All posts by Michael Haffner
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US – Review
What is the difference between the lines that divide us and connect us? A line can be a...
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FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY – Review
After years of flexing its muscles, WWE is now showing that it has heart as well. Based on...
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IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK – Review
Appreciating the little moments, those intimate magical interactions with another that can never be replicated or taken away...
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AQUAMAN – Review
When you have a character that can communicate with fish, you either tread hesitantly in the shallow end...
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FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD – Review
Prior to my film screening, a man walked about the auditorium performing card tricks for audience members. Kids...
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HALLOWEEN (2018) – Review
As Tommy says to Laurie in the original 1978 film, “You can’t kill the Boogeyman.” It was never...
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GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN – Review
Witches, werewolves, creatures, spiders, mummies, pumpkins… Halloween is always a colorful combination of characters and frightful findings. The...
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FIRST MAN – Review
Coming off of the jovial and colorful burst of life that is LA LA LAND, it’s surprising that...
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MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. – Review
She’s the rapper that flipped off the camera at the Super Bowl. She’s the political activist that is...
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THE NUN – Review
A foggy, tree-lined graveyard. An old stone abbey sitting atop a hill. A village filled with superstitious residents....
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7 Films to Watch Alongside THE NUN
The James Wan-led “Conjuring Universe” is filled with creepy houses, family turmoil, possessed children (THE CONJURING 2), and...
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THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST – Review
Audiences and critics are quick to label a film. Well, that’s a superhero film. Oh, that’s a cheesy...
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CRAZY RICH ASIANS – Review
There is a long tradition of films that feature the plot of a man or woman introducing a...
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BLACKkKLANSMAN – Review
The idea that identity can be hidden under the guise of a mask is an ironic joke that...
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BLINDSPOTTING – Review
When is it okay to forgive someone for the sins of their past? More importantly, if they served...
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THE FIRST PURGE – Review
What once might have sounded like a ludicrous idea, feels more and more like real life. And no...
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HEARTS BEAT LOUD – Review
Hans Christian Andersen said, “Where words fail, music speaks.” This is most certainly the case with HEARTS BEAT...
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WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? – Review
“You know everyone has lots of ways of feeling, and all those ways of feeling are fine. It’s...
