At the Movies

At the Movies: ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Is Nearly a Sight to Behold

By Megan Bianco When Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) debuted, it was given intriguing and effective marketing, yet received a lukewarm reception from viewers. Jordan Vogt-Roberts’…

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At the Movies: ‘Nomadland’

By Megan Bianco It feels strange to say, but in many ways, the fact that filmmaker Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland was released in the middle of…

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At the Movies: ‘The World to Come’ Is Fine for an Early Spring Release

By Megan Bianco Lesbian costume dramas really seem to be all the rage these days in independent filmmaking. This month, Mona Fastvold’s The World to…

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At the Movies: ‘I Care a Lot’ Cares About Dark Comedy Fans

By Megan Bianco I remember when British actress Rosamund Pike broke through globally with David Fincher’s Gone Girl (2014). There were worries from film fans…

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At the Movies: ‘The Little Things’ Has Little New to Offer

By Megan Bianco John Lee Hancock’s The Little Things wants and tries to be something along the lines of Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the…

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At the Movies: ‘Riding the Rails’—a Reminder of the Bittersweet Hard Times

By Megan Bianco In times like the past 10 months, it’s easy to feel as if things are worse than ever before. But once in…

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At the Movies: 2020 Ends on an Unsurprisingly Underwhelming Note

By Megan Bianco Usually during the first week of the year, I go through all of the new movies released throughout the previous year, listing…

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At the Movies: ‘Mank’ Is Mostly for New Film Fans

By Megan Bianco Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is not only reflected on in film courses, but also by Hollywood itself, as plenty of biopics on…

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At the Movies: Less-Popular Holiday Movies to Enjoy This Month

By Megan Bianco With the second wind of public movie theaters closing for the remainder of the year and holiday season, movie fans have succumbed…

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At the Movies: ‘Last Call’

By Megan Bianco Biopics, which aren’t foolproof with critics and audiences, are perplexing, because you would think it would be hard to mess up such…

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At the Movies: ‘Recon’

By Megan Bianco In the year of 2020, more than 70 years since World War II ended, what else can there be left to say…

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At the Movies: ‘Where She Lies’

By Megan Bianco There are some real-life stories that are just so wild and so interesting that it’s hard to believe they are real events…

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At the Movies: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’

By Megan Bianco Aaron Sorkin’s new feature, The Trial of the Chicago 7, takes us back to Illinois in 1968 following the Democratic National Convention….