#Doc Lends Humanity to Fraught Subject – /Film

#Doc Lends Humanity to Fraught Subject – /Film

“#Doc Lends Humanity to Fraught Subject – /Film” Wearing bulky Kevlar vests and bulletproof helmets, a squadron of law enforcement personnel prepare to enter a residence. It’s an image that is primed to make one automatically raises one’s hackles — given the sociopolitical landscape in the past 10, 20 years, we know exactly how this…

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#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film

#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film

“#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film” 13 is a hard age. No longer a child, not yet an adult, and nowhere to channel that teen angst, which is even rawer for angry delinquent Sammy Ko (Miya Cech), who is struggling to overcome the grief over losing her mother. So Sammy breaks things at her…

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#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film

#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film

“#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film” “Dying isn’t simple is it?” Masao (Steve Iwamoto) is on his death bed, unwilling — or unable — to reckon with his debilitating sickness, even as his estranged children and grandchildren flit around and away from his bedside. The only presence that has stuck by his side the…

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#Together Together Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#Together Together Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#Together Together Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” Together Together is a love story – kind of. This is not the typical romantic love story that Hollywood usually pumps out; it’s a story about platonic love. About finding a connection with another human being that isn’t based on seduction or romance. And that’s refreshing! More stories…

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#Home Alone as a Horror Movie – /Film

#Home Alone as a Horror Movie – /Film

“#Home Alone as a Horror Movie – /Film” Every now and again, some internet smart aleck will cut a trailer for a beloved comedy classic that imagines that film as a horror movie. Mrs. Doubtfire, Shrek, Ross from Friends, what have you — they all turn into the psychopathic killers given the right editing choices…

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#The Blazing World Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#The Blazing World Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#The Blazing World Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” You would think any movie that casts the iconic Udo Kier as an enigmatic dream guide who munches on fireflies would at least be interesting, but no – The Blazing World, an over-stylized, under-baked bit of tomfoolery from writer-director-star Carlson Young never manages to engross the viewer even as it…

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