Review: 20th Century Women
Just in time for the inauguration, Mike Mills' 20TH CENTURY WOMEN hits theaters with a quiet shake of conventions. With its progressive...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Dec 18, 2016
Review: Kedi
With all the cat pictures floating around the Internet, it isn't too hard to understand why a documentary about cats is so appealing to...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Dec 18, 2016
Review: Manchester by the Sea
With writing credits for GANGS OF NEW YORK and YOU CAN COUNT ON ME under his belt, Kenneth Lonergan seemed to suddenly go quiet on the...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Nov 21, 2016
Review: Moonlight
Despite the gains that have been made throughout the world for gay rights, there is still a lot of backlash and hatred for those who have...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Nov 14, 2016
Review: Certain Women
If you're a fan of action-packed, story-driven films, you probably don't want to watch CERTAIN WOMEN. If you don't want to spend an...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 23, 2016
Review: Jackie
It is not often that you get to see a behind-the-scenes look at politic figures, especially that of a presidential family. But one of...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 23, 2016
Review: Denial
There is a list of claims that Holocaust deniers typically adhere to in their statements: 1) that the killing was not systematic, 2) that...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 15, 2016
Review: Queen of Katwe
"In chess, the small one can become the big one." Disney has always gravitated towards the story of the underdog: climbing up from the...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: Maggie's Plan
From the pen and direction of Rebecca Miller comes a lighthearted, jaunting depiction of the phrase "It's complicated" -- a film entitled...
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Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: Swiss Army Man
There's an initial strangeness in seeing SOS messages scrawled on old tin cans and chip bags -- messages like "Help" and "I was on a boat...
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