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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: PLUS ONE An Indie Rom Com With Real Laughs, Heart

April 29, 2019 Rich Drees

Two singles who team up to survive “wedding season” find themselves falling for each other in this rom-com that relies more on character than pratfalls for its laughs.

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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: SLAY THE DRAGON Draws Line In Sand Over Gerrymandering

April 28, 2019 Rich Drees

A citizen’s group in Michigan fights against entrenched politicians to insure fair elections for their state.

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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: ASK DR RUTH Answers Questions About Noted Sex Therapist’s Life

April 27, 2019 Rich Drees

A look at the life of the therarpist who helped society reshape how it talks about sex.

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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: Four Emotional Tales In FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO

April 25, 2019 Rich Drees

Four emotional journeys as a quartet of LGBTQ youths come out to their religiously conservative families.

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Jordan Peele’s US – A Disturbing Mirror View, A Radical Warning

March 23, 2019 Rich Drees

We peel back the first few layers of Jordan Peele’s latest multilayered horror film.

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Review: CAPTAIN MARVEL Falls A Bit Short

March 8, 2019 Rich Drees

Captain Marvel, like all superhero origins, is at its core an empowerment story. The arc of any superhero character starts off with them as a normal human, who then gains fantastical powers and ultimately learns [click for more]

Big Picture Podcast Extra: GLASS First Reaction Review

January 16, 2019 Rich Drees

Is the conclusion to the story that M Night Shyamalan started with 2000’s UNBREAKABLE worth the wait.

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AQUAMAN A Solid But Not Exceptional Superhero Outing

December 19, 2018 Rich Drees

The latest installment in Warner Brothers DC Comics cinematic Universe is a marked improvement over most of the other entries.

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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE A Love Letter To The Character And Its Legacy

December 14, 2018 Rich Drees

Don’t let the fact that you may have seen a lot of Spider-Man related superheroics on the big screen deter you from seeing SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE as it is one of the best superhero films of the year.

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DIVIDE AND CONQUER: THE STORY OF ROGER AILES A Raw Look At The Former FOX News Head

December 7, 2018 Rich Drees

The rise and ignominious fall of the main who created FOX News and created a climate of hyper-partisanship in the process is charted in this new documentary.

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