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  • Week of April 15th – An April Mixed Bag

    Week of April 15th – An April Mixed Bag

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    It came out this week that Quentin Tarantino’s 10th and final film, The Movie Critic, was canceled by QT. This was disappointing for me, as I was looking forward to it. I don’t think there is bad Tarantino film, and I have watched Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds so many times. This is maybe the…

  • Week of April 8th – War Week

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    Welp. I took a week off from reviewing films, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t see anything. There were three films during that week, and here is a very quick recap: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (3 out of 5), Problemista (3.5/5), and Monkey Man (3.5/5). They were all just ok. Monkey Man was…

  • Week of March 25th – The Quarter Pole

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    Tomorrow will be April, and with it, the end of the first quarter of this year. On Tuesday, I will be posting the first version of my Top 10/ Bottom 10 for 2024. It will be the first of three of these post during the year. So far this year, there have only been 6…

  • Week of March 18th – Who You Gonna Call?

    Week of March 18th – Who You Gonna Call?

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    With my film tournament officially started, I guess I’ll share why the years for the tourney are what they are. At first, I was going for 20 years ago. That meant 1993 was part of the tournament. There are two problems with that. Jurassic Park is my favorite movie of all time, and I think…

  • Week of March 11th – Just Another Meh Week

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    This year’s SXSW occurred this past week, and there were some films in that festival that I am looking forward to. On the Oscar front, A Real Pain, Civil War, and Sing Sing were all part of the festival. Monkey Man and The Fall Guy both had their world premieres there this past week, and…

  • Week of March 4th – Skadoosh?

    Week of March 4th – Skadoosh?

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    After the Oppenheimer party that should happen tonight, we will enter the 2025 Oscar season. I know it’s still stupid early to really start predicting things, but it’s never a bad time to have things on your radar as the year moves along. Dune: Part 2 is absolutely going to be a major player as…

  • Week of Feb 26th – The Spice has finally returned!

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    At the beginning of the year, I shared the 10 films I was most anticipating. Number 3 on that list was Dune: Part Two. A little further down that list at number eight was Mickey 17. That film is Bong Joon-ho’s follow up to Parasite, which won Best Picture four years ago. It was originally…

  • Week of Feb 19 – The International run continues

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    This year has been disappointing so far. Not a single American film this far has cracked the 4 out of 5 level. While the US releases haven’t delivered, the International ones certainly have. They are the top four on my list and all at 4 or 4.5 out of 5. Spoiler for this post, but…

  • Week of Feb 12 – Every Little Thing Will Be Alright?

    Week of Feb 12 – Every Little Thing Will Be Alright?

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    This week, I hit 20 films for the year. This isn’t that big of a deal as I should have above 100 by the end of the year, but it does mean I can fill out a Top 10/Bottom 10 now. I won’t post those until the end of a quarter, so the end of…

  • Week of Feb 5th – Creating a Monster

    Week of Feb 5th – Creating a Monster

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    On Monday of this past week, the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township closed. It was one of the last, if not the last, places to be able to see independent and art house films that AMC and Emagine don’t feel like showing (until they have to during Oscar season…). My favorite memory of going to…