Two “deal with the Blues Devil” movies, two very different problems. Crossroads wants to prove anyone can play the blues but ends up flattening what the blues actually stands for. The Devil Comes to Kansas City, on the other hand, can’t even keep its own rules straight.
#FilmReview #MovieCritique #Crossroads #TheDevilComesToKansasCity #Blues #Music #FilmAnalysis #MovieReview
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/the-myth-of-the-crossroads-faustian-bargains-cultural-appropriation-and-the-narratological-erosion-of-the-blues-in-modern-cinema/
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One Battle After Another To Say Nothing At All 😭 - yv_edit
https://youtu.be/emW1ABhu06w?si=2bO0Wc1rod1yaQE_
#yv_edit #OneBattleAfterAnother #racism #feminism #WhiteComfort #Oscars #PalatableCinema #FilmAnalysis #HollywoodBias #MovieCritique #RepresentationMatters #RacialTension #BestPicture #RevolutionStories
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Watched "In the Lost Lands" recently. In a post-apocalyptic world (think #MadMax) there's a #witch who fulfills wishes to those who come to her and pay a price.
The "church" is trying to hunt her down while she is trying to fulfill two contradicting wishes: The queen has asked her (the witch) to grant her (the queen) the power of a shapeshifting, while the chief of the "king's" guard has asked the witch to fail the queen in her wish.
Overall, I'd say the movie is great for the dark atmosphere and the brutal, mercyless world it's set in, if you don't care for a sensible story.
7.5/10
In the credits it said the movie is based on a story by #GeorgeRRMartin.
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A meta-horror that wants Wes Craven's New Nightmare’s brain but forgets to build the skull. The Last Showing flirts with self-awareness, trips over its own logic, and wanders straight into themes it’s not prepared to handle.
#HorrorMovies #MetaHorror #RobertEnglund #FilmAnalysis #MovieCritique #WesCraven #GenreDeconstruction #HorrorCommunity #Cinephile #FilmThoughts
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A horror movie that can’t fact-check its own opening crawl and treats human cruelty like a warm-up act. The Inside (2012) turns found footage into lost cause, piling bad stats, bad choices, and worse ideas into one warehouse of chaos.
#TheInside2012 #FoundFootage #HorrorReview #MovieCritique #IndieHorror #FilmAnalysis #HorrorCommunity #BadMovieNight
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Crossed Over wanted to be about forgiveness but settled for sentimentality. It asked for empathy without evidence, redemption without reckoning. Even the late, great Diane Keaton couldn’t save this sanctified mess.
#FilmReview #CinemaAnalysis #DianeKeaton #TrueCrimeFilms #JenniferJasonLeigh #MovieCritique #FilmEthics
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William Tell (2024): when a Swiss legend becomes a British lecture in bad CGI, token casting, and historical amnesia. Crossbows, mountains, and absolutely no point.
#WilliamTell #FilmReview #SwissHistory #CinemaFail #CastingChaos #CGINightmare #MythMangled #MovieCritique #CultureVultures
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My Oxford Year tries to flirt with depth but ends up tokenizing heritage and cheapening tragedy. Victorian poetry and academia? Reduced to wallpaper in this limp romance.
#FilmReview #MyOxfordYear #Tokenism #VictorianLiterature #MovieCritique #DiversityFail #AcademicHellscape
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Some low-budget thrillers punch above their weight. Others, like Dangerous Affair, stumble drunkenly into the ring, unsure whether they’re boxing or breakdancing.
#DangerousAffair #JonathanMilton #MovieReview #ThrillerMovies #BadMovies #LowBudgetCinema #IndieThriller #MovieCritique
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Streets of Fire looks like a music video, moves like a cartoon, and thinks like a bar fight. Great songs, killer vibes—and a macho fantasy so outdated it punches itself in the face.
Full review: A rock-and-roll fairy tale that can't decide if it's sincere, ironic, or just plain dumb.
#FilmCriticism #StreetsOfFire #80sMovies #JimSteinman #WalterHill #MovieReview #CultCinema #RockNRollFable #MovieCritique #FilmAnalysis #RetroMovies
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The recently released short movie Unravelling has begun its journey through various film festivals, and we had the privilege to watch this creation by writer/director Aimie Willemse.
Discover our thoughts on this film by visiting the review at https://blazingminds.co.uk/unravelling-short-2024-film-review/
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I get it now, the 2010 #PercyJackson and #TheLightningThief movie is baffling if you know the source material but decent if you dont.
#MovieReview #Throwback #BookVsMovie #AdaptationReview #LoganLerman #RickRiordan #MovieCritique #BookToMovie
http://wornoutspines.com/2024/02/12/percy-jackson-and-the-lightning-thief-movie-review/
