Tag: bobby cannavale
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Review: Blonde
I have been looking forward to Andrew Dominik’s Blonde for a long time. I mean, an NC-17 rated, provocative Marilyn Monroe biopic from Dominik (the excellent The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) starring Ana De Armas, who is one of the most likable and beautiful stars in the movies right now?…
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I Watched 30 Seasons of Television from 2021, and, yeah, You’re Gonna Hear About it
By Christian DiMartino Alright so you may or may not have noticed that I vanished for the last like 10 days. Both of my current segments- “Stallone Saturdays” and “THE Best Picture”- were put on hold. Movies such as Uncharted and Marry Me went un-reviewed. I also deliberately stayed off of the Youtube channel I…
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Review: Thunder Force
Melissa, honey… why must you keep making this so difficult? Melissa McCarthy, like Adam Sandler, is someone I’ve been defending for years. I think she’s great, and truly deserved her Oscar nominations for Bridesmaids and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (she would’ve been my personal vote that year). The thing is, she is so funny,…
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Review: Superintelligence
By Christian DiMartino Melissa McCarthy is great. What’s frustrating though is that the majority of her movies aren’t, and with that, she gets pulled down with them, even though she, and we, know she’s above them. For years, I have rushed to her defense, because of whenever she excels. She was great in Bridesmaids, where…
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Review: The Fundamentals of Caring (Netflix)
By Christian DiMartino The Fundamentals of Caring is quirky, profound, and moving… or, that’s what it thinks. And there strikes the problem. There are funny moments in The Fundamentals of Caring, and it features performances from its two leads that keep it watchable. But yet to me, the whole thing felt a little phony. It seems like…
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