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Film Reviews


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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Jan 22, 2017
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Dec 18, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Dec 18, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Nov 21, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Nov 14, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 23, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 23, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 15, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
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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...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
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