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Tribeca 2021 Review: Werewolves Within

Written by Anna Harrison 65/100 Video game adaptations are practically always hit-or-miss, and they tend to lean (very) heavily into the “miss” category (see: Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat, Warcraft, etc.); while Werewolves Within doesn’t entirely buck this trend, it … Continue reading.

Anna Harrison Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment August 15, 2021August 6, 2021

Fantasia 2021 Film Festival Review: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

Written by Patrick Hao 73/100 Not to be Christopher Nolan, but movies can function as a magic trick. Sure, you can start poking around any logical fallacies or explanations, but to truly enjoy the experience is to allow yourself to … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment August 15, 2021September 2, 2021

Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: Art Kabuki

Written by Anna Harrison 85/100 “What makes us artists continue performing?” asks the beginning of Art Kabuki. It’s a question that has been posed for years and years, but one made more urgent than ever by the recent pandemic, which … Continue reading.

Anna Harrison Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment August 14, 2021August 11, 2021

Val

Written by Alexander Reams 68/100 “I went from being the star of the play, to playing the character that was the butt of every joke,” a very begrudging Val Kilmer says as he discusses his first breakthrough at Julliard Acting … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment August 14, 2021August 11, 2021

Annette

Written by Taylor Baker 80/100 The Mael Brother's long awaited cinematic foray happens to coincide with the same year that beloved filmmaker Edgar Wright released his aptly titled The Sparks Brothers documentary detailing the loose threads, songs, and albums along … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment August 13, 2021August 9, 2021

Respect

Written by Patrick Hao 45/100 Genre and tropes can be a beautiful thing. They become tropes because emotionally and story-wise they work like gangbusters. But Respect is so devoted to the tropes of the music biopic that it starts becoming … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment August 13, 2021August 11, 2021

MCU Retrospective: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Written by Anna Harrison In these retrospectives, Anna will be looking back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing context around the films, criticizing them, pointing out their groundwork for the future, and telling everyone her favorite scene, because her opinion … Continue reading.

Anna Harrison Uncategorized 14 Comments August 12, 2021August 22, 2021

Tokyo Sonata

Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 Rather than filing into the stream of Tokyo office workers headed to their desks like he used to each morning, Ryūhei Sasaki (Teruyuki Kagawa) suddenly finds himself routinely getting in line at his neighborhood soup … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Uncategorized Leave a comment August 11, 2021August 2, 2021

Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Capsule Review: Catch the Fair One

Written by Alexander Reams 38/100 While recently becoming a meme thanks to the long going Fast & Furious franchise, family truly is one of the strongest bonds in life. A love for one's family can blind the person from reality. … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment August 11, 2021August 8, 2021

Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Interview: Richard Bates Jr. Talks “King Knight”

Interview by Anna Harrison Fantasia Film Festival 2021  Director Richard Bates Jr., known for his horror-comedies such as Excision and Suburban Gothic, recently had his latest film, King Knight, premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival. He sat down to talk … Continue reading.

Anna Harrison Episodes Leave a comment August 10, 2021August 8, 2021

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  • Episode 131: 5th Anniversary: Targets / Sick of Myself October 16, 2023
  • Episode 130: Thor: Love and Thunder / RRR / Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy July 24, 2022
  • Episode 129: Crimes of the Future / Top Gun: Maverick / Eyes Wide Shut July 4, 2022
  • Episode 128: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness / Cha Cha Real Smooth / Marcel the Shell with Shoes On May 15, 2022
  • Episode 127: X / Morbius / Everything Everywhere All at Once April 9, 2022
  • Episode 126: Kimi / Death on the Nile / Dog March 11, 2022
  • Episode 125: Spider-Man: No Way Home / Nightmare Alley January 18, 2022
  • Episode 124: Don't Look Up / West Side Story / The Hand of God January 2, 2022
  • Episode 123: Chloé Zhao: Eternals / Songs My Brothers Taught Me December 13, 2021
  • Episode 122: Rescreening Letter from an Unknown Woman November 29, 2021

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