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Review of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Elements of Madness (30) on 12 Nov 2018

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is whimsical, fantastical, hilarious, melancholic, and often brutally violent…

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Review of Poor Boy (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Elements of Madness (30) on 09 Nov 2018

Poor Boy may not be destined for greatness, but that doesn't stop it from swinging for the fences the whole way…

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Review of Poor Boy (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Elements of Madness (30) on 09 Nov 2018

Poor Boy may not be destined for greatness, but that doesn't stop it from swinging for the fences the whole way…

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Review of We the Animals (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

Amid the camerawork and imaginative depiction of [character] Jonah's inner-workings are some truly spectacularly heartbreaking performances…

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Review of Ghost Stories (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

Ghost Stories knows [you know the tropes] & it relishes in taking those expectations & dangling them before you until you're snug in how you…

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Review of The Endless (2017)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

The Endless is a supernatural-infused thriller with a tight story, masterful cinematography, & nubilous dialogue that'll have you questioning…

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Review of Mute (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

For as debased and violent as Mute is, it's also incredibly cerebral and Netflix encourages the kind of online social engagement that cultivates…

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Review of Mute (2016)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

For as debased and violent as Mute is, it's also incredibly cerebral and Netflix encourages the kind of online social engagement that cultivates…

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Review of Flower (2017)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

Encapsulated within the set-up of a dark comedy, Flower finds delicate moments of connection and healing in the strangest of places - extortion…

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Review of The Year of Spectacular Men (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

What they created ... is a frequently touching, often amusing, non-traditional coming-of-age story that will surprise a lot of folks…

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Review of The New Romantic (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Elements of Madness (30) on 07 Nov 2018

an absolutely refreshing take on a rom-com/coming-of-age story…

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Review of The Peacemaker (2016)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

While an uplifting story to be sure, there's also a great deal of pain; pain that [subject] O'Malley, and his closest confidantes, don't shy…

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Review of Mute (2016)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for FilmFed (10) on 07 Nov 2018

For as debased and violent as Mute is, it's also incredibly cerebral and Netflix encourages the kind of online social engagement that cultivates…

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Review of First Man (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Elements of Madness (30) on 05 Nov 2018

[D]irector Damien Chazelle sheds all pretense as he reteams with Ryan Gosling to explore Neil Armstrong, the man, not the legend, who took…

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Review of Ride (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Elements of Madness (30) on 05 Nov 2018

Ride is a good time. The characters are smart, the script is tight, and nothing about either is dumbed down for the audience…

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Review of Knuckleball (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Elements of Madness (30) on 05 Nov 2018

Knuckleball finds interesting and clever ways to raise the stakes at near every turn while managing to keep things grounded in reality…

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Review of Incredibles 2 (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Pretty Vacant One (5) on 04 Nov 2018

Incredibles 2 feels like visiting old friends…

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Review of The Party (2017)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Pretty Vacant One (5) on 04 Nov 2018

[Director Sally] Potter lays the truth bare for us and challenges us to wonder why these characters can't escape their fate…

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Review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Pretty Vacant One (5) on 04 Nov 2018

Where so many films strive to garner laughs through humiliation, Jungle acknowledges the silliness inherent in ourselves in all our awkward glory…

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Review of Saving Brinton (2018)

By Douglas Davidson (49) for Pretty Vacant One (5) on 04 Nov 2018

Saving Brinton is for collectors, historians, cinephiles, and other preservationists…

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