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August 7, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Review: A Too Familiar, Cra-yawn of an Adaptation Deserving Better Care

Crockett Johnson’s 1955 picture book Harold and the Purple Crayon isn’t talked about with the same passion as other adolescent literary giant...

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August 6, 2024 · by Adam Patla

'The Iron Giant' 25 Years Later— An Enduring Legacy of Healing and Humanity

My first experience with The Iron Giant occurred one random evening while watching Cartoon Network. I couldn’t have been more than six years ...

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August 6, 2024

‘Kneecap’ Review: Irish Rap Group Stands Centerstage in Ireland’s Oscars Bid

The appeal of Kneecap arrives in two bombastic waves. First, that the eponymous hip-hop group successfully achieves revolutionary and musical...

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August 5, 2024 · by Nadia Arain

‘Trap’ Review: Josh Hartnett Invokes Concert Chaos

Having only seen Split (2016) and Knock at the Cabin (2023) beforehand, engaging with an M. Night Shyamalan film comes with a bit of nuance f...

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August 2, 2024

‘Coup!’ Review: Serving Up a Clever Class-Struggle Comedy 

In a sea of transatlantic accents and hedonism, greed is the real pandemic in Joseph Schuman and Austin Stark’s Coup! With a runtime of 97 mi...

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July 31, 2024 · by Danny Jarabek

FANTASIA FEST ‘Cuckoo’ Review: Reproductive Horror Falls Short of Reality’s Dangers

With a world premiere at the Berlinale in February, a full circuit of spring festivals, and a victory lap at Canada’s Fantasia Fest before it...

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July 30, 2024

'The Beast' Review: A Slow-Burning Sci-Fi To Make Criterion Debut in August

Let’s suppose, for argument’s sake, that one can distill one’s life to a series of individual choices. Mundane ones, to start: today’s outfit...

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July 26, 2024 · by Anjani Chadha

‘Fairy Folk’ Review: A Fresh, Absurd Story of Man and Nature

The story of Adam and Eve is familiar to many. The couple was placed in the Garden of Eden where they lived in harmony with nature. Entrusted...

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July 25, 2024 · by Red Broadwell

'Crumb Catcher' Review: Cringe-Inducing Entertainment

The balance of cringe as entertainment is a hard one to strike. Cringe comedy, as of late, has a tendency to devolve into being mean-spirited...

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July 25, 2024 · by Red Broadwell

'The Coffee Table' Review: The Anxiety Inducing Dark Comedy of 2023

Not everyone is cut out for parenting. Caye Casas’ most recent work The Coffee Table depicts this uncomfortable truth to its most horrifying ...

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Carson Burton

July 23, 2024

The Top Six Most Anticipated Films From Fantasia Fest

The Fantasia International Film Festival kicks off this week in Montréal, ushering in an exciting new slate of feature films and selected sho...

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July 21, 2024 · by Carson Burton

Review: 'Twisters' is the Perfect Storm of a Blockbuster

It’s funny to me that the term “blockbuster” has become such an all-encompassing term for, essentially, a movie made to make a lot of money. ...

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