas, andrew dominik, austin butler, avatar the way of water, babylon, barbarian, baz luhrmann, black adam, blonde, bodies bodies bodies, cate blanchett, charlotte wells, christian dimartino, colin farrell, damien chazelle, daniel kaluuya, dwayne johnson, elvis, everything everywhere all at once, film, films, florian zeller, glass onion a knives out mystery, guillermo del toro, guillermo del toros pinocchio, hugh jackman, james cameron, jared leto, jaume collett serra, jordan peele, joseph kosinski, judd apatow, karen gillian, margot robbie, martin mcdonagh, michelle williams, moonage daydream, morbius, movie, movies, nope, paul mescal, pearl, sam worthington, steven spielberg, tar, the banshees of inisherin, the batman, the bubble, the fabelmans, the menu, the northman, the son, todd field, tom cruise, top gun maverick, wordpress, x
Review: Creed III

By Christian DiMartino I’ll be up front: I don’t give a f**k about sports. I’ve tried, but nah. I do, however, love a good sports movie. The key to a successful sports movie is whether or not they’ve gotten me to care about the people involved. Because if I care about the people, or find…

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March 3, 2023

Reviews

christian dimartino, creed, creed iii, film, films, jonathan majors, michael b jordan, movie, movies, phylicia rashad, rocky, tessa thompson, wordpress
Review: Cocaine Bear

By Christian DiMartino Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear is an okay version of what you expect from it. That is, a one-joke, one-idea horror comedy premise (a la Snakes on a Plane). Chances are, if you’ve heard the title and your interest has been piqued, then you know what you want out of it and what…

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February 25, 2023

Reviews

alden ehrenreich, brooklynn prince, christian dimartino, cocaine bear, elizabeth banks, film, films, jesse tyler ferguson, keri russell, margo martindale, matthew rhys, movie, movies, oshea jackson jr, ray liotta, wordpress
Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

By Christian DiMartino Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the first Ant-Man movie where I didn’t have fun. Of course the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become known for the intergalactic stuff and usually they sell me on it in separate entries. I’m also usually open to a series trying to take a swing. The mistake…

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February 17, 2023

Reviews

ant man, ant man and the wasp quantumania, christian dimartino, evangeline lilly, film, films, jonathan majors, kathryn newton, marvel, michael douglas, michelle pfeiffer, movie, movies, paul rudd, peyton reed, wordpress
I Have Seen “To Leslie”

By Christian DiMartino So, a funny thing happened on the way to the Academy Awards… I had heard of Michael Morris’ To Leslie because film critic Richard Roeper called it one of his five favorite films of 2022, and said that Andrea Riseborough’s work in it was his favorite performance by an actress this year.…

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February 4, 2023

Blogs

allison janney, andrea riseborough, christian dimartino, film, films, marc maron, movie, movies, oscars, stephen root, to leslie, wordpress
Review: Knock at the Cabin

By Christian DiMartino M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin is an expertly crafted thriller. One with a level of writing, acting and directing that isn’t always present in his films, but is certainly present in his best. The thing about Shyamalan’s work is that we go into a new one hoping for the best…

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February 3, 2023

Reviews

abby quinn, ben aldridge, christian dimartino, dave bautista, film, films, jonathan groff, knock at the cabin, kristen cui, m. night shyamalan, movie, movies, nikki amuka bird, rupert grint, wordpress
A Trip Back To: The Village (2004)

By Christian DiMartino Around the release of M. Night Shyamalan’s Old, I decided to revisit his disastrous The Happening. With the upcoming release of A Knock at the Cabin, I decided to revisit Shyamalan’s perhaps the beginning of the end, The Village. Here’s the thing, the guy can miss. No doubt about it, he’s made…

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January 29, 2023

A Trip Back To

adrian brody, brendan gleeson, bryce dallas howard, cherry jones, christian dimartino, film, films, jesse eisenberg, joaquin phoenix, judy greer, m. night shyamalan, michael pitt, movie, movies, sigourney weaver, the village, william hurt, wordpress