Chris Messina

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  'Juror #2' Explosively Cross-Examines Moral Quandaries

  Directed by Clint Eastwood

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2024

  In many ways, the American courtroom was seemingly tailor-made for the movies. Spiritually and architecturally freighted by spectres of...

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  'I.S.S.' Smartly Orbits Sci-Fi Tropes Without Getting Lost in Space

  Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024

  After hearing the three customary Russian knocks establishing a warm welcome (or perhaps superstition), we're introduced to the Internation...

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  Donnie & Joe Emerson's 'Dreamin' Wild' Is a Welcome Change of Pace for Music Biopics

  Directed by Bill Pohlad

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023

  The stars align for a couple of middle-aged musical "never-weres" when their lost, dust-covered album is rediscovered 30-odd years after it...

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  'The Boogeyman' Takes Extreme Liberties with Stephen King

  Directed by Rob Savage

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023

  Fair warning to Stephen King fans: The Boogeyman pretty much only uses the source material for the first 20 minutes or so of the film (whic...

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  'AIR' Makes Us Want to Sign with Nike

  Directed by Ben Affleck

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2023

  There is no denying that Ben Affleck is a talented storyteller, and in his latest venture, AIR, which he directed, produced and starred in,...

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  '​Call Jane' Is a Well-Acted Introduction to Reproductive Rights

  Directed by Phyllis Nagy

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2022

  Call Jane details an underground abortion service in Chicago that existed from 1969 to 1973, when the procedure was illegal in most of the...