Brian Tallerico
Movie Reviews

Futurama Returns with Uneven but Often Funny New Season on Hulu | TV/Streaming

The real draw of a new season of “Futurama” is the return of beloved characters and the performers who voice them. Billy West,

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Tribeca 2023: Suitable Flesh, You’ll Never Find Me, Bad Things | Festivals & Awards

Elizabeth Derby (Graham) was a successful psychiatrist before her life was torn apart by the arrival of a troubled young man named Asa

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Tribeca 2023: The Listener, Eric LaRue | Festivals & Awards

There’s also an aspect of listening in Michael Shannon’s “Eric LaRue,” a film that will likely draw comparisons to “Mass” when it’s released.

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Chicago Critics Film Festival 2023 Preview: Chicago Premieres of Acclaimed Films from Around the World | Festivals & Awards

FRIDAY, MAY 5th 7PM: “BLACKBERRY” (includes Q&A with star/writer/director Matt Johnson) Johnson paces “Blackberry” like that rocket. It moves quickly without being overly

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R.M.N. movie review & film summary (2023)

When the film opens, Matthias (Marin Grigore) is working in a German slaughterhouse. While out on a smoke break, he is called a

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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 with him all

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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 a fixer-upper in

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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 fairy tale. This

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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 fictional country. Author

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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 start to finish.

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