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The Dead Thing 2024
The Dead Thing is a great independent horror drama film I got to catch at the Music Box Theatre in 35mm. It’s directed by Elric Kane with a script co-written by Kane and Webb Wilcoxen. It stars Blu Hunt and Ben Smith-Petersen.
The film follows “A woman who is charmed by a barista on a blind date, but after he disappears, she becomes determined to find out why.” And that is a very simple description of where this film goes.
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Bull Durham 1988
“I’ve tried them all, I really have. And the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball.”
- Annie SavoyBull Durham is directed by Ron Shelton and was his third feature length film. The film is partly based on Shelton’s own time in the minor leagues. It’s a romantic comedy that follows “"Crash" Davis (Kevin Costner) a veteran…
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The Monkey 2025
I saw this at the Chicago premiere at the Music Box theater and Oz Perkins gave a discussion afterwards.
I really enjoyed this, it was a simple fun time at the movies with some really creative kills. There’s also some fun cameos in here. Great opening scene. I’m really starting to like Theo James, I wanna see him in more especially after this and the White Lotus. I definitely recommend this if you want an absurd, campy, and straight up fun time at the movies.
I will give this film a full review upon a rewatch during its full release.
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I'm Still Here 2024
Wow. I’m Still Here might end up being the film of 2024 cinema for me. I think it’s a tie between this, Nickel Boys, and The Brutalist for my top spot. But god I wouldn’t be amiss to mention that this film could inch its way to the top spot. Again I don’t like rating/ranking films like that, I don’t believe art should be measured in such ways, but I just had to mention this film might be one of my…
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