Tag: drama
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Caddo Lake
Caddo Lake… not quite what I guessed it would be from the trailer, which probably made it a better film. The trailer for this definitely caught my attention. Mainly because it really didn’t give anything away about the plot, but captured a distinct, tense, feeling. The movie more than delivered on that. The trailer, due…
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Snack Shack
Snack Shack… well… that wasn’t the silly nostalgic summer comedy I expected from the trailer. I mean, it started out that way, sure. With all the fast-paced banter and shenanigans and whatnot that one would expect, even in a story like this set in Nebraska. I remember 1991… and this film feels enough like it…
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The Favourite
All the awards buzz was well deserved. But this is still a very odd little film.
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Adventureland – Quirky and Awkward as Expected
Adventureland has been on my list to see since it came out. It always seemed exactly like the kind of movie I love and, well, it is. It’s the kind of film I relate to probably a bit more than I should. It’s not a screwball comedy or, really, even a standard rom-com. It doesn’t quite…
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The Truman Show: Prescient and Hopeful
When The Truman Show came out in 1998, “reality TV” as we know it today was just barely a thing. MTV had aired the first season of The Real World in 1992, the original Dutch version of Big Brother hit the airwaves in 1997. The “king” of all reality shows, Survivor, wouldn’t air until two years later, in 2000. In…