A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.
JR Kinnard
JR Kinnard
J.R. Kinnard is a film critic and aspiring screenwriter living in Seattle, Washington. He's also a chemist by trade who works in an environmental laboratory. You can find his film reviews at PopOptiq, Sound and Motion Magazine, and CutPrintFilm. His personal blog, Apropos of Nothing, features his thoughts on film and music. You can find him on Facebook at jrkinnard, and on Twitter @jrkinnard.
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Nightcrawler is a creepy and enigmatic thriller… Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler, has a lot on its troubled mind. …
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Help is only 140 million miles away
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‘Aquaman’ is the guiltiest of pleasures, marked by moments of inspired idiocy and unintentionally hilarious gravitas. What separates it from similarly overwrought visual extravaganzas is an unabashed sense of fun.
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Film
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The public trial and eventual hanging of the fugitive Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann in 1962 was the…
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