Out in Theaters: ‘PATTI CAKE$’
'Patti Cake$' samples a familiar beat but gives it a whole new spin, led by a wowing record scratch of a performance from newcomer Danielle Macdonald. Though proudly flaunting double flipped-off…
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Out in Theaters: ‘INGRID GOES WEST’
Dark, awkward comedy ‘Ingrid Goes West’ has plenty of uncomfortable laughs and wince-worthy situations but poses potent, pressing commentary about the dark consequences of social media oversharing. Star Aubrey Plaza is…
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Out in Theaters: ‘BRIGSBY BEAR’
Wildly weird yet total feel good comfort food, 'Brigsby Bear' overwhelms with sheer, almost reckless, positivity but fails to properly address some of the more troubling consequences essential to its story. But Kyle…
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Out in Theaters: ‘LOGAN LUCKY’
Ocean’s Eleven by way of Ricky Bobby, ‘Logan Lucky’ is a splashy, snappy, scrumptious heist flick super-powered by a rambunctious cast and Steven Soderbergh’s poppy direction. While the stacked-up scheming…
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Out in Theaters: ‘ANNABELLE: CREATION’
A notable step up from its predecessor, Annabelle: Creation is definitely still not on par with the haunting Conjuring franchise. More fun and silly than legitimately scary, this daffy spin-off…
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Talking with Matthew Heineman of ‘CITY OF GHOSTS’
Matthew Heineman has made a name for himself over the past few years hawking visceral documentaries in some of the world’s most harrowing war zones. In 2015, he brought Cartel Land to the screen, a story about drug smuggling and vigilantism that put the documentary filmmaker in the midst of fire fights and in the...
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Talking With Gillian Robespierre, Elisabeth Holm, Abby Quinn of ‘LANDLINE’
Gillian Robespierre took the independent film world by storm in 2014 with her breakout hit Obvious Child. A story about millennial maturity told through an abortion comedy, Obvious Child‘s blatant irreverancy was all the rage, making her an overnight name in many in-the-know film appreciation circles. Robespierre’s follow-up, a 90s set comedy about a family...
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Out in Theaters: ‘DUNKIRK’
Sure to leave you visibly shell-shocked, ‘Dunkirk’ is an outstanding war epic that brings together three tales of survival amidst chaos in such briskly edited, extraordinarily structured fashion that you…
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Talking with Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Gordon and Michael Showalter of ‘THE BIG SICK’
Perhaps the biggest breakout hit of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Michael Showalter‘s The Big Sick. The semi-true love story of star and writer Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, The Big Sick tells an unfamiliar courtship saga that involves, you guessed it, hospitalization and, you probably didn’t guess it, Pakistani 9/11 terrorist jokes. Uncommonly...
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Talking With Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena of ‘THE LITTLE HOURS’
Best known for her depiction of April Ludgate on NBC’s hit sitcom Parks and Recreations, Aubrey Plaza has found a niche in the tv and Hollywood stratosphere as the perpetually awkward, alarmingly tongue-in-cheek millennial type. Quick with a jab and quicker with an eye roll, Plaza has flexed her thespian muscles lately playing Lenny Busker...