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    Rocketman (2019) – Film Review – “Stand-Still (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)”

    I don’t really have a frame of reference for this film. I was never a huge Elton John fan—I like his music, sure, but I only rocked out to a bare few, chief among them: The one hinted at in the vague title of this review.

    That said, I had to take a lot of this viewing at face-value…and also with a pinch of salt.

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    Shazam! (2019) – Film Review – “Lightning In A Bottle”

    See, this is what should be happening more among the DC line-up: Having fun, and experimenting with, properties and titles.

    Shazam! wasn't really top-tier, to anyone who hadn’t heard of him before the hype-train started rolling for this film…all the way back when Dwayne Johnson—of course—was slated to play the titular hero. Like Marvel, DC has their backroom lounge selection of heroes and villains (and, to be quite honest, I really wanna see Condiment King on the silver screen, now!!), but that works in their favor, with this one. Director David F. Sandberg’s strength isn’t with horror—never saw Annabelle, but the feature-length iteration of Lights Out was pretty trash—it’s grounded in emotional character pieces, weaving entertaining stories that also hit us in the feels.

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    Super Troopers 2 (2018) – Film Review

    Follow @BLTDSports Rarely does a sequel come along that outdoes its predecessor, let alone one that makes me laugh ten times harder at the same beloved bunk. I wasn’t expecting […]

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    Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) – Film Review

    Follow @theREELevankern This feels like a movie made for the fans. I mean, I know it is—it’s Star Wars, after all—but there’s so much in here to appreciate, coming from […]

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    The Wall (2017) – Film Review

    Follow @theREELevankern War movies are hit-and-miss with me. I haven’t seen Saving Private Ryan all the way through (don’t judge me…). I loved American Sniper—it’s a story that, I think, […]

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    Going in Style (2017) – Film Review

    Follow @theREELevankern A remake of a 1979 film of the same name (starring George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg), Going in Style is a fun and poignant film about […]

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    John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) – Film Review

    Follow @theREELevankern//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Rarely does a franchise sequel out-perform its predecessor. I enjoyed the first John Wick film—when I finally sat down to watch it, a couple weeks ago (see my […]

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    Hidden Figures (2016) – Film Review

    Follow @theREELevankern Can’t remember the last time I stayed after work for a late show—it might’ve been Captain America: Civil War—but I felt I owed it to you guys. That, […]

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    A Monster Calls (2016) – Film Review

    Follow @theREELevankern Every once in a while, a film comes along that reminds me why I love this medium. I’m listening to the soundtrack over as I write this, even […]

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    Passengers (2016) – 10 Intriguing Elements

    Follow @theREELevankern This was supposed to be a free-writing exercise before I retire for the holiday season, but I can’t seem to allow myself to work without some sort of […]