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“The Matrix Resurrections,” and a Wachowski ranking
By Christian DiMartino So, I saw The Matrix Resurrections yesterday, and it’s a film I liked, but didn’t quite know what to write about. On one hand, what was enjoyable about it, was purely enjoyable. On another hand, over the last day I’ve had the itch to write about it but at the same time,…
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Review: Free Guy
Shawn Levy’s Free Guy is a science fiction comedy that is more successful at the science fiction part than the comedy, when it should maybe be the other way around. Here is a great-looking film with some pretty good ideas that didn’t fully hold me in its grip, but didn’t bore me either. Truth of…
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Review: Hail, Caesar!
By Christian DiMartino Joel and Ethan Coen are back with one of their strangest outings yet, Hail, Caesar!, a fun but bizarre concoction that I found hard to put a finger on. I remember the first time I saw The Big Lebowski. I wasn’t all that enthusiastic about it, mainly because I didn’t really know what the…
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Review: The Hateful Eight
By Christian DiMartino Quentin Tarantino’s films are best known for two typical traits: Over-the-top violence, and whip smart, crackling dialogue. I’ve seen all of Tarantino’s films, and it is truly a rare event when one of them DOESN’T make my ten best list. His great films (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol.1 & 2, Inglourious Basterds, and Django Unchained)…