Who knew drugs could be so dangerous? In Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope, the hallucinogen of choice is called Lily, a powdered form of MDMA that is supposed to make a person feel ecstatic. However for high-school student Malcolm Adekanbi (Shameik Moore),…
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Don’t Settle for What’s Expected of You: Dope
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Graves Next to Each Other: Spring
By: Lance Spring, directed by Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson, is a multi-genre masterpiece. It’s all a movie can be: romantic, scary, comical, mysterious, intelligent, and graphic. This deeply moving piece surprised the hell out of me. Seeing Spring makes…
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Are You Pets Talkin’ To Me?: The Voices
By: Lance In Marjane Satrapi’s The Voices, pills play a big part. When Jerry Hickfang (Ryan Reynolds) takes his prescribed anti-psychotic medication, he sees his environment for what it truly is: dark, twisted, and unpleasant. Similar to that other film…
Tagged with: gemma arterton, jacki weaver, lance, Marjane Satrapi, ryan reynolds, the voices
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A Celebration of “John Carter” — Followed by Depression
This was previously posted on my personal blog on April 4th, 2012, shortly after John Carter was in theaters. While you’re here, please check out the Midwest Film Nerds (also available on iTunes and Stitcher Radio) and follow Alex…
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Fifty Shades of Grey Can’t Be Wrong
By: Lance Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Fifty Shades of Grey may be a lot of things, but “dirty” isn’t one of them. In fact, Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) describes Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) as “clean” after their first meeting. While the film…
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Alex’s Review: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
I wrote and published this on my own personal blog back on July 3rd, 2012. I figured I might as well publish it here on the Midwest Film Nerds Podcast website just for posterity and to give our listeners/readers a…
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Alex’s Review: That Awkward Moment (2014)
The guy that just wrote an article about liking love stories and relationship-y movies got a chance to go see the latest romantic comedy aimed at twentysomething guys (and, really, people who love Zac Efron, not that those two groups…
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