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Jack Black, James Marsden in The D Train

The D Train Movie Review

May 8, 2015
Nathan Swank

The head of the reunion committee must track down the most popular kid in school to convince him to attend their 20 year high school reunion.   One might think from this...

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The Dark Knight Rises Movie Review

July 18, 2012
Nathan Swank

As perhaps the most anticipated film of the year and final installment of director/writer Christopher Nolan‘s interpretation of the Caped Crusader, THE DARK KNIGHT ...

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The Dead Don’t Die Movie Review

June 13, 2019
Nathan Swank

Irreverent, amusing, and absolutely absurd, Jim Jarmusch’s THE DEAD DON’T DIE is the Weird Al of zombie movies. Both a loving tribute and a joking mockery to the genr...

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The Delta Force Blu-ray Review

June 20, 2012
Nathan Swank

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.  This, among many other awesomely outlandish facts, are about all I know about Chuck...

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The Descendants (starring George Clooney)

November 25, 2011
Nathan Swank

Director and writer Alexander Payne is one of those excellent filmmakers who does not make near enough movies.  ELECTION and SIDEWAYS are both brilliant and ABOUT SCHMID...

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The Devil’s Double (Blu-ray)

December 4, 2011
Nathan Swank

I remember how excited I was when I first saw the trailer for THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE. It looked like a suspenseful and educational perspective of a body double from the cor...

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Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig in The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl Blu-ray Review

February 12, 2016
Nathan Swank

Set in 1970’s San Francisco, THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL follows Minnie (Bel Powley), a 15-year old girl who has a creative passion for comic book artistry and is curio...

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Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall in The Dinner

The Dinner Movie Review

May 4, 2017
Nathan Swank

While having dinner at an exclusive upscale restaurant, two couples are attempting to have a very serious discussion about what to do concerning their teenage sons who ar...

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Shailene Woodley in Insurgent

The Divergent Series: Insurgent Movie Review

March 20, 2015
Nathan Swank

I was one of the few critics who actually enjoyed the first film in The DIVERGENT Series (click the link to read my review).  An opening premise of people choosing thei...

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The Do-Deca-Pentathlon Blu-ray Review

November 6, 2012
Nathan Swank

Two overly competitive middle-aged brothers battle out their differences by challenging one another in their childhood olympics of twenty-five events in THE DO-DECA-PENTA...

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