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Continue reading →: Review: “Scream 7”, For the First Time, Sidney Prescott Finally Faces Her Past… for the Sixth TimeIt was in 2011’s long-awaited Scream 4, that Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott landed the mic-drop closing line about remakes: “Don’t f**k with the original!” That was now 15 years ago, four Scream entries ago, ending Wes Craven’s return (and swan song) to the series with a poor box office performance…
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Continue reading →: TV Review: “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” Ups its Stakes and its Confidence in Improved Second SeasonWhile the first 6 episodes were screened in advance, for embargo reasons, most story details will be kept as vague as possible. With Apple’s ability to spend on massive budgets and their insistence on acquiring more familiar Hollywood intellectual properties for the hope of more eyeballs, 2023’s Monarch: Legacy of…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Dreams”, Chastain Lusts For A Private Life in Michel Franco’s Troubling RomanceMichel Franco is a filmmaker that understands that humans are complex, often egotistical creatures. Both their morality and intentionality are questionable at best under difficult circumstances. Franco’s movies have perplexed and intrigued critics, though to call them audience-friendly would be a laugh. As someone who can’t help but dig his…
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Continue reading →: Sundance Review: “Run Amok” Dares to Find Catharsis in Tricky Subject, With No SuccessThere were 230 instances of school shootings in America occurring just in 2025 alone, and that was just a mild drop from the year before. To call it a sensitive topic among everyday citizens would be an understatement. In fact, school shootings and inability to maintain sensible gun control, mostly…
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Continue reading →: Predictions: BAFTA, SAG (Actor Awards), PGA, WGA Awards WinnersWe are so close to the Oscars at this point, I can almost taste it, and it tastes like fumes because this season is so damn long. The pros to having a long wait between nominations and winners? Enough time to properly plan my Oscar Party menu and get my…
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Continue reading →: Sundance Review: “Carousel”, Pine and Slate Excel in Rachel Lambert’s Reserved Rom-DramRachel Lambert made a Sundance splash back in 2023 with her Daisy Ridley-starring Sometimes I Think About Dying. That charming oddball of a film found bountiful sweetness in a quirky premise about an even quirkier lead character, but due to Lambert’s affectionate and dream-like direction and Ridley’s earnest performance, both…
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Continue reading →: Sundance Review: “Rock Springs” a Confused, Undercooked Historical HorrorNOTE: Some spoilers regarding a tragic historical event within the film’s plot are discussed in this review. It’s easy to say that when you’ve seen one horror film about grief, you’ve seen them all, but that isn’t necessarily true. Billions of people around the world experience grief in their own…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Islands”, Sam Riley Finds Family in Sun-kissed Psuedo-Hitchcockian ThrillerThe first image we get of Tom (Sam Riley) is that of him waking up on a beach, dirty, disoriented, and alone. At this point, we probably know about as much about what Tom was up to that night as he does. In fact, the mere casting of Riley in…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die” Is A Morbid, Raucous, Overstuffed Warning of the AI RevolutionYou don’t have to like all of this films, but you can’t call Gore Verbinski a “lazy” filmmaker. In fact, the largest problem Verbinski runs into is that he doesn’t know when to reign anything in and has no interest in doing so, which usually leads to his often-fascinating ideas…
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Continue reading →: Sundance Review: “Josephine”, Beth De Araújo’s Film is an Oppressive, But Harrowing, Challenging Cautionary TaleParenting is scary even before children exit the womb with the work it takes to ensure a safe arrival, as well as the first few months after birth, making sure their small bodies are functioning properly. If no major health issues occur, and your child grows to be an independent,…
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EDITOR, SITE WRITER
Jakob Kolness
Minnesota Film Critics Association Member. Graduate of Film Studies, writer, novelist, filmmaker.
CURRENT 2026 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”**
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
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