I’m not sure what Kool-Aid “The Walking Dead” editors have been drinking, but I’m calling for an intervention. Between the disorienting switches in slow-mo flash forwards and the shameless cliffhangers, “TWD” is starting to feel more like ...
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TV Core-ner: “The Walking Dead” – “Monsters” (Season 8, Episode 3) Review
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TV Core-ner: “The Walking Dead” – “The Damned” (Season 8, Episode 2) Review
Just when you thought “The Walking Dead” couldn’t push us further into the land of grey areas, we got Gracie. The show is constantly asking the philosophical question of whether our compassion or mercy is what ...
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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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TV Core-ner: “The Walking Dead” – “Mercy” (Season 8, Episode 1) Review
“My mercy prevails over my wrath.” These were the words mentally whispered by Rick Grimes as he delivered his a rallying speech to the Survivors. As we march through “The Walking Dead” season eight premiere, ...
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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 ...
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“Atomic” Bore: A Critical Exchangecore
Armani Barron and Alex Kirschenbaum dissect whether or not the sleekly-marketed Charlize Theron retro-spy adventure “Atomic Blonde” is actually cool… or if it was all just a disappointing tease (the name of this post might ...
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The DCEU Finally Captures Some “Wonder”
Over the past two weeks, your trusty Filmcore panel of (in alphabetical order) Armani Barron, Alex Kirschenbaum, and Emily NS saw Patty Jenkins’s “Wonder Woman,” the best movie in the DC Extended Universe that began ...
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Does “Chewing Gum” Season Two Avoid A Sophomore Slump?
We’ve seen it before, the dreaded sophomore slump. From “True Detective” to “The Misfits,” recent audiences have watched plenty of shows with strong concepts that delivered in their debut season, only to disappoint the second ...
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“Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2” – In Review
Review, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” — ** stars (out of ****) Released May 5, 2017 Written and Directed by James Gunn Cinematography by Henry Braham Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley ...