Author: R.T.

‘Maggie’ Film Festival Review

The Tribeca Film Festival ended last Sunday, and with it went a slew of fine films, documentaries, and shorts—off to other festivals, gearing up for limited and wide releases very soon. The last film I got to see for Project-Nerd

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‘Good Kill’ Film Festival Review

The Tribeca Film Festival continued with many more new movies besides Grandma, and still many of these films, short films, and documentaries have big ideas they seek to share. When I walked into the screening for Good Kill I was

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‘Grandma’ Film Festival Review

My introduction to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City would never have been as earth shattering as it was—if I didn’t just go for it. If I didn’t tread my first red carpet with a bit of conviction

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‘The Salvation’ Theatrical Review

For me, the allure of a western setting in any work of fiction has always been nearly identical to that of a post-apocalyptic one. When the laws of civilization have yet to be established, or they’ve simply up and gone

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‘The Giver’ Blu-ray Review

In 1996, Jeff Bridges (who plays the title character) decided to bring this book to the screen. Everyone involved thought the process would be easy, but producers weren’t interested in a children’s drama at the time. It wouldn’t be until

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‘Poirot: Series 11’ DVD Review

It strikes me that I was never a very well read English Major. The closest I got to understanding and appreciating Charles Dickens was when I binged on the 2005 and 2008 BBC productions of Bleak House and Little Dorrit,

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