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Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
By Christian DiMartino Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is one of more purely enjoyable films of the year so far; a film with a bit on its mind, but mostly, it just wants to deliver upon a good time. In this case, it’s kind of a great time. The film had a…
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Review: The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch feels like the blueprint of a great Wes Anderson comedy. Those of us who enjoy his films know that they each have a distinct look, feel, and style; when we watch a Wes Anderson movie, we know we’re watching a Wes Anderson movie (see: The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox,…
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Great Movies: The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
By Christian DiMartino I was not alive during Larry Flynt’s quote-on-quote “reign of terror” during the 70s and 80s, and I was barely alive for the theatrical release of Milos Forman’s The People Vs. Larry Flynt (the film was released a little over a month after I was born). Having said that, it no less…
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Review: Collateral Beauty
1/2 By Christian DiMartino Collateral Doody. Now that I’m back writing on here again, I made a personal rule for myself: unless it’s a reflection piece, I will not be reviewing anything unless it’s within the weekend of its release. But yet Collateral Beauty is the exception to the rule, because, well, this is going…
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Review: Sausage Party
By Christian DiMartino If you have been waiting to see a used, talking condom, then Sausage Party is the movie for you! In all seriousness though, Sausage Party is truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen, or will ever see. You won’t believe your eyes for 89 straight minutes. But believe me people, I mean that in the best possible…
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Film Confessions: Death to Smoochy
By Christian DiMartino Danny Devito’s Death to Smoochy kind of lives in infamy. It was blasted by critics upon its initial release, hence why I put off seeing it until around the time of Robin Williams’ unfortunate passing. My verdict: They’re right, it is kind of terrible. But it’s also funny as hell, if you’re into…