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movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

October 25, 2023

The Holdovers: Held Back, by Scott Nye

The Holdovers calls its shot immediately, with a string of 1970s-style logos for companies that did not exist then (including production company Miramax and distributor Focus Features). Its opening credits, superimposed on various shots establishing the film’s setting – a...

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March 20, 2018

New to Home Video 3/20/18

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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 20, 2017

Downsizing: A Big Mess, by David Bax

Alexander Payne’s Downsizing is a comedy about the end of the world. It might not be so literal about those things as, say, This Is the End or any of the many other apocalypse comedies we’ve seen in recent years....