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Christian’s Christmas: Reindeer Games (2000)
By Christian DiMartino So in all my years, I’d never actually seen Reindeer Games. Perhaps because at a young age, well, not only should I not have been watching it, but also, I was steered away from it. It was a movie we owned on VHS, and yet, my family claimed it wasn’t good. Must’ve…
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Review: Clerks III
Kevin Smith is an interesting filmmaker. I like some, love some, and loathe some, but he’s at least always trying something, whether it be in his wheelhouse or something new. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn’t. That about describes the experience of his latest, Clerks III. The movie is sometimes hilarious, but sometimes Smith…
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A Trip Back To: Armageddon (1998)
Armageddon It. I have probably talked about Trevor a few times on here. My best friend, right hand man. We see eye to eye on just about everything- movies, humor, interests, etc. Every so often we miss the mark. For example, William Freidkin’s To Live and Die in L.A.… absolute banger of an 80’s action…
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Mid-Year Movie Midterm: 2022
By Christian DiMartino I will be honest, I rarely ever release a “Best of the Year So Far” list because usually by around June there might be like one or two movies that really wows me, and the rest range from “pretty good” and on. In 2022, I’m not going to lie, I’ve been really…
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The Oscars: Final Predictions
By Christian DiMartino The Oscar nominations are coming out on Tuesday, February 8th. As we might know, this is always a subject that I find myself getting really invested in. Even though over time I’ve grown to realize more and more that they’re a load of crap. What do I mean? Well they just seem…
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Review: The Tender Bar
George Clooney’s The Tender Bar is a nice little movie whose existence remains a mystery to me. It’s well acted, well made, and well written, yet as memoirs go, this one feels a little too dramatically empty to be made into a memoir, let alone a feature length movie. It’s a light movie that perhaps…
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Review: The Last Duel
Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel is that rare occasion in which I went into a movie nearly blind. Sure, the credentials behind the movie were plain to see. But seeing as I’m one who isn’t too interested in history, the story wasn’t familiar to me. Hell, I even thought that the “duel” that the title…
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THE Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
By Christian DiMartino This is, admitted, a very delayed segment of “The Best Picture.” I missed my deadline this weekend, and oops. So you’ll get the next two the next two days. There had to have been quite the critical backing for John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love. If you look at the original reviews, yeah,…
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Review: Zack Snyder’s Justice League
By Christian DiMartino Well, I was wrong. In the case of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, I was wrong on two counts. The first being, for the years after the release of Justice League, fans cried out for the quote-on-quote “Snyder Cut.” The background surrounding this cut, I shall try to dive into in a minute.…
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Review: Suicide Squad
By Christian DiMartino *Warning: If you really want to see this movie, then you will not listen to the following review. I know who you are. I am one of you. I ignored the reviews too. My mistake. But I think some people will love this movie, even if it’s a turd. They say that…
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