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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Boy and the Heron by Hope Madden Remember when Hayao Miyazaki said he was retiring from filmmaking? And we thought the sublime The Wind Rises was his last feature? Well, the animation master...
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She Seems Nice
Eileen by George Wolf You need an “easy on the eyes” vamp for your nourish thriller? Anne Hathaway’s on your short list, for sure. Soft-spoken, sheltered waif with eyes that long for a new life? Get...
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Band of Brothers
Immediate Family by George Wolf In the last couple decades, documentaries such as Standing in the Shadows of Motown and the Oscar-winning 20 Feet from Stardom have given just due to the unknown...
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Nobody Here but Us Chickens
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget by Hope Madden It has been 23 years since Aardman animation briefly abandoned its cheese-loving besties Wallace & Gromit in favor of a prison break caper. Chicken...
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Candy Man
Wonka by Hope Madden Multiple generations have been simultaneously scarred and entertained by Willy Wonka. Roald Dahl’s book leapt to the screen in 1971, and if we weren’t horrified by four...
View ArticleScreening Room: Maestro, Boy and the Heron, Eileen, Wonka, Sacrifice Game
Maestro, The Boy and the Heron, Eileen, Leave the World Behind, Wonka, The Sacrifice Game, Everyone Will Burn, Raging Grace, Immediate Family, Chicken Run 2 The post Screening Room: Maestro, Boy and...
View ArticleFright Club: Best Drunks in Horror Movies
Whether they’re merrymakers (Grabbers), comic relief (Mrs. MacHenry, Black Christmas), tempted heroes (Dan Torrance, Doctor Sleep), or outright villains (Jane, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane), the...
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Alive and Thinking
Poor Things by Hope Madden and George Wolf Frankenstein was a breathing, bleeding act of feminism, not because Mary Shelly’s masterpiece illuminated or elevated women’s discourse, but because Mary...
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Putting on a Brave Babyface
The Iron Claw by Matt Weiner For the Von Erich professional wrestling family, success in the ring—starting in the freewheeling territory days and continuing into the present—has existed uneasily...
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Winging It
Migration by Rachel Willis A family of mallard ducks decides to migrate to Jamaica, setting off a series of misadventures and kid-friendly comedy in the latest animated film from Illumination,...
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Treading Water
The Boys in the Boat by George Wolf We last heard from director George Clooney two years ago, when a fine supporting turn from Ben Affleck was the only thing saving The Tender Bar. That film was so...
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Shut Up and Drive
Ferrari by Hope Madden My first worry as I watched Michael Mann’s long-awaited return to the screen, Ferrari, was triggered by a line delivered by Enzo Ferrari’s (Adam Driver) mother (Daniela...
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One Heart
The Color Purple by George Wolf No matter how familiar you are with Alice Walker’s original novel, or Spielberg’s 1985 film, director Blitz Bazawule’s adaptation of The Color Purple Broadway musical...
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The Simple Reason Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
by George Wolf Trust me, I know that listing Die Hard as your favorite Christmas movie hasn’t been clever for a while now. Still, every holiday season the debate continues to bring heated opinions...
View ArticleScreening Room: Poor Things, Aquaman 2, Anyone But You, Iron Claw, Color...
Poor Things, Aquaman 2, Anyone But You, The Iron Claw, Migration, The Color Purple, Ferrari, The Boys in the Boat, Rebel Moon The post Screening Room: Poor Things, Aquaman 2, Anyone But You, Iron...
View ArticleBest Horror Films of 2023
Blood soaked comedies, visceral supernatural thrillers, gory satires, haunting social commentaries, throwbacks and holidays and gore galore – that’s what was on display in the best horror films of...
View ArticleBest Films of 2023
It is that time again! What a year 2023 was in movies – action and horror, blockbusters and indies, newcomers and veterans. Plus feminists, God bless them! We had to really prune and trim, but here...
View ArticleScreening Room: Best Films of 2023
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View Article2023 COFCA Nominations
Nominees for the 22nd annual Columbus Film Critics Association awards (Columbus, December 31, 2023) The Columbus Film Critics Association is pleased to announce the nominees for its 22nd annual...
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Survive and Advance
Society of the Snow by George Wolf 2012’s The Impossible proved director J.A. Bayona could recreate a real life disaster with heart-racing precision, and then mine the intimate aftermath to find a...
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