Movie Reviews

Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Movie Review

November 22, 2017
Nathan Swank

The ability to write and perform interesting and sympathetic characters might be the single most difficult and important task when creating a story.  It’s a talent tha...

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Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace Movie Review

July 21, 2018
Nathan Swank

Without any prior knowledge of what it was about, I remember seeing an early screening of 2010’s chilling WINTER’S BONE. I was entranced by the story, environment, an...

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John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Movie Review

May 17, 2019
Nathan Swank

Wick is quickly joining the ranks of modern iconic action heroes like Bond, Bourne, Hunt, Max, and Liam Neeson. JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM furthers the epic ...

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Underwater Movie Review

May 7, 2020
Nathan Swank

Awake and showering before the rest of her fellow crew members, Nora (Kristen Stewart) looks in the mirror with an appearance of mental exhaustion and melancholy. There i...

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The Bubble Movie Review

April 27, 2022
Nathan Swank

Being “in a bubble” has taken on a new meaning since the presence of COVID-19.  In the beginning, my bubble was only my wife and kids.  We eventually extended that ...

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Oppenheimer Movie Review

Oppenheimer Movie Review

July 21, 2023
Nathan Swank

Quiet and unassuming is not how you might describe a film dealing with the explosive magnitude of the atom bomb. However, Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER is an intellec...

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Red One Movie Review

Red One Movie Review

November 15, 2024
Nathan Swank

Santa has been kidnapped! The only hope to rescue St. Nick (codename RED ONE) is North Pole’s head of security and trusty bodyguard, Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson). Drif...

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One Battle After Another Movie Review

One Battle After Another Movie Review

September 26, 2025
Nathan Swank

Sometimes a movie comes along and absolutely blows you away.  For me, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is that movie.  I think I can safely say it is one of my favorite movies ...

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An Education

January 12, 2010
Nathan Swank

AN EDUCATION is based off the memoir by Lynn Barber and the screenplay was written by Nick Hornby, who also wrote the novels, HIGH FIDELITY and ABOUT A BOY (one of my fav...

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The White Ribbon (Blu-ray)

July 14, 2010
Nathan Swank

THE WHITE RIBBON is about a small village in North Germany just before World War I where some strange events begin to happen.  Narrated by the town’s schoolteacher, th...

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