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Review: Rudderless

This review was originally posted on Punch Drunk Critics School shootings are a pretty taboo subject to tackle in fiction and especially in film. To be honest, the only one that sticks out in my mind is Gus Van Zant’s Elephant. Now for some this might be spoiler-y but one of the major factors in…

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Review: I Am Ali

This review was originally posted on Punch Drunk Critics We are at a weird time here with professional sports in the United States. It seems like each week we hear of another scandal of sports figures that are in some sort of issue of domestic violence, child abuse, or some drug-related crime and this past…

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Review: The Trip To Italy

This review was originally posted on Punch Drunk Critics How would do you describe The Trip To Italy to someone who, maybe like some of you, have never seen The Trip? Well, let me give it a shot. The Trip To Italy is the sophisticated and worldly man’s bromantic comedy. Much like the earlier film…

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Review: When The Game Stands Tall

This review was originally posted on Punch Drunk Critics When the Game Stands Tall stars Jim Caviezel as Coach Bob Ladouceur who led the De La Salle High School varsity Football team to a 151 record-setting winning streak and what happens as the streak effects his life and those of his family and players. See…

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Review: Planes: Fire & Rescue

This review was originally posted on Punch Drunk Critics You know what the Planes franchise reminds me of? It reminds me of Disney in the 90s when they’d make something really successful, then would make a direct to home video sequel followed by a whole syndicated animated series spinning out of that. So that gives…

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Review: The Signal

This review was originally posted on Punch Drunk Critics Now I’m going to keep it 100 with you readers here: I went into The Signal not knowing anything about this. I think at most I might’ve seen the trailer when I was sitting in a Landmark theater before seeing Palo Alto. So I’m sitting down…

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