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‘The Bear’ Season 3 : A Show That Keeps Following Its Own Rules

Jeremy Allen White, @Courtesy of FX Networks After a remarkable Season 1 and an even better Season 2, The Bear is back with another ten episodes that reaffirm the complete freedom of Christopher Storer’s creation. The creator and co-showrunner with Joanna Calo uses in fact Season 3 as a chance to go deeper into the…

Searching for Sustenance in A Quiet Place: Day One

Photo by Gareth Gatrell/Gareth Gatrell – © 2023 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. In many ways, audiences were not ready for the success of A Quiet Place. Seemingly coming from out of nowhere from an unexpected source in John Krasinski, a new franchise was born almost instantly. Krasinski returned to bring the sequel to life, but…

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Review: Smith and Lawrence Entertain with More of the Same

Photo courtesy and © Sony Pictures  Four years ago, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunited for their third go-round as Lt.  Mike Lowery and Lt. Marcus Burnett, the Miami police detectives first introduced back in Michael Bay’s 1995 buddy comedy classic, Bad Boys. Due to COVID shutting down movie theaters, that 2020 three-quel, Bad Boys…

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Tries to Play Nice With the Big Boys

2023 has been a big year for some famous names. While the echoes of the names of “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”are still dominating most of the world’s stream of consciousness, there is one famous name that is currently having the best 2023 of all…Godzilla! “Godzilla: Minus One” is currently one of the highest rated films of…

“The Killer” is Here to Open Our Eyes to Our Own Brutality

The Killer is someone you’ve probably never been. The Killer is a sociopath with a wealth of knowledge and skills. You’ve never been that adept at anything, let alone contract murder. The Killer is silent, deadly, an enigma. Certainly, you’ve never been a ghost amongst the world of the living. Though you may daydreamed about being slick, silent,…

Review: Wallowing through “Five Nights at Freddy’s”

As the video game adaptation renaissance continues, the one property that was stuck in development hell for 8 years is finally being released to the world. While the clearly inspired Willy’s Wonderland beat it to market, fans have been clamoring for the real world representation of Five Nights at Freddy’s to hit the silver screen….

NYFF Review: “Ferrari” Loses its Fight for First Place

The wonderful thing about a biopic is that you don’t have to have any invested interest into the subject to enjoy the product. Your interest in cars and their legacy won’t get in the way of what you experience on the screen in Ferrari. Yet, unlike Maestro where superior filmmaking makes up for pitfalls of…

NYFF Review: The Troubles of a “May December” Romance

Though they never went away, the strange mystique and fervor of a blockbuster tabloid story rife with scandalous sexuality and intrigue seem less impactful and almost commonplace in the social media age. The power these stories had in the mid to late 90s was unmatched. SNL sketches and TV movies of the week based on…

Review: Surviving “The Last Voyage of the Demeter”

There’s no doubt about it, we’re in the midst of a vampire resurgence. While there have been a slew of vampire films in its wake, Twilight seemed to kill the bigger budget bloodsucker flicks for a bit. 2023 finds life coming back to the dead though. Sure, there are plenty of films still in production,…

Review: “Meg 2: The Trench” is Absolutely Bonkers

When The Meg came out in 2018, no one was expecting high art. People were looking for a fun, jaunty, brainless adventure they could wash away their worries with. The box office told the same story, too. online pharmacy buy tamiflu online with best prices today in the USA Making a large enough dent to…

Review: The Mediocre Overnight at “Haunted Mansion”

Think back to 2003. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King closed out the blockbuster adaptation series. Love Actually became the banner Romcom for a generation of adoring fans. Tarantino dropped part one of the Kill Bill saga whilst foreign cult classics like Oldboy and Memories of Murder hit our shores. And…