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Review: Mank
By Christian DiMartino What’s the saying? “They don’t make’em like they used to.” When it comes to movies, yeah, they really don’t. But David Fincher certainly has with his latest masterwork, Mank. Knowing what a year it’s been for movies (if you’ve looked for the best ones, you’ve found them), it wouldn’t come as any…
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First Time Watch: Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
By Christian DiMartino Warning: do not read unless you’ve seen all of Twin Peaks. As I sit here typing, a few weeks has passed since finishing Twin Peaks: The Return, the Showtime limited series directed by the masterful David Lynch, released back in 2017. The date is October 18th. For reasons that are beyond explanation,…
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Film Confessions: Les Miserables (2012)
By Christian DiMartino Since the Oscars are drawing near, I’m just gonna give it to you straight: They don’t always get it right. Let me just say that just because a movie seems like it should win Oscars, doesn’t mean it actually should. Case in point: Les Miserables. Just last night, I reviewed Sweeney Todd: The Demon…
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Review: Pan
By Christian DiMartino Believe what you’ve heard: Joe Wright’s Pan is a big-budgeted, joyless, stupid, unnecessary, mess. But hey, at least while it is stinking up the place, it looks good doing it. Kind of like Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls. This is a film that spins its wheels for nearly two hours, and doesn’t build a case…