‘The Rip’ Movie Review: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Shine in a Twisty Thriller that Surpasses Expectations

Whenever I see the names of Matt Damon (The Martian) and Ben Affleck (Argo) together on a poster, my attention is captured by a nostalgia that goes back to their earliest successes. The dynamic between the two is one of the most solid pillars of contemporary cinema, and the prospect …

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Book Review: ‘Stranger Things: One Way or Another’ A Nancy Wheeler Mystery by Caitlin Schneiderhan

There’s a lot going on in the little town of Hawkins, Indiana, and none of it’s good. With so much going on in the Upside Down and with Vecna, it can be easy to forget that there are plenty of normal problems, too. While searching for Vecna, Nancy stumbles across …

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‘Selena y Los Dinos’ Documentary Review – A Competent Portrait of the Life of a Legend

There are a few artists who make a generational impact. A work that influences and emotions for multiple decades, even if they are not with us anymore. It is the outstanding beauty of artistry that breaks the geographical and time barriers. An accurate example of that concept is Selena Quintanilla, …

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‘The Great Flood’ Movie Review: Kim Da-mi Shines in a Convoluted Disaster Flick

South Korean cinema holds a prominent place in my cinematic preferences, being a passion that makes me follow almost everything coming out of that region with genuine excitement. Beyond that, disaster movies are my ultimate guilty pleasure. I didn’t have any prior knowledge of director Kim Byung-woo‘s work, nor was …

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‘Death by Lightning’ Miniseries Review: History is Stranger Than Fiction

“Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning; it is best not to worry about either.” With these words early in his presidency, James Garfield may have sealed his fate. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau and dying six months after taking office in 1881, the United States …

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‘A House of Dynamite’ Movie Review: A Case Study in Filmmaker’s Intent Versus Narrative Impact

The expectations surrounding A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow’s new and highly anticipated film, were understandably stratospheric. After military tension and psychological analysis masterworks like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, the prospect of Bigelow returning to a theme of war and existential crisis — dealing with the nuclear …

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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Film Review: Rian Johnson’s Crisis of Faith

The formula established in Knives Out and Glass Onion has been changed in Wake Up Dead Man. The series of good old-fashioned murder mysteries solved by gentleman detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) has been a roaring success because they were mostly about fabulously wealthy people being held to account. Tweaking the …

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‘House of Guinness’ Season 1 Review: A Rip-roaring, Questionably Historical Family Drama

Every episode of House of Guinness, Steven Knight’s newest television creation for Netflix, begins with a disclaimer and promise: “This fiction is inspired by true stories”. While based on many real people and events of 1860s Dublin (and further afield), House of Guinness is first and foremost concerned with being …

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‘Record of Ragnarok’ Season Two Review and Recap

There’s no doubt that manga is becoming one of the most popular art forms in the world. Initially, manga became famous in certain parts of Asia due to its storytelling and brilliant illustrations. Soon, it started to gain popularity in Western countries. The rise of Manga made filmmakers realize that …

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‘Black Rabbit’ Series Review: Jude Law and Jason Bateman As Brothers

We don’t choose our family.  Love them, hate them, they are our families, and we are stuck with them.  Some of us are blessed with living, supportive ones; others not so much, and the rest fall somewhere in between.  Black Rabbit is a story of brothers who fall somewhere in …

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‘Inspector Zende’ Film Review: One of Netflix’s Most Entertaining Real-Life Crime Dramas

There’s never an easy way to tackle a real-life story or a story based on real-life events. The audience would go into the theaters or log in to their streaming platforms, expecting they would see something riveting. However, it’s not that easy, and filmmakers need to follow certain rules if …

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‘Wayward’ Review: Mae Martin Netflix Thriller Fails To Pay Off The Creepy Premise

Comedian Mae Martin’s (Feel Good) first venture into drama is a confused exploration of a dysfunctional town with a mysterious school. What has the potential to be a Lynchian mystery falls flat as it struggles to combine two perspectives. Told through two separate viewpoints, Wayward follows cop Alex Dempsey (Martin) …

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‘Record of Ragnarok’ Season One Review and Recap – A Bold Take on Gods vs Mortals

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been several instances where humans have found themselves facing a lot of peculiar situations. As per mythology, crime and corruption reached levels that even the gods had to come down to the planet to restore balance, and that’s what is about to happen …

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‘Frankenstein’ Movie Review: An Instant Classic, A Wonderful Horrible Joy (Venice)

Frankenstein is a masterpiece, an instant classic and a complete and utter triumph. It sticks very close to the source material while managing to be something fresh and new, it maintains its historic setting while never forgetting the current moment, and it all hangs on two extraordinary central performances that …

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