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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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It’s never a bad thing when a movie is hard to describe.  That quality doesn’t guarantee greatness (or even goodness), but it almost always means the movie is unique in some way.  The Killing of a Sacred Deer falls into this category, and I’ll do my best to review it here. Continue reading →

Netflix Review: The Fundamentals of Caring

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Paul Rudd offers a handicapped boy his sausage in “The Fundamentals of Caring”

The Fundamentals of Caring stars Paul Rudd as Ben, a former writer who decides to try caregiving after a personal tragedy (read: dead kid).  His charge is Trevor (Craig Roberts), an English teen whose Duchenne muscular dystrophy leaves him paralyzed and without fine motor skills.  After developing an often-adversarial friendship with Trevor, Ben convinces him to join him for a cross-country road trip.   Continue reading →

Kevin and Vil’s Movie Show: Episode Nine

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This time Vil and I check out three classic garage sale comedies.  If you don’t know what those are, you’ll have to listen to find out!  (Go to 0:53 to skip the music.)

Listen (and call in) to us at our new time, Saturdays from 5-6 P.M., through WNUR at wnur.org.

Zootopia Is Good, But It Lacks Bite

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Despite its considerable media hype, I wasn’t planning on seeing Zootopia, at least not in theaters.  The last animated movie forced on the public like this was Inside Out, which turned out to be depressingly average.  As a result, I went in to Zootopia with lower expectations. Continue reading →