Brian Tallerico
Movie Reviews

SXSW 2023: Bottoms, Self Reliance, Flamin’ Hot | Festivals & Awards

Of course, most people don’t take Tommy seriously, so he hires a homeless man named James (Biff Wiff) to hang

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We Have a Ghost movie review & film summary (2023)

Based on a short story called Ernest by Geoff Manaugh, “We Have a Ghost” opens with the Presley family moving to

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Forspoken Frustrates as Much as it Thrills | Video Games

“Forspoken” works from such an obvious “Alice in Wonderland” template that it even drops in literal references to the classic

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Infinity Pool movie review & film summary (2023)

In a set-up that’s like “The White Lotus” meets body horror, “Infinity Pool” opens at an exclusive resort in a

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Sundance 2023: Sometimes I Think About Dying, The Pod Generation, birth/rebirth | Festivals & Awards

Notably, Barthes doesn’t lean strongly on gender roles or the predictable route of the botanist being against the project from

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HBO Confidently Adapts Breakthrough Video Game The Last of Us | TV/Streaming

Of course, while these “side quests” are fun, the show is always about Joel and Ellie, two characters that fans

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Copenhagen Cowboy movie review (2023)

Angela Bundalovic gives a largely one-note (intentionally) performance as Miu, the stone-faced hero of this journey into the criminal underworld.

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Madoff: The Monster of Wall Streeet movie review ()

Bernie Madoff started with penny stocks in the ‘60s, building a company that would become Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.

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Netflix Kicks Off Year with Gimmicky, Silly Kaleidoscope | TV/Streaming

Here’s where things get a little tricky because what a critic would normally reveal in a synopsis could be something

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White Noise movie review & film summary (2022)

Without spoiling the final act completely, it re-centers the Gladneys back at home, but with death a much more present

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