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Day: October 27, 2017

Review: Libera Nos

By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) While countless horror movies about demonic possession, including The Exorcist and The Omen, have become staples to watch around this time of year, the documentary Libera Nos provides a chilling companion piece to these Halloween classics.  This is an “inspired by true events” horror movie in the most literal… Read More Review: Libera Nos

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Review: Faces Places

By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Agnes Varda is one of the most influential filmmakers from the French New Wave, and JR is a young street photographer.  He is young, and she is old, but they are able to see eye to eye on many things and they share a similar artistic spirit. Together,… Read More Review: Faces Places

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Review: Wonderstruck

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Based on the book of the same name by Brian Selznick, the same author who provided the novel behind Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, Wonderstruck is an example of film that is decent enough, but also doesn’t entirely live up to its source material or potential. The film tells two stories.… Read More Review: Wonderstruck

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Review: Suburbicon

By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) Based on a decades old screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen that they never produced, which has since been touched up by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Suburbicon is the sort of uneven work that feels like it has had too many hands on it over the years. After being… Read More Review: Suburbicon

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