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Category: Reviews
Half Brothers Movie Review
December 3, 2020
(updated December 3, 2020)
Published by JMcNaughton
Opens in theaters Dec 4th
“Half Brothers” is a multicultural (and multilingual) comedy about a road trip adventure with someone who you just met. But he is your brother, well half-brother. And when you are from a small town in Mexico, and this other guy is an ‘American Idiot’ – well how can you say “Road Trip”? “Viaje por Carretera”? Yeah, close enough…
Uncle Frank Movie Review
Writer/Director Alan Ball, the man behind the Academy Award Best Picture winner, ‘American Beauty,’ and HBO’s wildly popular shows ‘Six Feet Under,’ and ‘True Blood,’ brings us the story of a teenaged girl named Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) getting to know her ‘Uncle Frank,’ played exceptionally well by Paul Bettany.
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Hillbilly Elegy Movie Review
Let’s get to know the film by first breaking down the title, shall we? ‘Hillbilly Elegy.’ First, the film is from the James David, better known as J.D., Vance memoir of the same name.
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Sound of Metal Movie Review
The ‘Sound of Metal’ is remarkable storytelling. The situation is presented to the audience, so they feel empathy toward someone else while at the same time feeling pity for themselves.
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The Last Vermeer Movie Review
Based on the Jonathan Lopez book, ‘The Man Who Made Vermeers,’ this film is set in Holland just after World War II, where a man named Han van Meegeren, played by Guy Pearce, is being hunted down as a person who significantly profited off of the war at the expense of the Dutch people.
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The Climb Movie Review
November 12, 2020
(updated November 11, 2020)
Published by JMcNaughton
“The Climb” is a buddy movie, one with an honest look at male friends over many years. It is told with a quirky style and an unusual soundtrack. The two guys are best buds from back in high school days, and nobody ever said that growing older means that you also have to grow up.
The Dark Divide Movie Review
Tom Putnam’s film ‘The Dark Divide,’ based on Robert Pyle’s book, ‘Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide,’ is about Pyle’s 1995 trek through Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
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Come Away Movie Review
‘Come Away’ had a lofty goal to reach when it set forth to combine two of the most cherished storylines in storybook history, those of ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland.’
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Kindred Movie Review
At the beginning of the film, Charlotte, played by actress Tamara Lawrance of the series ‘The Long Song,’ stares at a small bird in a cage. She seems to be deep in thought, perhaps feeling sorry for the poor winged creature who’s trapped in what looks to be, to the human eye, a beautiful home.
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