Writer/director Miranda July’s singularly strange dramedy “Kajillionaire” tells the tale of a tandem of sociopathic con artists, Robert and Theresa Dyne (Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger), and their sheltered/brainwashed daughter Old Dolio Dyne (Evan Rachel ...
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“Kajillionaire” Critical Exchangecore
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Critical Exchangecore: “The King”
Filmcore critics Armani Barron and Alex Kirschenbaum go medieval on Netflix’s “The King” in the latest Critical Exchangecore. In the film, directed by David Michod and written by Michod and co-star/co-producer Joel Edgerton, we follow Hal ...
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Listcore: 10 Reasons Why “Jennifer’s Body” Was Ahead of Its Time
On September 18th, 2009, the Megan Fox-Amanda Seyfried horror comedy “Jennifer’s Body,” directed by Karyn Kusama (“Girlfight,” “Destroyer”) and written by Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Young Adult”), was unleashed upon an unsuspecting audience. Critics and audiences alike ...
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Getting Ripped With Kids: A “Santa With Muscles” Christmas Exchangecore
Have you ever wanted to see a Santa movie with low-end production values and a super-mega-jacked St. Nick? Well look no further, because Filmcore scribes Armani Barron and Alex Kirschenbaum dove deep into the dregs of 1996 to view ...
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“Altered Carbon” Critical Exchangecore: All Gloss, Little Substance
We’re back with another Filmcore Critical Exchangecore. This time it’s for Netflix’s original series “Altered Carbon.” I went into this series pretty unaware of its backstory, but it’s based on the novel of the same ...
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Saoirse Ronan Pulls An Ellen Page In “Lady Bird:” A Critical Exchangecore
Growing up is hard to do. Set in the sleepy suburbs of Sacramento, Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” really captures the anxiety and angst involved in shedding your adolescence and plunging into adulthood. With a previously unachieved ...
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Critical Exchangecore: Colin Farrell Reckons With “A Sacred Deer”
We’re back with a fresh Critical Exchangecore hot off the presses! Director Yorgos Lanthimos (who helmed “The Lobster” last year)’s “The Killing Of A Sacred Deer” tells the tale of how a successful surgeon, played by ...
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Can You Hear Us Above This Noise? An “Altered States” Critical Exchangecore
The late English director Ken Russell must have been a huge proponent of watching Fellini films really, really blitzed. His 104 minute-long tribute to mushrooms, “Altered States,” is a relatively cogent exploration of the drug ...
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Brynner on the Loose in “Westworld” ’73: A Critical Exchangecore
It may surprise you to learn, dear reader, that HBO’s blockbuster smash series “Westworld,” about to embark on its second season, was actually a remake of a 1973 Michael Crichton/Yul Brynner sci-fi classic. Armani Barron ...
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“King Kong vs. Godzilla” ’63: A Critical Exchangecore
Are you pumped for “Kong vs. Godzilla” in 2020, dear reader? Featuring two slick, lifeless digital beasties destroying major cities but leaving each other virtually unscathed, just in case there’s enough interest to justify a ...