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Review: SATURDAY NIGHT A Frenetic Love Letter To A Comedic Institution

October 11, 2024 Rich Drees

Director Jason Reitman takes us behind the scenes of the iconic SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with a (fictionalized) telling of the ninety minutes leading up to the show’s very first broadcast.

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We Found It On Streaming: SCARE ME (2020)

October 11, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

SCARE ME is a creepy display of the horrors of storytelling, buoyed by the performance of its leads, that can’t quite make it to the finish line intact.

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Daytime Revolution John Lennon Yoko Ono Mike Douglas

Review: John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s DAYTIME REVOLUTION

October 9, 2024 Rich Drees

For one week in February 1972, the counterculture invaded America’s living rooms as John Lennon and Yoko Ono served as co-hosts on the wildly popular THE MIKE DOUGLAS talk show.

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We Found It On Streaming: ZOMBIE TOWN (2023)

October 4, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

ZOMBIE TOWN offers a gore-free zombie movie that the whole family could watch. Too bad they couldn’t give us a better movie.

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Review: SUPER/MAN A Moving Documentary About What Makes A Hero

September 20, 2024 Rich Drees

Christopher Reeve could have decided that his life was over after the accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Instead, he chose to become a hero.

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We Found It On Streaming: LOVE, GILDA (2018)

September 20, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

Gilda Radner’s life has the making of a powerful documentary biography. That makes it puzzling why LOVE, GILDA is so bland and tame.

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Review: THE SUBSTANCE A Biting Satire That Is Both Style And Substance

September 17, 2024 Rich Drees

Director Coralie Fargeat’s film is an angry and stylish critique of Hollywood’s obsession with youth.

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Review: Kevin Smith’s THE 4:30 MOVIE A Nostalgic Look At First Loves And Movies

September 11, 2024 Rich Drees

Kevin Smith’s nostalgic look back at being a teen film fan in the 1980s has some issues but a sweet emotional core.

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We Found It On Streaming: WIFELIKE (2022)

September 6, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

WIFELIKE is a glitzy and glossy spectacle that tries to cover up its numerous flaws with its above average production values but mostly falls short.

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Review: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE Is Twice The Chaos But Less The Movie

September 4, 2024 Rich Drees

Tim Burton, Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are all back for a sequel to the 1984 supernatural comedy that may prove the adage that more is actually less.

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