Challengers smashes up a first-place box office finish for its debut
I guess it shouldn’t be any surprise that Challengers, the sexy sports-themed movie about a broken love triangle, managed to score a first-place ...
Monthly Archives: April 2024
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Review: Challengers
I am not an athlete by any definition of the word. While I was growing up the most exposure I had to sports ...
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Review: Stress Positions
2020 was a year of major turmoil: COVID-19 was sweeping across the US; Biden started his first term as president; the murder of ...
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Civil War remains in first, but this weekend wasn’t eventful for the box office
I had an incredibly busy weekend, so forgive me for getting this box office round-up out late. It seems most people were not ...
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Review: Spy x Family Code: White
It’s rare for an anime to become mainstream. For every show like Attack on Titan or Demon Slayer, there are hundreds of shows that have slipped through ...
Oscar Watch 2023: The Zone of Interest
As we’ve come to the end of Oscar Watch 2023, I feel like this exercise was well worth the effort I put into ...
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Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Guy Ritchie, as a director, is a man who can deliver perfectly serviceable films. As someone who has seen most of his output ...
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Oscar Watch 2023: Oppenheimer
If more biopics were like Oppenheimer, I wouldn’t be complaining about how dull they often are. Against all odds and my own personal ...
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Review: Enter the Clones of Bruce
Anyone even remotely interested in Hong Kong cinema will know the name of Bruce Lee. Hell, people outside of that niche will likely ...
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Oscar Watch 2023: The Holdovers
I can’t remember the last time a Christmas movie was nominated for the “Best Picture” Oscar. A quick Google search tells me Little ...
Oscar Watch 2023: Killers of the Flower Moon
What is it that I said at the beginning of my Oscar Watch article for Maestro? That biopics are pretty bad, right? I ...
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Civil War brews up a modest first place finish this weekend
For all of the controversy that Alex Garland’s Civil War brewed before opening, its first weekend was only a modest success. Despite strong ...