Month: November 2021
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The Beatles: Get Back
Peter Jackson’s documentary about the Beatles during the Let it Be sessions, The Beatles: Get Back, is an ode to music and the creative process. Back in February of this year, I wrote a long piece in anticipation of Peter Jackson’s meticulous and exhaustive documentary of the original Let It Be (1969) film. Now that…
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C’mon C’mon
Mike Mills’ new film, C’mon C’mon, tells the story of an uncle and his nephew. It’s a powerful but playful meditation on childhood and more. I sometimes wonder what my eight-year-old son will remember about these times. Not just Covid and the world he’s growing up in, but our family moments — his life at…
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Ghostbusters franchise is back with Ghostbusters: Afterlife. It’s a passing of the torch movie that has a lot of fun and some emotional surprises. One of Jason Reitman’s earliest memories of the movies was being on set for the making of 1984’s Ghostbusters, directed by his father, Ivan Reitman. His young mind was set…
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Blu ray/DVD Release
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is now available digitally and on DVD and Blu-ray. We take a look at the release and its special features. Way back in the before times of 2019, “escape rooms” were a thing where you and your buddies solved puzzles to advance from one intricately-designed room to the next. It…
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Last Night in Soho
While it’s not without its faults, Edgar Wright’s film, Last Night in Soho is a cinematic, genre-twisting ride through London in the 60s and beyond. Last Night in Soho is a reality-bending, time-hopping romp through 1960’s London and the latest stylish treat from writer-director Edgar Wright. Aspiring young student Eloise, played by Thomasin McKenzie, moves…