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Continue reading →: 2026 In Film- Halfway Report: Top 5 So Far and Personal Awards#1. NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE (Matt Johnson) One of the more jaw-dropping spectacles of the year includes real parachuting into stadiums, time traveling to 2008, and the grand return of Orbitz. Being well-versed in the original series run of Nirvanna the Band the Show is not necessary…
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Continue reading →: PREDICTIONS: The 78th Emmy Awards NominationsWith Oscar season predictions just around the corner (if you’re a maniac like me), lest we forget the little sister of cinema, (in Kenneth Parcell voice) “TELEVISION!” Yes, the 78th Emmy Awards are upon us yet again this September, with nominations being announced on Wednesday July 8, it’s time to…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Toy Story 5” Makes A Relevant, Necessary Case for Itself in a World That Favors Tech Over ToysWhether concluding with “So long, partner…” or to “infinity and beyond”, the last few Toy Story films have always closed on a note that feels like a book being folded shut, one last hurrah as you wipe the tears from your eyes. Toy Story 3 (2010) had been in development…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Disclosure Day” Is As Much a Plea For Empathy As It is a Plea for TruthIt’s hard to not be unreasonably intrigued and excited for the next film by Steven Spielberg, especially with a film that returns him to his roots on the topics of extraterrestrial life. With a premise he passionately concocted through a 70-page notes session on his iPad and translated through the…
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Continue reading →: TV Review: “Cape Fear” Re-Imagining Is Gleefully Fun Excuse to Watch Two A-List Actors Face Off Despite a Messy AdaptationWhile the first 8 episodes of 10 were screened in advance, for embargo reasons, most story details will be kept as vague as possible. If there’s one sound that’s always going to make neck hairs stand and heartbeats race, it’s Bernard Herrmann’s operatic original theme to J. Lee Thompson’s 1962…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Tuner” Is A Sleek, Ol’ Fashioned Star Vehicle for Leo WoodallA quiet young man with no parents, earphones that seem permanently attached to his head, assisting a group of gangsters with a robbery while sparking also up a new romance? You’d not be far off to assume this is just the plot of Edgar Wright’s hit action-comedy Baby Driver. But…
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Continue reading →: Review: “I Love Boosters” Lampoons Soul-Sucking Capitalism Through the Audacious Eyes of Boots RileyBoots Riley is as subtle as a cactus is soft, but sometimes artists who back down to the rules of subtlety are cowards. Both his previous debut feature Sorry to Bother You, his Amazon Prime series I’m A Virgo, and now his latest film I Love Boosters are all projects…
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Continue reading →: Review: “The Devil Wears Prada 2”, Hathaway Levels Up Her Magnetic Charm in Surprisingly Timely SequelIt has been a shocking seven years since Meryl Streep’s face graced the big screen, it’s only appropriate that she’s done so to resurrect what might be her most famous (certainly most quotable) role. Yes, Miranda Priestly has lost none of her ice cold, soul-shivering cinematic impact, but another twenty…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Michael” is More Interested in the Music Than the Man in the MirrorAttempting a biopic on legendary, but controversial pop icon Michael Jackson was never going to please everyone. Depictions of the notorious but once-universally-beloved singer in media within the last thirty years usually default to the same parody of an effeminate, extra-terrestrial-like enigma whether in 2D-construction paper form on South Park…
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Continue reading →: Review: “I Swear” is Heartfelt, Informative, Led by a Wonderfully Empathetic Robert AramayoApproximately 1 in every 160 children have been diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome in the United States, but for the United Kingdom, 160 becomes 100. For years, the country has had a nationwide understanding of the condition that the United States continues to lack, and most of that is due to…

