Justin Jacobs
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Category: Film
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I was so bummed that our local picture house only showed Godzilla Minus One the week of Christmas and I didn’t get a chance to to see it. Getting another chance to see it, only in black and white this time, sounds killer. I’ll you see you at the movies. Godzilla Minus One Minus Color…
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There maybe no more confounding actor on the planet than Adam Sandler. You might say Nicholas Cage, but anytime he shows up in a new project I honestly know what the vibe of the film is going to be regardless of who is directing. With Sandler I’m not sure if I’m going to get a…
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The Holdovers is the eighth major picture from writer/director Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election), starring Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and newcomer Dominic Sessa. The film takes place in the 1970s at a prep school over the holidays. Giamatti plays a history teacher named Paul Hunham, who is the very definition of a crank, who gets stuck…
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I’m a sucker for a well made, best-of list, and no one does it better than David Ehrlich. This handcrafted mix of music and deliberately spliced scenes from some of the years best films is exquisite. It’s a beautiful celebration of cinema. Ehrlich is the chief film critic at Indie Wire, and has guest hosted…
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Ever get frustrated when the one movie everyone is talking about just came out on a streaming service that you don’t have even though you are currently subbed to 20 different streaming apps? Youtuber Dunkey has a new video that is the ultimate representation of that frustration. It’s a video that made me laugh and…
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I can’t start a list of my favorite things to come out in 2023 without just addressing the elephant in the room. Baldur’s Gate 3 was the best piece of culture I interacted with, full stop. It’s a triumph. Most people would agree that last year was one of the best years in gaming history…
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