The concept of death can be tough for young children to process. The topic is often introduced when a grandparent passes away, leaving parents scrambling to explain why Grandpa or Grandma won’t be coming back. While no film can be…
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“Eureka” seems somewhat deceitfully simple: a man called Murphy (Viggo Mortensen) searches for his abducted daughter with the help of the mysterious El Coronel (Chiara Mastroianni), even if he has to shoot everyone who stands in his way. A black…
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Although tonally quite different, You Hurt My Feeling is thematically reminiscent of Seinfeld. I’m not saying that because both have Julia Louis-Dreyfus in common, although this strengthens the sentiment. Both are essentially about nothing, or more accurately, the little problems…
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In 2013, filmmaker Anthony Chen’s first feature, “Ilo Ilo,” won the coveted Caméra d’Or at Cannes. Centered around the inseparable bond between a 10-year-old Singaporean boy and his Filipina nanny, Chen’s full-length debut deployed a specific lens — a family…
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The logline: An assassin discovers that he must kill six other assassins or be assassinated himself. The world is their arena, and only one can come out alive. A kill-or-be-killed globe-trotting action thriller starring Henry Golding and Noomi Rapace sounds…
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True crime, while no longer on the hype train that it was a few years back, is still an insanely popular genre. People love listening to podcasts about serial killers, watching documentaries about cons gone wrong, and enjoying fictionalized versions…
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F9: The Fast Saga went soo over-the-top with its bizarre action sequences and the “family” that it became overwhelming. Taking a car to outer space is lousy writing despite an interesting redemption story for the antagonist. Everything was made stupider by…
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan has been a Cannes regular since his debut short, “Koza,” in 1995. An assured auteur from the very beginning, Ceylan made a name for Turkey on the festival circuit, and every year he brings a new title to…
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Watching The Little Mermaid remake, a sense of familiarity washed over me. Not merely because this movie already exists, but because most of these Disney remakes put us through the same wringer. When one is first announced, some are immediately…
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This year, Disney is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and from the earliest Mickey shorts to the gargantuan company that they’ve become in the last century, one thing ties together Disney at its best: magic. For many of us, Disney films…
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After much anticipation and debate, Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid officially swims into theaters this week. The Rob Marshall-directed movie is the latest in a steadily growing line of live-action remakes put out by the Mouse House, and it's safe…
Read moreThe Little Mermaid has finally made its way to the big screen, and as a fan of the original, I was both excited and skeptical about this remake. However, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by what…
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