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Continue reading →: Review: “Eddington”, Ari Aster lassos us back into the COVID-19 pandemicAri Aster’s career has had a fascinating shift in the last couple of years. Announcing himself as a bright new name of viscerally-upsetting psychological horror with Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), his shift into absurdist black comedy has not forgotten its horror roots, though the definition of horror in his…
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Continue reading →: Review: James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is a vibrant, chaotic mess of good ideasIt is quite a bold swing to do what James Gunn has done here. Restarting an entire cinematic universe and doubling down on its obscurities and eccentricities. Beginning said universe with the brand’s most iconic hero but pulling him out of his traditional comfort zone. Aiming for an old-school return…
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Continue reading →: First Oscars 2026 Nomination Predictions of the Year (JULY 2025)There is so much bad happening in the world, and in our country this week specifically, and with a few hours to kill and a 4th of July weekend on the horizon, I figured I would finally sit down and get my mind off of everything with indulging in one…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Jurassic World: Rebirth” manages mild escapism on the Island of Misfit Dinosaurs despite a weak scriptChasing the magic of the original Steven Spielberg-directed Jurassic Park was always a fool’s errand. Even Spielberg couldn’t do it when handed the reigns a second time. But there was novelty in returning to the Jurassic series back in 2015. Burdened mostly by the hampered script-writing and directing duties of…
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Continue reading →: 2025 Mid-Season Personal AwardsWe’ve reached the mid-point of 2025, aka only 1/8 completed of the Trump presidency so far! Back in the first quarter of the year, due to only a handful of films seen, I posted my Top 5, Bottom 5, and Best Performances list (which you can read here: https://jakobtalksfilm.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/the-films-of-2025-quarter-1-in-review-top-5-best-and-bottom-5-worst-best-performances/ ).…
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Continue reading →: Review: ’28 Years Later’- Boyle feels more alive than everIt has been 23 years since the original 28 Days Later sparked a re-ignition of the zombie genre. A bold and revolutionary work that not only redefined the genre, but introduced us to stars like Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris and allowed Danny Boyle the chance to showcase his Dogma95…
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Continue reading →: Final 2025 Emmy Awards Nomination PredictionsThe key to success when it comes to prognosticating the nominations for the Primetime Emmy Awards is fairly simple, understanding what the three to five most popular shows of the year are and shower them with nominations in every category, even if it means cutting some “what should be” obvious…
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Continue reading →: 2023: Personal Awards2023 was the year of Barbenheimer in the minds of most, but beyond that, this year felt totemic delivering a new late-career masterpiece by our greatest living filmmaker on top of many of our great prestige names dropping bold new works. From melancholy Christmases to sexually-tormented protagonists to gigantic egos…
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Continue reading →: Review: Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” finds subtle sweetness under densely plotted caperThose expecting Wes Anderson to return to the straight-forward, warmly-stylized heart-on-their-sleeves dramedies featuring upbeat soundtracks that he established his name on may have to wait a bit longer (or perhaps an eternity). In the meantime, he seems fixated on cracking complicated human traumas through experimental and austere methods of storytelling.…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Friendship”, a truly inviting comedy for the criminally insaneThis review may contain spoilers. No, wait! No spoilers! He said “NO SPOILERS!” If you aren’t familiar with Tim Robinson’s brand of short-fuse cringe comedy, for which he gained huge success in the mainstream with Netflix’s sketch series I Think You Should Leave, walking into the new film by first-time…
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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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