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Continue reading →: Review: “Wicked: For Good” Proudly, Lovingly Adapts the Divisive Second ActBack in November of 2024, audiences were blown away by Jon M. Chu’s adaptation (the first of two filmed simultaneously) of the Broadway sensation Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based on the Gregory Maguire novel. Exiting the theatre still reeling from Cynthia Erivo’s earth-shattering final vocal belt, the…
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Continue reading →: Oscars 2026 Nomination Predictions (NOVEMBER)We’ve reached the point in the year where everything has been seen except for Avatar and the critics awards have yet to begin. By the time my next December predictions happen, we may be catapulted into an entirely different set of expectations. The month after that will be my final…
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Continue reading →: Netflix Review Round-Up: Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” and Animated Fantasy “In Your Dreams”“Nouvelle Vauge” While films about filmmaking tend to glaze over the minds of audiences less-enamored by the art, films specifically about process are in a whole other lane. A fascinating how-to guide for viewers on a work of perfection. But nobody could make Breathless (1960) again. Well, actually, they did…
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Continue reading →: TV Review: “Palm Royale- Season 2” is a Disastrous, Overstuffed ReturnThe opening moments to the second season premiere of Apple’s Palm Royale are admittedly intoxicating. Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons (Kristen Wiig) exiting a vehicle in a vibrant yellow outfit to enter the titular Palm Royale country club. She’s treated like a goddess, entering the ballroom where she is greeted by a host…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Christy” is a tough-as-nails showcase for Sydney SweeneyThe average boxer barely spends a hour tops in the confides of the ring, taking hit after hit. Unfortunately for real-life boxer Christy Martin, her fight was 24 hours daily. Based on the harrowing true story, David Michod (the Australian director behind Animal Kingdom and The Rover) presents us with…
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Continue reading →: Netflix Review Round-Up: “A House of Dynamite”, “Ballad of a Small Player”, and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”Film fans are currently in the midst of a busy week of Netflix Original awards contenders, with a truckload more on the way. With so many pumping out at a time that demand coverage, it may be easiest to crunch a few together in discussion for some leaner reviews. Public…
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Continue reading →: Review: “It Was Just An Accident” Walks Brilliant Tight Rope Between Bizarre Amusement and Horrifying RealityThe opening moments of Jafar Panahi’s newest thriller are brilliantly deceptive. We are introduced to Rashid (Ebrahim Azizi) and his family driving home at night. Stray dogs running across the road, barely visible by his car’s headlights. His wife is deep into her pregnancy, his young daughter is in the…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Hedda” lets Tessa Thompson Have Ruthless Fun as the Classic CharacterHenrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, the Danish 1891 play that spawned over twenty official onscreen adaptations, is regarded as a masterpiece of literature. While not as repurposed in mainstream North American pop culture as something like Little Women or the writings of Jane Austen, possibly due to its more tart and…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Hamnet”, While Never A Story of More Woe, Chloe Zhao Finds Profound Healing Through Art From Grief“Where is he?” William Shakespeare asks, having returned home from London, arriving moments after the unexpected death of his son Hamnet. He sees his son’s body and is incapable of processing the loss of the child in front of him. His daughter is also in denial, unconvinced the body is…
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Continue reading →: Oscars 2026 Nomination Predictions (OCTOBER)It is almost time for this year’s film to enter the gladiatorial arena and see what they’re made of when pit against each other. Yes, it is post-festival season, pre-Gothams, pre-NBR, pre-critics awards time where damn near everything has been seen outside of the remaining holiday blockbusters and we have…
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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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