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Bradley Bell & Pablo Jones-Soler Talk ‘Alone Together,’ Working With Charli XCX & More [SXSW Interview]

March 26, 2021 2:17 pm

At this year's SXSW the pandemic has been a prominent presence in films, either through direct plot lines or simply the conversation surrounding how the movie, in particular, was shot. However, one of the bett...

7 TV Shows to Watch in March: 'Genius: Aretha,' 'Falcon & the Winter Soldier' & More

10 TV Shows to Watch in March: ‘Genius: Aretha,’ ‘Falcon & The Winter Soldier’ & More

Ally Johnson

March 5, 2021 1:42 pm

Features, News, Television

March sees us facing another small group of new television series to pick from after February delivered a similar slate. For the past year of lockdown, it’s seemed as if many of us have returned to old favorit...

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10 Films To See In March: ‘Cherry,’ ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ & More

Ally Johnson

March 4, 2021 12:33 pm

Features, News

It’s been a year since we went into lockdown and while things are slowly beginning to change with the release of the vaccine, many things remain the same, such as how we (don’t) socialize, which, as it has sin...

‘Billie Eilish: The ‘World’s A Little Blurry’ Depicts A Nascent Chapter Of Teenage Stardom [Review]

Ally Johnson

February 28, 2021 2:41 pm

News, Reviews

At only 19-years-old, pop singer Billie Eilish has already experienced the level of high-pressure stardom, all-eyes-on-her success that most pop stars take decades to accrue. As the internet and entertainment ...

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‘The Violent Heart’: Grace Van Patten Talks Romantic Thrillers Like ‘Badlands’ & Wanting To Work With Yorgos Lanthimos [Interview]

Ally Johnson

February 20, 2021 4:58 pm

Interviews, News

In “The Violent Heart,” the latest film from director Kerem Sanga (“First Girl I Loved”), actress Grace Van Patten plays an 18-year-old girl looking for escape who gets swept up in a romance with a 24-year-old...

‘The Map of Tiny Perfect Things’: Time Loops For Tiny Teens [Review]

Ally Johnson

February 13, 2021 1:40 pm

News, Reviews

What would you do if your forever was a single day? In most films about time-loops, we watch characters struggle to escape repetition and eventually find a hole in the plot allowing them to slip back into thei...

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11 Movies To See In February: ‘Cherry,’ ‘Land,’ ‘Judas’ & More

Ally Johnson

February 1, 2021 1:13 pm

Features, News

After a relatively slow start to the year, on the film front, at least, February looks to provide a larger range of films across streaming platforms (and some still only available in theaters.) There’s a decen...

10 Movies To See In January: ‘Pieces Of A Woman,’ ‘One Night In Miami’ & More

Ally Johnson and Martine Olivier

January 5, 2021 1:48 pm

Features, News

Few things were as blissfully distracting in 2020 as a good, engaging movie that managed to block out the stress and noise from the rest of the world. With the film industry so topsy-turvy going into the new y...

8 TV Shows To Watch In January: ‘Search Party,’ ‘WandaVision’ & More

Ally Johnson and Martine Olivier

January 5, 2021 11:59 am

News, Television

With the end of 2020 came momentary relief as well as a stark reminder that we’ll continue to need to self-isolate. If anything over the past nine months, television has offered brief but soothing balms to inc...

‘All My Life’: A Cliché Romance With Touches Of Personality [Review]

Ally Johnson

December 12, 2020 1:55 pm

News, Reviews

Loosely based on the real lives of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, “All My Life” is burdened with a near-impossible challenge of balancing how to honor the subjects the film is based on while also avoiding t...

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