Drama
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BEING FLYNN – The Review
Jim Batts | March 16, 2012BEING FLYNN is the new comedy/drama that explores the unique bond ( or lack ) between father and son. Based...
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IN DARKNESS – The Review
Jim Batts | March 16, 2012IN DARKNESS was one of the recent Best Foreign Film nominees at the Academy Awards ( Iran took home...
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ANNA (2011) – The Short Review
Travis Keune | March 11, 2012Background Information: ANNA was made as part of Project Twenty1, a 21 day film competition in Philadelphia where teams...
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ACT OF VALOR – The Review
Travis Keune | February 23, 2012There are times I feel the need to walk on eggshells when discussing a film. ACT OF VALOR is...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN – The Review
Travis Keune | February 8, 2012WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN was originally reviewed during the 2011 Stella Artois 20th Annual St. Louis International...
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ALBERT NOBBS – The Review
Jim Batts | January 26, 2012Gender disguise has been used most predominately in movies for generating laughs. As a matter of fact, the American Film...
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PARIAH – The Review
Jim Batts | January 19, 2012PARIAH joins a long line of coming of age dramas set in New York ( in this case Brooklyn...
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SHAME ( 2011 ) – The Review
Jim Batts | January 19, 2012Golden Globes viewers hopefully caught George Clooney’s very witty acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture in...
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WAR HORSE – The Review
Travis Keune | December 22, 2011Few living things on this planet are more majestic than a horse. Creatures of graceful beauty and tremendous strength,...
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MY WEEK WITH MARILYN – The Review
Travis Keune | November 24, 2011Marilyn Monroe was a complicated woman. Even today, people struggle to make sense of her life and career. For...
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MELANCHOLIA – The Review
Travis Keune | November 22, 2011MELANCHOLIA originally reviewed during Fantastic Fest 2011. Writer and director Lars von Trier has shared his own personal experience...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN – SLIFF Review
Travis Keune | November 15, 2011Imagine yourself as a parent. Now, aside from outliving your own child, imagine the worst thing that could happen....
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A DANGEROUS METHOD – SLIFF Review
Travis Keune | November 11, 2011Psychoanalysis is arguably still as polarizing in today’s society as it was a century ago when Sigmund Freud first...
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TYRANNOSAUR – SLIFF Review
Travis Keune | November 10, 2011Willfully changing who we are is arguably one of the hardest things to do in life, perhaps even impossible,...
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96 MINUTES – SLIFF Review
Travis Keune | November 10, 2011Racism is never an easy topic to tackle in any medium, so when you add class warfare and the...
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JOINT BODY – SLIFF Review
Travis Keune | November 10, 2011JOINT BODY was originally reviewed during the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase. JOINT BODY is the newest film from indie...
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MACHINE GUN PREACHER – The Review
Jim Batts | October 6, 2011MACHINE GUN PREACHER is an unusual entry into the biographical film genre. Like other works this one involves ongoing...
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THE WAY – The Review
Jim Batts | October 6, 2011Let’s hit the trail for an offbeat version of the old movie standby, the road picture. The new film...