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‘American Gods’ Plays To Its Base, But Others May Tune Out Quickly [Review]

April 16, 2017 1:01 am

To his fans, author Neil Gaiman could in fact be one of the titular beings of his 2001 award-winning novel, minus the American distinction, naturally. Bryan Fuller has carved out his own select fanbase thanks t...

A Great Ensemble Offers A Serious History Lesson In Comedy In Showtime’s ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ [SXSW Review]

Erik Childress

March 17, 2017 1:58 pm

News, Reviews, Television

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It’s a cliché, albeit a tragic one at this point, to suggest that comedy and depression go hand-in-hand. As chronicled by Dick Cavett in connection with CNN’s recent series on "The History Of Comedy," the late ...

‘Atomic Blonde’ Delivers Great Action In Too Minimal A Capacity [SXSW Review]

Erik Childress

March 15, 2017 10:07 am

News, Reviews

Someone once said to me that they wished James Cameron would do other people’s action scenes for them. This was back in the heyday when the one-time “King of the World” was the preeminent action filmmaker of "T...

‘The Disaster Artist’ Is A Masterpiece For Fans Of ‘The Room,’ But What About Everyone Else? [SXSW Review]

Erik Childress

March 14, 2017 10:38 am

News, Reviews

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It's a film about the making of arguably the worst movie ever made. That is how the team behind "The Disaster Artist" will hope to sell it to a public that may have yet to experience the wonder of Tommy Wiseau'...

Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ Is A Thrilling Fast And Furious Fantasia [SXSW Review]

Erik Childress

March 13, 2017 12:06 am

News, Reviews

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From the moment Edgar Wright hyper-synched the daily monotony of grooming, flushing and toast spread in "Shaun of the Dead," you had to figure he had a movie in him like "Baby Driver." Rattling around in his br...

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