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Dogman Movie Review: An intense examination of suburban life
As we’ve continuously seen in acclaimed films such as Gomorrah and Tale of Tales, Italian…
Breakthrough Movie Review: Weird Christianity, Weirder Timing
Who needs miracles, anyway? After all, Breakthrough is coming out at a time when just about everyone not only feels like they could use a miracle right about now, but almost all of them have the means through social media to broadcast their deserved woes. Here is a film framed and wired with Judeo-Christian principles as a trojan horse of supposedly enlightened messaging keen on both evangelizing the uninitiated and soothing the believers into further submission. This is Breakthrough, a film bent on preaching to the choir with emotional hand-wringing. It’s just a shame the sermon has only the trappings of substance or spiritual investigation.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Movie Review: Genuine emotion makes up for a lack of clarity
On one hand, expectations were relatively low for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. It’s…
Concert Review: Pixies/Weezer – Baltimore, 3/17/19
Baltimore got lucky on St. Patrick’s Day. Both Pixies and Weezer came to Royal Farms…
Book Review: “In the Neighborhood of True” by Susan Kaplan Carlton
I’ve just finished reading In the Neighborhood of True and I’m still trying to decide…
Peterloo Movie Review: A challenging but fulfilling new entry by Mike Leigh
Admittedly, Mike Leigh’s latest historical epic is a bit of a tough sell. A nearly…