Year: 2025

Reviews

The sad truth of Roofman is what it reveals about the world we live in

by Morgen Schuler

In Roofman we see the world through the everyman Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum). It starts off with his most notorious act, robbing a McDonalds, but in the sweetest way you can while holding hostages at gunpoint. The story backs up a little to explain what brought him to that point: after leaving the military he had no real sense of who he was or how he fit in the world. The only thing he really did well was observation, seeing the details that others missed (or maybe just didn’t use for their own gain).

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Kiss of the Spider Woman brings razzle and dazzle to a dingy, Argentinian prison

by Chris Burlingame

“The story unfolds mostly in a dank Argentinian prison where Valentín is being held for his revolutionary activities. Desperate to extract information from him as torture has thus far proven ineffective, prison officials introduce a new cellmate, Molina, who is sent to spy on Valentín in exchange for the promise of release to see his ailing mother in her final days.”

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Nostalgia and 3D printed soldiers doesn’t exactly save Tron: Ares from disintegrating

by Morgen Schuler

Tron: Ares takes place exactly 15 years after its predecessor Tron: Legacy also coinciding with the years in which each film was actually released inviting a sense of connection to world they create and the one we live in. We find (Kevin) Flynn’s son Sam stepping back from the business as expected from his intentions set at the end of Legacy and in his place twin sisters Eve (Greta Lee) and Tess Kim had a continued the pioneering spirit at the helm of Encom.

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In One Battle After Another the struggle is real and worthy.

by Josh

For me and the legions of devotees, every Paul Thomas Anderson film is an occasion. With its setting in the present day and its clear-eyed confrontation of the evil idiocy that plagues our current timeline, One Battle After Another is among his most urgently relevant.

Festivals Previews

Orcas Island Film Festival reveals astonishing lineup of cinematic gems

by Josh

At this point, in their eleventh year, it barely counts as surprising when the Orcas Island Film Festival quietly drops one of the most astonishingly complete and compelling film festival lineups of the year. Over more than a decade, they’ve been curating a selection of films from around the world that has locals and visitors alike flocking to the quaint town of Eastsound on Orcas Island to celebrate much of the year’s best cinema.

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Josh Duhamel is an unlikely babysitter in London Calling

by Marina Coates

In the opening scene of London Calling, we’re introduced to Tommy Ward (Josh Duhamel), a London-based hitman on a job at a nightclub where everyone is in costume. His mission is to find and kill a man in a horse mask, which he quickly does; however, this man isn’t actually wearing a horse mask, he’s wearing a donkey mask.

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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey overpromises, underdelivers

by Marina Coates

Indie auteur filmmaker Kogonada gained fame with thoughtful movies like Columbus and After Yang. Now, with A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, he’s trying his hand at a blockbuster romantic comedy. Starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, with The Menu writer Seth Reiss scripting, what could possibly go wrong? Sadly, it seems, quite a lot.

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Stephen King’s The Long Walk stirs up mixed emotions

by Morgen Schuler

We follow Ray (Cooper Hoffman) as he prepares himself to take “The Long Walk”, a yearly pilgrimage not to the holy land but something much more deathy. We find he’s living in a post apocalyptic type of world where many are going hungry, under or unemployed, and desperate for even a moment of joy, wishing for the impossible dream of winning the lottery or something like it. Only one man leaves The Long Walk alive, it has no end until the moment that singular survivor remains. Moving forward, always moving forward Ray and newly found friends Peter (David Jonsson), Baker (Tut Nyout) and Olsen (Ben Wang) while away the hours shooting the shit just so they don’t notice their hunger, weariness and fear.