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Author: clwestbr

Clint Westbrook is a Midwestern writer of all things strange, as well as a film fan and amateur smart-ass.

Get Out is a Wonderful Blend of Horror, Comedy, and Social Commentary in a Great Debut Film

Jordan Peele directing a horror movie, huh? Who knew! I was shown the trailer for this in the parking lot … More

allison williams, bradley whitford, daniel kaluuya, get out, horror, jordan peele, lil rel howery, thriller

John Wick: Chapter 2 Goes Bigger in the Best Way

With a shower of films coming out in 2014 that demanded our love and attention, it still doesn’t surprise me … More

action movie, body count, common, headshot, john wick chapter 2, keanu reeves, laurence fishbourne, sequel

The LEGO Batman Movie is Great for the Whole Family

I know how it is. Your girlfriend has been bugging you to see a movie about a narcissistic billionaire with … More

Batman, Billy-Dee Williams, DC, Doug Bensen, LEGO, Master Builder, Rosario Dawson, Valentine's Day, Warner Bros, Will Arnett

Natalie Portman Deftly Portrays an Icon in Pablo Lorraine’s Jackie

I mean…it seems like they designed this film in a lab somewhere for me to love it, genetically engineered to … More

1962, best performance from a female lead, darren aronofsky, Jackie, kennedy, mica levi, natalie portman, pablo lorraine, white house

M. Night Shyamalan is Back and it’s Finally Worth Watching

I really used to like M. Knight Shyamalan. I think I might once again. I missed The Sixth Sense and … More

anya taylor-joy, dunn, horror, james mcavoy, m night shyamalan, mr glass, split, thriller, unbreakable

Nicolas Pesce’s “The Eyes of My Mother” is as Disturbing as Parts of it are Beautiful

Festival films usually start hitting the rest of us around now, those harder-to-find-flicks from the previous year’s Sundance and Cannes … More

bathtub, black and white, cannibalism, cows, film, forest, homestead, nicolas pesce, sexual assault, surgery, the eyes of my mother, violence

Scorsese’s Silence Puts on Display the Mastery of Cinema

I talk a lot about things I love, about things I’m drawn to and film or storytelling that sucks me … More

adam driver, andrew garfield, christianity, japan, jesuit, martin scorsese, movie, religion, shusaku endo, silence

Better a Sage, Mary Silvestri

The typewriters clacked away under nervous fingers as Bossman strode up and down the aisles. Cracking rang out as the … More

bossman, devil, grey, hell, ifreann, lucifer, luke, mary, sage, typewriter, typist

Clint’s Top 10 Films of 2016

2016 was an eye-rolling year for a lot of reasons, but in terms of film releases we actually got a … More

2016, arrival, doctor strange, film, hacksaw ridge, hush, la la land, nocturnal animals, popstar, rogue one, shin godzilla, star trek beyond, swiss army man, the handmaiden, the neon demon, the shallows, the wailing, the witch, top 10

The Most Charming Film of the Year is, Without a Doubt, Chazelle’s “La La Land”

I’ve never been big on musicals. Like most guys my age, I was in the prime demographic when Johnny Depp … More

damien chazelle, emma stone, jazz, la la land, la la land review, musical, ryan gosling

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