Project Hail Mary Movie Review

Project Hail Mary Movie Review

March 17, 2026
Nathan Swank

PROJECT HAIL MARY is pushing heavy on the advertisement as the best film of the year. Since it is only March, this is a fairly true statement. PROJECT HAIL MARY is a beau...

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First Reformed

Ten Best Performances from 2018 not nominated for an Academy Award

January 28, 2019
Nathan Swank

The 91st Academy Award nominations were announced last week.  And I have to say, I’ve never been so out of touch with the list of nominees as I am this year.  My Top ...

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Only God Forgives Movie Review

July 26, 2013
Nathan Swank

In 2011, writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn gave us the phenomenal stylistic neo-noir film DRIVE.  As one of my favorite films of the year, it was with great anticipat...

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Gangster Squad Movie Review

January 11, 2013
Rebeca Surber Swank

If you are in the mood for a dramatic action thriller or something far less gripping, perhaps a bad comic book translation about 1940’s and ‘50s gangsters, then look ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jingle All The Way

The top ten shopping scenes in film

December 14, 2012
Nathan Swank

That time has come between Thanksgiving and Christmas where Americans buy, buy, buy.  Kicking off with Black Friday, a somewhat makeshift national holiday celebrating co...

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Ryan Gosling as Driver

Ryan Gosling, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender and the Top Ten Performances from 2011 not to receive an Oscar Nomination

February 18, 2012
Nathan Swank

The difficult thing about the Academy Awards is that it only lists the top five performances in a category.  With such a subjective field as acting, it is inevitable peo...

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Ryan Gosling in Remember The Titans

Ryan Gosling's top ten movie performances…so far

September 28, 2011
Nathan Swank

By Nathan Swank Picking Ryan Gosling’s best performance in a film is like choosing your favorite child… It’s always the most recent one.  Since Gosling is nothing ...

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Crazy, Stupid, Love

July 29, 2011
Nathan Swank

Laughing so loud in a theater that you miss the next line in the film may sound obnoxious.  But when the audience is doing it in unison, something is being done right. ...

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Lars and the Real Girl (Blu-ray)

April 30, 2011
Nathan Swank

I had no idea what to expect when I sat down to watch LARS AND THE REAL GIRL. To say the storyline was surprising is a huge understatement. It totally threw me for a loop...

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Blue Valentine

December 24, 2010
Nathan Swank

Men are more resilient to relationships until they meet that one, then they dive in full force, where women are more likely to find love on fundamentals based on a good j...

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