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Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn in Landline

Landline Movie Review

August 4, 2017
Nathan Swank

From the writer and director of OBVIOUS CHILD, LANDLINE tries to cross comedy and drama, capturing the genre mixing magic once again. Observing the dynamics of family thr...

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Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck in A Ghost Story

A Ghost Story Movie Review

July 28, 2017
Nathan Swank

Love, death, loss, loneliness and an overall expansive view at our existence through time within the confines of a singular location, A GHOST STORY is a quietly interesti...

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Dunkirk

Dunkirk Movie Review

July 21, 2017
Nathan Swank

Papers float down from the air with a clear visual of German military printed on nearly all sides of the page with arrows pointing to the center reading, “We Surround Y...

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War for the Planet of the Apes Movie Review

July 14, 2017
Nathan Swank

The Great Ape Escape! Several years following the events from DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his apes suffer a devastating attack.  Against his...

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Sam Elliott in The Hero

The Hero Movie Review

June 30, 2017
Nathan Swank

Sam Elliott is Lee Hayden, an aging actor trying to come to terms with his mortality and his relevance as an actor.  THE HERO opens with Lee in a sound booth recording a...

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Ansel Elgort in Baby Driver

Baby Driver Movie Review

June 28, 2017
Nathan Swank

Inventive, tight, energetic, funny, touching, stylized, musically bombastic, non-stop thrill ride – the list of positive adjectives are never-ending for Edgar Wrigh...

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Tilda Swinton in Okja

Okja Movie Review

June 23, 2017
Nathan Swank

A sweet family movie about a girl and her giant pig turns frighteningly dark using a satirical political subtext in Bong Joon Ho’s Netflix Original, OKJA.  Playfully s...

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Emma Watson in Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Beauty and the Beast (2017) Blu-ray Review

June 19, 2017
Nathan Swank

The most beautiful Stockholm syndrome story ever told.  I kid!…somewhat. If you have just awaken from a cyrogenic sleep dating before 1991, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is a l...

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John Wick Chapter 2 4K Ultra HD

John Wick: Chapter 2 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review

June 17, 2017
Nathan Swank

“You wanted me back…I’m back!” Action fans rejoice!  Not simply because a sequel was made to the terrifically action-packed coolness that is JOHN WICK. But becau...

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Bambi

Bambi Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review

June 12, 2017
Nathan Swank

Sometimes a film comes along that immediately holds an impression on a young one’s life.  Not many of those films can claim to be the reason children learn about death...

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