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Frankenstein Review

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Frankenstein

  • Director: Guillermo del Toro
  • Writer: Guillermo del Toro
  • Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Charles Dance

Grade: B-

Netflix has multiple auteur-driven films set to release throughout the rest of the year. From Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly to Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite and even the Sundance breakout Train Dreams, the streaming studio has numerous films gunning for Oscar nominations. Arguably the biggest contender is Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, a $120 million spectacle that adapts one of the most foundational horror novels of all time.

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TV Reviews

Long Story Short Season 1 – TV Review

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Long Story Short

  • Creator: Raphael Bob-Waksberg
  • Starring: Ben Feldman, Abbi Jacobson, Angelique Cabral, Max Greenfield, Nicole Byer, Lisa Edelstein, Paul Reiser, Michaela Dietz, Dave Franco
  • Ten episode season, ten episodes watched for review

Grade: B+

There’s certain creatives whose careers you’ll follow to the ends of the earth based on the success of even a single project. After Raphael Bob-Waksberg wrapped up one of the best comedies of the 21st century with Bojack Horseman in 2020, it was all but inevitable that I’d tune in for whatever he decided to do next. With Long Story Short – which drops its entire first season now on Netflix – Bob-Waksberg further hones his already sharp comedic voice in a more grounded world. Ya know, one without talking animals.

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Movie Reviews

Bruised – Movie Review

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Bruised

  • Director: Halle Berry
  • Screenwriters: Michelle Rosenfarb
  • Starring: Halle Berry, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Adan Canto, Danny Boyd Jr., Sheila Atim, Adriane Lenox

Grade: C-

Bruised is a film that’s filled with so many sports clichés that it may as well be called “The Invincible Hoosiers Rocky Miracle.” Some familiarity is to be expected within such a well-worn genre, but the film barely brings enough to the table to justify its existence. That’s not to say that the film is a total slog; Halle Berry’s directorial debut is pretty to look at and includes some likeable performances. But you’ve seen this film before, in one form or another, and that is what ultimately holds back its potential.

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