Kitsch accompanied nostalgia all through, through the good and bad times, through the joys and through the sorrow. The ones who seek the past seem to be artists who combine kitchen sinks with flowers and linen. Tyler Taormina’s Christmas Eve at Miller’s Point contains an oral narrative that is both specific and broad in nature; […]
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You Gotta Believe: In the late 1970s with the New York Mets aiming for the pennant, Tug McGraw instilled belief into the fans, a slogan that propelled them during the historic run for the end of 1973. This belief is also applicable in this relay that revolves around another set of great underdogs, a team
Film industry has always been popular in Indonesia and now it is expanding its borders due to streaming and conquest of The Raid film by Gareth Evans. After that, for the last few years, we saw many remarkable action and horror movies from Southeast Asia, mostly directed by Timo Tjahjanto. It is these attributes of
All of You: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots offer us one of the best near-future romance films as two best friends who have feelings for each other despite the fact that their close companion has found his perfect match in the course of testing the supposed soulmate theory. And I would also say that William
Friendship: You heard right. Friendship is a masterpiece. Andrew DeYoung, Tim Robinson, and Paul Rudd join forces to deliver a brilliant masterpiece full of classic cringe humor that has earned them raucous laughter from their viewers. Craig Waterman (Tim Robinson) seems to be your regular neighborhood kid’s father in Friendship. He sits at a boring
After Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Denzel Washington’s third portrayal from August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle which he has produced is The Piano Lesson. Moreover, it’s the best one too. This time, it is a family affair. The film stars Washington’s oldest son, John David, and is directed by his youngest son, Malcolm. Two of
Rated as a cute romantic comedy that also has a dark side to it, Chosen Family at least has something to say, although it seems too preoccupied with trying to make us laugh to know what it is. Only witty Heather Graham stars in, writes and directs Chosen Family, a flick that manages to mix
Those who have been following American politics closely for the past five years are most likely familiar with Lev Parnas by now. However, for those with a similar level of information as mine, details regarding him and his activities related to this election seem somewhat scattered and undefined. In that regard, the new documentary film
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“10 Lives” is the new animated film featuring the voice of Mo Gilligan. Directed by Christopher Jenkins, who worked at Disney and has a few films under his belt, ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Aladdin’ are his credits. ‘10 Lives’ is an exception at the Sundance Film Festival and this should come as no surprise given
Space Cadet, a surprisingly appealing Fourth of July comedy by Amazon, revives an old plot formula that has proven effective in the past. This is hardly an original concept, having already been successfully portrayed by actresses Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin and Protocol, Melanie Griffith in Working Girl and Born Yesterday, and Reese Witherspoon in
