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The Top 15 Films of 2022

Justin Remer01.2023Critics, Mini Review, Movies, Opinion, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Everything Everywhere All At Once

I’m warning you now. This Top 15 Films of 2022 list does not contain Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar 2, or anything Marvel. This isn’t a knee-jerk anti-crowdpleaser thing. I enjoyed a … Read More

Justin RemerThe Top 15 Films of 202201.01.2023

What did people expect from “Mortal Kombat” that they didn’t get?

Lincoln Hayes05.2021Movies, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Recent release in theaters and on HBO Max is the new “Mortal Kombat”, bringing the supremely violent and bloody video game series back to the big screen. Build-up for the … Read More

Lincoln HayesWhat did people expect from “Mortal Kombat” that they didn’t get?05.14.2021

“The Little Things” is a lotta boring

Lincoln Hayes03.2021Critics, Movies, Opinion, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Denzel Washington in a potentially gritty cop movie with Rami Malek and Jared Leto? SIGN ME UP! Lincoln Hayes

Lincoln Hayes“The Little Things” is a lotta boring03.11.2021

“Nomadland” should have been a doc

Lincoln Hayes03.2021Movies, Opinion, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Don’t get me wrong; this is a fine movie. Frances McDormand is amazing, as she always is, and the story is very compelling. But here’s the thing with “Nomandland”: the … Read More

Lincoln Hayes“Nomadland” should have been a doc03.10.2021

Review: “MLK/FBI” explores the US government’s grudge against the iconic leader

Justin Remer01.2021Documentary, Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

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This Friday, January 15, on the 92nd anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth, a new documentary about the iconic civil rights leader will hit select theaters and video-on-demand. MLK/FBI is … Read More

Justin RemerReview: “MLK/FBI” explores the US government’s grudge against the iconic leader01.13.2021

Movie Review: Binoche and Deneuve squabble over “The Truth”

Justin Remer07.2020Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Fabienne Dangeville, the septuagenarian film star played by Catherine Deneuve in The Truth (La Vérité), is an imposing, self-centered diva cut from the same cloth as Bette Davis’s Margo Channing in All About … Read More

Justin RemerMovie Review: Binoche and Deneuve squabble over “The Truth”07.01.2020

Movie Review: “The Booksellers” is a charming doc about print culture

Justin Remer04.2020Books, Documentary, Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

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The battle between physical and digital media rages on in The Booksellers. In general, I think we here at Pop Culture Beast are big fans of real objects: discs, action … Read More

Justin RemerMovie Review: “The Booksellers” is a charming doc about print culture04.17.2020

Film Review: The Perfect Candidate

Martina O'Boyle04.2020Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

review perfect candidate

The Perfect Candidate The Perfect Candidate opens up with our lead driving a car, a scene only significant because this is the story of a female doctor, and she lives … Read More

Martina O'BoyleFilm Review: The Perfect Candidate04.08.2020

The Invisible Man and the Horrors of Abuse

Kate Graham03.2020Horror, Movies, Opinion, TheatricalLeave a Comment

  Invisible Man Warning: This is not spoiler-free and deals with the subjects of abuse and suicide.  As a long-time fan of Leigh Whannell’s work, I have been eagerly awaiting … Read More

Kate GrahamThe Invisible Man and the Horrors of Abuse03.01.2020

Review: Little Women

Martina O'Boyle01.2020Books, Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Little Women review

Little Women I suppose I must start this review with the not very shocking admission that I loved the novel, Little Women. Well, of course I did, I am an … Read More

Martina O'BoyleReview: Little Women01.23.2020

Movie Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Robin Lynn12.2019Movies, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Rogue One As most of you Beastlings know, the latest chapter in the Star Wars saga, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens tonight, 16 December. And while Rogue one … Read More

Robin LynnMovie Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story12.16.2019

Movie Review: Ford vs Ferrari

Martina O'Boyle12.2019Miscellaneous, Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Review: Ford v Ferrari That need for speed, it started long before Top Gun. Kids have raced their bikes for pocket money bets, hot rodders have wagered their vehicles on … Read More

Martina O'BoyleMovie Review: Ford vs Ferrari12.07.2019

Movie Review: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” burns with repressed passion

Justin Remer12.2019LGBT Film, LGBT+, Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

portrait of a lady on fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (not quite a literal translation of the French title, Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, but I’ll let it slide) is the kind of film … Read More

Justin RemerMovie Review: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” burns with repressed passion12.05.2019

Movie Review: “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project” profiles a VHS idealist

Justin Remer11.2019Documentary, Movies, Reviews, TheatricalLeave a Comment

Technology merges with political idealism into a mad obsession in the new documentary, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project. Driven by the desire to capture and catalogue the way that the … Read More

Justin RemerMovie Review: “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project” profiles a VHS idealist11.29.2019
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