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Film Review: “Citizen K“ Masterfully Profiles a Russian Oligarch’s Rise and Fall
Citizen K (Alex Gibney, 2019) 4 out of 4 stars. In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, taking over an ailing system in dire need of reform. Few imagined that the … Continue reading
Film Review: “Color Out of Space” Lights Up the Screen with a Disturbing and Terrifying Mixture of Sci-Fi and Horror Elements
Color Out of Space (Richard Stanley, 2019) 3 out of 4 stars. Based on the acclaimed H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, director Richard Stanley’s Color Out of Space is a unique, unsettling, and at times brutal sci-fi … Continue reading
Film Review: “Inherit the Viper” Is a Gruesome Glance into the Opioid Epidemic
Inherit the Viper (Anthony Jerjen, 2019) 2½ out of 4 stars. It’s a tale focused around a topic as old as time itself: family. And yet, Anthony Jerjen’s debut film Inherit the Viper doesn’t feel traditional at all. It is a … Continue reading
Film Review: “A Hidden Life” Is Lost in the Malick
A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick, 2019) 1 out of 4 stars. Once upon a time, I admired the work of Terrence Malick. His debut feature, the 1973 Badlands, remains one of my favorite films of all time, its combination of … Continue reading