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Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Reviews | Happiest Season

November 30, 2020December 3, 2020 Shawn Banks

The holiday season is upon us, and while the fate of the country is unknown in the midst of a global pandemic, we know for

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Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Reviews | Christmas Chronicles 2

November 30, 2020December 5, 2020 Bishop

A sequel to The Christmas Chronicles, offering more adventure and another destination holiday, this second installment stars Kurt Russell reprising his role as Santa.  Goldie

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Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Reviews | Hillbilly Elegy

November 27, 2020January 18, 2021 Bishop

Hillbilly Elegy started as a memoir by J. D. Vance about the Appalachian values of his Kentucky family and the problems in his hometown of

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Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Reviews | Dreamland

November 24, 2020November 23, 2020 Joseph MacMaster

For this Watercooler Review, I’m covering the period crime drama Dreamland, the movie that wants to be Bonnie & Clyde but without any of the stuff that makes Bonnie & Clyde exciting and interesting

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Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

Blood Tea and Red String: Unsettle Your Christmas Viewing With This Stop Motion Fairy Tale for Adults

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Kyle Logan

Christiane Cegavske’s first feature Blood Tea and Red String may not be a movie that’s explicitly about Christmas, or even implicitly about Christmas. But the

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Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Reviews | JIU JITSU

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 Brooks Berish

I was really excited to see “Jiu Jitsu”. Just from the trailer, it was evident it would probably be horrendous, but I was intrigued. Now

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Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

Raw: A Dangerous Appetite

November 20, 2020November 18, 2020 Allison Fail

  Raw (2016, dir. Ducournau) is a masterful suspense film about the complicated relationship between women and food. It explores consumption, cravings, restrictive eating, and

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Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

Ruben Brandt, Collector: The Animated Movie About Art You Need To See

November 19, 2020November 17, 2020 Kyle Logan

I can’t think of any other movies I’ve seen a trailer for and then tracked for nearly a year because the trailer made such an

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Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Review | Love and Monsters

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 McKenna Batterson

Love and Monsters. From the title alone, you can probably guess what this movie is about. Spoiler: It’s about love. And it’s about monsters. While

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Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

The Pure Absurdity of “After Hours” (1985)

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Emma Demski

“Mohawk this guy!” Who knew Martin Scorsese had such a comedic sensibility! I sure didn’t. After seeing this movie’s DVD case for years on the

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With Clerks III coming this fall, it’s important With Clerks III coming this fall, it’s important to revisit what started it all: Clerks (1994). Some of the best comedy dialogue of all time, in the simplest setting imaginable. Classics can be made on a budget… #clerks #movie #chicagofilmscene
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Pirate Radio… or The Boat That Rocked in its nat Pirate Radio… or The Boat That Rocked in its native English (2009). Widely panned, average acting, morally questionable, and yet a classic nonetheless.
Gaffers when you remind them that time moves forwa Gaffers when you remind them that time moves forward at a constant rate, and eventually it will be time for the next shot.
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