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Yes, God, Yes::rating::3.5::rating::3.5::rating::3.5

[su_dropcap size="5"]I[/su_dropcap] remember an elementary school teacher--we'll keep her nameless--who was alarmed to see me practicing numbers and letters with my left hand. She informed me that it wasn't Godly to write that way, and I should immediately switch to my right. I tried, with every ounce of concentration my tiny brain could pool together,…

ByTodd WoffordJuly 30, 20200Comments

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Palm Springs (2020)::rating::4.5

Somehow, by some strange miracle, the resulting film tastes like something wholly original and real damn delicious.

ByTodd WoffordJuly 28, 20200Comments

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First Cow (2020)::rating::4

[su_dropcap size="5"]F[/su_dropcap]irst Cow plays like a strange study in contrasts. It's unassumingly quiet, and yet audaciously ambitious in creative reach. The story moves at a deliberately languid pace, but it's still fascinating to watch. Some people will read this review, watch this movie, and wonder how in the hell I could put those four stars next…

ByTodd WoffordJuly 24, 20200Comments

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Relic (2020)::rating::3.5

Relic is a rarity in the horror genre. It depicts real people who say and do things for human reasons.

ByTodd WoffordJuly 20, 20200Comments

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The Incredible Story of Haing S. Ngor::rating::0

[su_dropcap size="5"]I[/su_dropcap]t was March 25th, 1985, and the 57th Academy Awards were in full swing. As Linda Hunt dutifully ran through the nominees for Best Supporting Actor, the production hit a snag on the penultimate name: Haing S. Ngor (rhymes with floor), the Cambodian-born doctor who starred in The Killing Fields, hadn't made it to the…

ByTodd WoffordJuly 17, 20200Comments

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A Losing Cause: Confederate Statues::rating::0

The Confederacy was a loser. It was a failed entity, run by losers

ByTodd WoffordJuly 16, 20200Comments

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Greyhound (2020)::rating::4

Greyhound represents a successful attempt to boil away unneeded ingredients and reduce the experience of war down to its essence.

ByTodd WoffordJuly 15, 20200Comments

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Artemis Fowl (2020)::rating::3

It was like watching Wile E. Coyote climb into one of his homemade catapults, where feelings of disaster and dread are just part of the experience.

ByTodd WoffordJuly 8, 20200Comments

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Escape Room (2019)::rating::3

As long as you can just power off your brain, relax, and surrender to this film’s powerful sense of goofiness, you might find yourself in a junk food coma, as well.

ByTodd WoffordJuly 6, 20201Comment

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Gettysburg (1993)::rating::4

No movie could truly capture the Shakespearean scope of those few days, but Gettysburg does much to bottle the mind-boggling fury for public consumption.

ByTodd WoffordJuly 3, 20201Comment