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Review: The Good Nurse
By Christian DiMartino Tobias Lindholm’s The Good Nurse is a generically directed film with a compelling story that I found myself caught up in. From a filmmaking, storytelling standpoint, I could’ve pictured this being made for Lifetime in the 1990s if it weren’t for two key elements: Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne.…
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A Trip Back To: Hollow Man (2000)
1/2 By Christian DiMartino What do you say about Paul Verhoeven? Personally, I love the guy because of how much he does not care. He’s made a handful of wonderfully over-the-top science fiction films (Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Robocop), and some major kink-fests (Basic Instinct, Showgirls). Even in some of those science fiction films, he…
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Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
1/2 By Christian DiMartino “Peculiar” is the right word to describe Tim Burton’s latest film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, but not for reasons you might expect. What’s peculiar is the fact that the film has flaws coming out the yin-yang, but yet it’s still somewhat enjoyable. Burton, particularly in the later years, has become…
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