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San Diego Comic-Con 2025: Aliens and Activations
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A personal report from this year's SDCC.
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Fantasia 2025 Review: THE SCHOOL DUEL, When Dystopia Doesn’t Feel So Distant
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We are thrown into a twisted, ultra-patriotic Florida where guns, God, and old-school values rule. 13-year-old Sam, a bullied kid who just wants to feel seen, instead he lashes out at his tormentors, even his mom. Sam’s actions catch the...
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Fantasia 2025 Review: FOREIGNER, A Newcomer, Coming-of-Age Horror For The Tween Set
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Yasamin (Yasi), a recently immigrated Iranian teen in Canada, struggles to fit in at her new high school. She falls in with a clique of white girls whose subtle racism pressures her to erase her identity. Desperate to belong, Yasi...
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Fantasia 2025 Review: FLUSH, The Horrors And Hilarity When Trapped in a Toilet
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Luc has gone to the club where his ex, Valentine, works to convince her to go with him to see their daughter, who is now living in foster care with his parents. A struggling addict, though, he buys a line...
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Fantasia 2025 Review: OCCUPY CANNES, After Decades of Disrupting Media, Here is That Year Troma Disrupted Cannes
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In 2013, the Troma Team returned to the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du film for the first time in a decade. Their mission was twofold. First, sell their latest production at the time, Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1....
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‘An Officer and a Spy’ Review: Roman Polanski’s Clinically Chilling Dreyfus Affair Drama
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An Officer and a Spy has the appropriate cynicism to end on a note of ambivalence. The post ‘An Officer and a Spy’ Review: Roman Polanski’s Clinically Chilling Dreyfus Affair Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘My Mother’s Wedding’ Review: Kristin Scott Thomas’s Formulaic Family Drama
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As a director and co-writer, Scott Thomas’s instincts lean toward the literal. The post ‘My Mother’s Wedding’ Review: Kristin Scott Thomas’s Formulaic Family Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley’ Review: Amy Berg’s Plaintive Tribute to a Great Troubadour
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The film is an emotional depiction of the gaping holes left by Buckley’s untimely death. The post ‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley’ Review: Amy Berg’s Plaintive Tribute to a Great Troubadour appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘A Samurai in Time’ Review: Yasuda Jun’ichi’s Touching, and Funny, Reflection on Destiny
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The tone of the film is generally as light and zany as its B-movie title suggests. The post ‘A Samurai in Time’ Review: Yasuda Jun’ichi’s Touching, and Funny, Reflection on Destiny appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ Review: ‘Earthbound’ Meets Wes Anderson in Animated Fever Dream
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Julian Glander’s film is driven less by plot than by the memorable atmosphere it summons. The post ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ Review: ‘Earthbound’ Meets Wes Anderson in Animated Fever Dream appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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