Movie Review: The Thursday Murder Club
As one sun sets, another also rises. With Downton Abbey nearing its grand finale, Anglophiles have become worried what will replace that sensation. Enter Netflix, …
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Movie Review: Eden
The Garden of Eden is the aspiration of humanity whether or not you believe in it: a paradise where you have no fears and live …
Movie Review: Lurker
I’m so happy to live a life of anonymity. While there are plenty of benefits to living your whole life in the public eye, it’s …
Movie Review: The Toxic Avenger (2025)
Tony Stark took a dark turn huh? Kidding, obviously, but in the superhero churn and burn malaise of 2025, a movie like The Toxic Avenger …
Movie Review: Eenie Meanie
The title feels a bit like its mocking its own film. When the movie industry was right, Eenie Meanie would have been in theaters for …
Movie Review: Relay
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times, as Montgomery Burns via Charles Dickens once asked a monkey to type for …
Movie Review: The Knife
I like to think The Knife started with The League. Here’s Mark Duplass, Pete on the show, playing his own fantasy football team. He’s elated …
Movie Review: Havoc (2025)
I want another try. The pitch for this one is awesome: “Tom Hardy navigates a crime underworld directed by The Raid director.” But our end …
Movie Review: Americana
Most of the middle road reviewed movies have high floors and low ceilings. They’re simple affairs, designed to be in & out in 100ish minutes …
Movie Review: Eephus
After high school/college, it gets really hard to make friends. In Chicago, one of the great glue groups is the Chicago Sport and Social Club, …