Tag: Streaming
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Review: Dear Evan Hansen and Foundation
How can one adaptation go so horribly awry and one go so “meh” so far? The musical Dear Evan Hansen makes its way to the big screen and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation hits Apple TV+. More about Dear Evan Hansen: The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award…
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Review: Vacation Friends and The Chair
This week features two streaming options full of bumbling awkward (and sometimes stupid) scenarios with Vacation Friends on Hulu and The Chair on Netflix. More about Vacation Friends: In this raw and raunchy comedy, straight-laced Marcus and Emily are befriended by wild, thrill-seeking partiers Ron and Kyla at a resort in Mexico. Living in the…
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Review: The Suicide Squad and Vivo
James Gunn takes a crack at The Suicide Squad and thankfully doesn’t ask much of his audience. Meanwhile Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his talents (and Hamilton and In the Heights collaborators) to the new animated film, Vivo. More about The Suicide Squad: Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the…
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Review: A Quiet Place Part 2 and Sweet Tooth
It’s a post apocalyptic double feature (again?) with John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part 2 and the new Netflix series Sweet Tooth which is based on the DC Comic by Jeff Lemire. More about A Quiet Place Part 2: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must…
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Review: In the Earth and The Circle Season 2
Out of your Sundance nightmares comes In the Earth from Ben Wheatley. Also the reality competition show The Circle returns – except we’re all in the Circle now [Send Message]. More about In the Earth: As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the…
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Review: Godzilla vs. Kong and French Exit
It’s a clash of epic scale in Godzilla vs. Kong but does the film live up to the two titular titans legacies? Plus Michelle Pfeiffer brings her all in French Exit. More about Godzilla vs. Kong: From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes the long-awaited face-off between two icons in the epic adventure “Godzilla…
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Review: Cherry and Genera+ion
After watching Cherry perhaps Tom Holland and the Russo Brothers should keep their collaborations to comics only. Also the Youths take center stage in Genera+ion on HBO Max. More about Cherry: “Cherry” follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her…
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Review: Outside the Wire and WandaVision (Spoiler Free)
Netflix is bringing us a movie a week in 2021 but if Outside the Wire is any indication that might not be a good thing. Also the highly stylized WandaVision hits Disney+. Plus One Night In Miami… and Promising Young Woman are now available to stream! More about Outside the Wire: Set in the future,…
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Review: Tenet, Wolfwalkers, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and The Forty-Year-Old Version
On the first day of 2021 let’s take an opportunity to watch some films that you may have missed (or weren’t available to you yet) in 2020! Enjoy a spoiler free review of Tenet, the animated Wolfwalkers, the painfully honest Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and the self realized The Forty-Year-Old Version. More about Tenet: Armed…
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Review: Soul, Wonder Woman 1984, Sylvie’s Love, The Midnight Sky, and News of the World (Spoiler Free)
Feeling overwhelmed by your sudden bevy of holiday viewing choices? Never fear! We’re here to guide you through your options (and suggested viewing order) all in a spoiler free way! Let’s prepare for Soul, Wonder Woman 1984, Sylvie’s Love, The Midnight Sky, and News of the World! More about Soul: What is it that makes…