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Day: December 7, 2018

Review: The Go-Getters

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest from Canadian director Jeremy LaLonde, The Go-Getters is a dirty and raunchy low-budget comedy that follows Owen (Aaron Abrams) and Lacie (Tommie-Amber Pirie). The former is a drunkard living in the boiler room of his brother’s (Kristian Bruun) bar, and the latter a drug-addicted hooker whom he… Read More Review: The Go-Getters

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Review: Searching for Ingmar Bergman

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta turns her attention to another director in Searching for Ingmar Bergman, offering an engaging and often insightful portrait of the late Swedish master as a filmmaker, an artist and a father. An accomplished auteur in her own right, who was inspired by Bergman’s work… Read More Review: Searching for Ingmar Bergman

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Review: Almost Almost Famous

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Being a tribute artist can be a lucrative and demanding business, even if your fame largely comes from pretending to be someone else. That’s the main takeaway of Almost Almost Famous, a fairly entertaining documentary that follows a group of classic rock impersonators who are on tour together… Read More Review: Almost Almost Famous

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