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Modern Reviews

ASSASSIN Review: When Good Action Meets Bad Balance

Greg Trosclair -
Introduction I really dislike a movie that does not know what it is. Is it an action film, a comedy, a drama? Sometimes a film...
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Modern Reviews

NORMAL Review: It’s All Over Our Faces

Kevin Jordan -
Introduction In a movie like Normal, you can't help but smile some of the time. Not because it's a well-written movie. Not because of stand-out...
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Interviews

Art House New York: An Interview With Allason Leitz, Co-Founder Of The “People’s Film Festival”

Glen Dower -
Introduction There’s a familiar story doing the rounds: cinemas are dying, audiences have moved on, and the magic of the big screen is fading into...
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Actors and Directors

MOB LAND: An Interview With The Southern Noir Writer/Director Nicholas Maggio

Rebecca Elliott -
Cinema Scholars interviews Nicholas Maggio, writer/director of the southern noir Mob Land. John Travolta, Shiloh Fernandez, Stephen Dorff, and Ashley Benson star. Saban Films...
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Retro Reviews

BEETLEJUICE (1988): A Retro Review

Diana De La Torre -
Introduction  Tim Burton stands as one of the most prolific and creative filmmakers in modern American history. Just three years after his feature-length directorial debut,...
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Modern Reviews

GRAN TURISMO Review – Product Marketing Disguised As A Clichéd Sports Movie

Ben Miller -
Introduction With Gran Turismo, director Neill Blomkamp delivers an adrenaline-filled true story filled with every sports movie cliché you could imagine. Despite the riveting racing sequences,...
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Modern Reviews

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER Review – Batman Begins

Kevin Jordan -
The following is a series of entries from a critic’s log... 9 Aug, 7:15 pm - While searching for my seat, I am surrounded by...
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Actors Spotlight

Scholars’ Spotlight: Brigitte Bardot

Benjamin McVay -
Early Life Brigitte Bardot was born in Paris, France on September 28, 1934, to an upper-middle-class family. As a child, she began to study ballet....
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