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Robert Kojder

Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women upstage films from legendary veterans Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese with four 2019 CFCA Awards apiece

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Last night, my colleagues and friends of the Chicago Film Critics Association got together to announce the lucky winners and, well, they let me down. Adam Sandler lost Best Actor to some other Adam that most definitely will not be seen in any other movies for the rest of the year – an all-around inferior […]

Movie Review – Black Christmas (2019)

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Black Christmas, 2019.Directed by Sophia Takal. Starring Imogen Poots, Cary Elwes, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Aleyse Shannon, Lucy Currey, Madeleine Adams, Ben Black, Simon Mead, and Caleb Eberhardt.SYNOPSIS:A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of […]

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time in Hollywood leads CFCA Awards nominations, Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig’s films not far behind

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For anyone following along what the current awards season, the big news here is not necessarily how well Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman are doing, but rather that Greta Gerwig’s fantastic modern-day reimagining of classical literature Little Women has not been left out to dry in the […]

Movie Review – Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

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Jumanji: The Next Level, 2019.Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Danny DeVito, Awkwafina, Danny Glover, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Rory McCann, Dania Ramirez, Darin Ferraro, Sal Longobardo, Massi Furlan, Michael Beasley, Colin Hanks, and Ashley Scott.SYNOPSIS:In Jumanji: The Next Level, […]

Movie Review – Richard Jewell (2019)

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Richard Jewell. 2019Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Dylan Kussman, Mike Pniewski, Billy Slaughter, Niko Nicotera, Alex Collins, Desmond Phillips, Grant Roberts, Ronnie Allen, Garon Grigsby, Brian Brightman, David de Vries, and David ShaeSYNOPSIS:American security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) […]

Movie Review – The Irishman (2019)

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The Irishman. 2019Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, Stephen Graham, Kathrine Narducci, J.C. MacKenzie, Craig Vincent, Anna Paquin, Gary Basaraba, Jesse Plemons, Jack Huston, Domenick Lombardozzi, India Ennenga, Joseph Russo, John Cenatiempo, Larry Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jeremy Luke, Natasha Romanova, Louis […]

Movie Review – Clemency (2019)

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Clemency. 2019Written and Directed by Chinonye Chukwu Starring Alfre Woodard, Wendell Pierce, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Danielle Brooks, LaMonica Garrett, Michael O’Neill, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Dennis Haskins, and Richard GunnSYNOPSIS:Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the […]

Movie Review – Charlie’s Angels (2019)

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Charlie’s Angels, 2019.Written and Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Stewart, Djimon Hounsou, Sam Claflin, Noah Centineo, Jonathan Tucker, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Nat Faxon, and Chris Pang.SYNOPSIS:When a systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie’s Angels from across the globe are called into action, […]

Movie Review – Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 2019Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma Starring Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, and Valeria GolinoSYNOPSIS:On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.Every scene, spoken word of dialogue, and display […]

Movie Review – The Two Popes (2019)

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The Two Popes, 2019.Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Sidney Cole, Juan Minujín, and Federico Torre.SYNOPSIS:Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order to move the […]