All posts tagged "family drama"
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Jim Batts | June 27, 2024
FANCY DANCE – Review
The parade of smaller independent features continues to bump up against the blockbusters as the Summer continues to...
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Jim Batts | March 15, 2024
ARTHUR THE KING – Review
Geez, the movies have really gone to the dogs. Sure, lots of folks constantly use that as an...
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Mark Glass | February 28, 2024
“A Good Family” – TV Series Review
The title of the six-episode Finnish drama, “A Good Family (Musta valo),” must have been meant ironically, since...
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Cate Marquis | November 3, 2023
PERSIAN VERSION – Review
Growing up with a foot in two cultures can be a tricky experience, so why not turn it...
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Cate Marquis | October 27, 2023
ANATOMY OF A FALL – Review
ANATOMY OF A FALL begins with a deadly fall but another kind of fall is much of the...
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Jim Batts | March 10, 2023
THE QUIET GIRL – Review
Most film fans know that this Sunday, just hours away, is the big award night. As a beloved...
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Cate Marquis | November 23, 2022
THE FABELMANS – Review
In his semi-autobiographical film THE FABELMANS, director Steven Spielberg looks back on growing up and how he fell...
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Cate Marquis | May 27, 2022
MONTANA STORY – Review
A prodigal returns in MONTANA STORY but this drama is one that skips the more familiar approach to...
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Cate Marquis | April 8, 2022
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Review
Michelle Yeoh gives a tour-de-force performance in the wildly creative EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, as a weary...
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Cate Marquis | April 1, 2022
CODA – Review
CODA is writer/director Sian Heder’s charming coming of age comedy/drama about the daughter of a family of scrappy,...
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Jim Batts | December 9, 2021
ENCOUNTER (2021) – Review
The holiday season is often a festive time for families, with lots of parties and out-of-town guests. But...
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Jim Batts | August 26, 2021
FLAG DAY – Review
With Labor Day less than a couple of weeks away, it’s only natural that the studios would release...
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Jim Batts | April 28, 2021
FOUR GOOD DAYS – Review
While most families have somehow forged closer bonds during the pandemic, with older children returning to the nest...
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Jim Batts | March 5, 2021
BOOGIE – Review
Though film fans may not acknowledge it, several other entertainment venues have had a tough time getting by...
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Jim Batts | December 29, 2020
HERSELF – Review
As we begin to pack away the holiday decorations and head back to the mall for the inevitable...
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Jim Batts | September 17, 2020
THE NEST (2020) – Review
With the start of Autumn just a few days away, it’s time to get serious at the cinema....
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Jim Batts | November 21, 2019
FRANKIE (2019)- Review
With the first of the big year-end holidays less than a week away, those anxieties about huge family...
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Cate Marquis | October 26, 2018
BEAUTIFUL BOY – Review
Addiction is an issue that seems to touch everyone in some way, directly or in directly, through family...