Screening Room: Hunger Games, Trolls Band Together, Thanksgiving,...
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Tween Girls: The Musical
Leo by Hope Madden Adam Sandler and the whole TV Funhouse bunch get together for an animated kids’ film about a classroom pet who puts his many years of observing children to good use. Leo (Sandler)...
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Lucky Star
Wish by Hope Madden Adorably subversive, that’s how I would label Disney’s new animated feature, Wish. Chris Buck’s latest, co-directed with Fawn Veerasunthorn, strings together in-jokes and homages...
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Pitchforks Out
Hayseed by Rachel Willis An insurance investigator is pulled into a who-done-it murder mystery in writer/director Travis Burgess’s film, Hayseed. Bored from the moment he enters the small town of...
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Feelin’ Groovy
The Job of Songs by Christie Robb Paul Simon’s “59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” is a one minute and 43 second impression of being content and in the moment. It feels like a possible anthem...
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The Man Who Craves More
Saltburn by Hope Madden Somewhere on the other side of Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers lurks Emerald Fennell’s bacchanal, Saltburn. Oliver (Barry Keoghan), a loner attending Oxford on scholarship, is...
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A Man Aparte
Napoleon by George Wolf “Destiny has brought me here! Destiny has brought me this pork chop!” And a silly food fight ensues between Napoleon and Josephine, just minutes before director Ridley Scott...
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The Seaweed is Greener on the Other Side
Deep Sea by Matt Weiner Stormy seas are among the less pressing problems for a troubled young girl trying to find her way in the world, according to Deep Sea, the new animated film from...
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No Crumbs Left
Do Not Disturb by Daniel Baldwin It’s a tale as old as time. Sweethearts get married to fix their very rocky relationship and – surprise, surprise – it makes things worse! Chloe and Jack are longtime...
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Wish, Napoleon, Saltburn, Leo, The Job of Songs, Hayseed, Do Not Disturb, Deep Sea The post Screening Room: Wish, Napoleon, Saltburn & more appeared first on Maddwolf.
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Cabin Fever
Honeymoon at Cold Hollow by Hope Madden Nat Rovit has obviously seen a few American films of the 1970s. His award-winning horror short Honeymoon at Cold Hollow could not nail the aesthetic more...
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Shut Up and Shoot
Silent Night by George Wolf December is a busy month, so Brian (Joel Kinnaman) has some helpful reminders written on his wall calendar. “Pick up Mom from the airport?” “Buy a ham?” No, no, Brian is...
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Runnin’ Down a Dream
Dream Scenario by Hope Madden Why does the zebra look the way it does? Can anyone think of a benefit to that pattern? Those stripes help zebras blend into the group, go unnoticed. And when no one...
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Your Roots Are Showing
Godzilla Minus One by George Wolf “Get back to your roots.” It’s an old adage, maybe even a cliche. But Godzilla Minus One reminds us it can also be a damn good idea. Writer/director Takashi Yamazaki...
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Spooky, Ooky
Where the Devil Roams by Hope Madden There is macabre beauty in every frame of Where the Devil Roams, the latest offbeat horror from the Adams family. The film was co-directed and co-written by its...
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So Hot
Everyone Will Burn by Brandon Thomas Ten years after her bullied son died by suicide, Maria (Macarena Gomez) looks to end her own life on a lonely bridge in the Spanish countryside. Before she can...
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Away from Home for the Holidays
The Sacrifice Game by Hope Madden The Holdovers by way of Blackcoat’s Daughter, Jenn Wexler’s latest mines the Manson-esque horror of the American Seventies for a new holiday favorite. The Sacrifice...
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The Horror of Microagressions
Raging Grace by Christie Robb When Filipina illegal immigrant Joy (Max Eigenmann) has to come up with an extra five thousand pounds to fund her quest to obtain a work visa, she’s thrilled to get a job...
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Music of Your Life
Maestro by George Wolf This time of year, we normally hear the term “Oscar bait” as a bad thing. It might be the worst thing you can say about Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, a film that is grand and showy,...
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