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Review: Liam Neeson Digs Deep as a Flawed, Aging Criminal Confronting Memory Loss in Absolution

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  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 1, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Matt Damon Teams Up with the Other Affleck for a Middling, Very Boston Heist Drama

    For some, the best news about the new film starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, The Instigators, is that it’s not a sequel to their original pairing, the 2002 Gus […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 9, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Actor Ron Perlman Takes Center Stage in The Baker, an Action Thriller That Leans on Its Cast

    Ron Perlman is a national treasure, and few people know that better than filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who has placed Perlman in nearly all of his films, including the Hellboy […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 28, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Solid Action Flick, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Brings a Long-Anticipated Crew to the Big Screen

    Sometimes, a gifted director, a shorter runtime, and a unstoppable period soundtrack is all you need to pivot a franchise in the right direction. For the Transformers universe, the previous […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 8, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Features Stunning Animation, Plenty of Humanity and Just a Bit of Terror

    If you had told me earlier this year that I would see a film version of Pinocchio that featured a cameo by Mussolini, I probably would have guessed that filmmaker […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 7, 2022
    • Beyond , Event , Event , Games & Tech , Suburbs and exurbs

    Preview: A Choose Your Own Adventure Guide to Fan Expo Chicago 2022

    What you once knew as Wizard World is now under the banner of Fan Expo, and this year’s first major Chicago area convention kicks off in just one day! Fan […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • July 6, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Styleless There Are No Saints Never Gets Beyond Crime Drama Tropes

    The hook of There Are No Saints, the new film from director Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, is that he’s working from what is apparently an old screenplay by the great Paul […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 27, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Guillermo del Toro’s Noir Drama Nightmare Alley, Strong Performances Match a Bold Aesthetic

    Nightmare Alley

    I’ve had enough conversations with director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water) over the years to know two things about him: 1) he has the soul of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 18, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Video Game-Turned-Movie Monster Hunter Is Another Unoriginal, Staggeringly Familiar Action Adaptation

    Monster Hunter

    On paper, the latest video game (by Capcom, I’m told) turned feature film, Monster Hunter, has elements that should at least make it tolerable for me, despite the fact that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 17, 2020
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