Gary Garrison, Author at The Playlist

Bolivian Documentary ‘Cocaine Prison’ Explores A Hell On Earth [TIFF Review]

September 5, 2017 5:08 pm

There is a world that exists that is hard to fathom, which today, in our vastly connected digital age, where our social media feeds are inundated with photos from Syria and Venezuela, is itself hard to comprehe...

‘Love, Cecil’: Tender And Lush Documentary Is A Moving, But Conventional Portrait [Telluride Review]

Gary Garrison

September 5, 2017 4:53 pm

News, Reviews

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Few artists have made a claim for so drastically altering the shape of their medium than Cecil Beaton, the fashion photographer turned war photographer turned royal photographer turned costume and production de...

Adam Wingard’s ‘Death Note’ Is Thoughtless & Incoherent [Review]

Gary Garrison

August 21, 2017 1:52 pm

Features, News, Reviews

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An intelligent but emotionally wounded teenager with the ability to play god by killing anybody he wants, just by writing their name in a book, is admittedly a compelling idea. The potential for drama packed in...

Cobie Smulders and Justin Long in Literally, Right Before Aaron. Courtesy of Screen Media Films.

‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ Trailer: Justin Long Goes To Cobie Smulders’ Wedding

Gary Garrison

August 18, 2017 1:29 pm

News, Trailers

For quite some time Justin Long has been the face of the middling romantic comedy genre. The actor has led a string of relatively low-profile films about down on their luck dudes pining for lost loves and manic...

‘To The Bone’ Works Hard To Do Justice To The Realities Of Anorexia [Review]

Gary Garrison

July 13, 2017 1:41 pm

News, Reviews

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Addiction has long been one of Hollywood’s favorite muses. It makes for empowering, emotionally charged films about one of life’s most trying personal battles. Of course, the success and believability of these ...

Explore The Perfect Pilot Of ‘Breaking Bad’

Gary Garrison

July 10, 2017 4:12 pm

News

In this age of peak TV, it’s nearly impossible to keep up with all the worthy shows, especially when a pilot fails to do a series justice. For every great pilot, there are nine underwhelming ones that don’t qui...

Fresh & Diverse ‘Signature Move’ Is Also Overly Familiar [BAMcinemaFest Review]

Gary Garrison

June 16, 2017 2:19 pm

News, Reviews

For a couple of weeks now, we’ve been living in a post-“Wonder Woman” world. A world which, you can be certain, is a better world. One where the genuine hunger for a female (super)hero has been served a tasty m...

Tribeca Shorts: ‘Tokyo Project’ With Elisabeth Moss, ‘For Flint,’ & ‘Approaching A Breakthrough’ [Review]

Gary Garrison and Ally Johnson

April 30, 2017 4:54 pm

News, Reviews

"For Flint" For the general American public, the Flint, Michigan water crisis is over. The problem was identified, the public was outraged, the media coverage faded. But for those residents of Flint — a former...

The Terrence Malick Mixtape: Examining The Use Of Music In The Director’s Films

Gary Garrison

March 16, 2017 4:03 pm

Features, News

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From time to time it’s good to remind the world (and ourselves) that we are The Playlist, and in addition to being movie lovers, we are also obsessed with music, specifically movie music. It also helps when a d...

The Censorship & Evolution Of ‘South Park’

Gary Garrison

March 15, 2017 5:15 pm

News, Television

Few TV shows have managed to be as continually button-pushing as Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “South Park.” Certainly the show has been surpassed from time to time by other audacious material, but nothing has b...

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