Del and Mladen review ‘Instant Family’

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“Instant Family” Starring Rose Byrne, Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Merced, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro and others. Directed by Sean Anders. 118 minutes. Rated PG-13. Amazon Prime. Del’s take I don’t care if it’s a gigantic, snot-nosed, scabby kneed, teen-angsty ball of… READ MORE

Del and Mladen review ‘Prospect’

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“Prospect” Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jay Duplass, Pedro Pascal and others. Directed by Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl. 100 minutes. Rated R. Netflix. Del’s take I’m always a little nervous when Mladen chooses the movie to be reviewed. There’s no telling… READ MORE

Del reviews ‘Your Son’

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“Your Son” (“Tu Hijo”) starring Jose Coronado, Ana Wagener, Asia Ortego. Directed by Miguel Angel Vivas. 103 minutes. Rated TV-MA. Del’s take It isn’t often a movie pisses me off. I hated “Natural Born Killers” so intensely I wrote a… READ MORE

Del reviews ‘Haunting on Fraternity Row’

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“Haunting on Fraternity Row” starring Jacob Artist, Jayson Blair and Shanley Caswell. Directed by Brant Sersen. 99 minutes. Rated TV-MA. Del’s take There’s no explaining my Netflix whims, but they have introduced me to surprisingly good films (“Troll Hunter, “Birdbox”)… READ MORE

Del and Mladen review ‘Apostle’

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“Apostle” Starring Dan Stevens as Thomas Richardson, Michael Sheen as Malcolm, Richard Elfyn as Charles, Paul Higgins as Frank, Bill Milner as Jeremy, Catrin Aaron as Elaine, Lucy Boynton as Andrea Howe, and others. Directed by Gareth Evans. 2 hours,… READ MORE

Mladen and Del review ‘Peppermint’

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“Peppermint” Starring Jennifer Garner, John Ortiz, John Gallagher Jr., and others. Directed by Pierre Morel. 101 minutes. Rated R. Netflix. Mladen’s take Badass beauty Charlize Theron, a.k.a. Aeon Flux, Imperator Furiosa, Lorraine Broughton, etc., has serious competition. Who? Badass Beauty… READ MORE

Del reviews ‘Hereditary’

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“Hereditary” Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolf and Milly Shapiro. Directed by Ari Aster. 127 minutes. Rated R. Del’s take “Kinda boring, isn’t it?” said the woman in the hallway as I headed for the men’s room. She had… READ MORE

Another mass shooting and it’s inescapable: The medium is the message

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Photo courtesy of Brandon Jasper of Flickr via Creative Commons license — Another mass shooting. Ten people dead this time in what has become a depressing affront to human decency. We will react the way we always react – with… READ MORE

Del and Mladen review ‘The 12th Man’

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“The 12th Man” Starring Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus and others. Directed by Harald Zwart. 135 minutes. Unrated. Hulu. Del’s take To describe a movie as “interesting” is to suggest it is not inspiring or intriguing or epic… READ MORE

Del reviews ‘A Quiet Place’

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“A Quiet Place” Starring Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. Directed by John Krasinski. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Del’s take “A Quiet Place” is relentlessly tense. To be honest, I was relieved when the movie ended because… READ MORE