Tag: Neil Burger
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The Marsh King’s Daughter: Caught in the Boggy Mess
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: In the tense thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter, a woman with a secret past will venture into the wilderness she left behind to confront the most dangerous man she’s ever met: her father. In the film, Helena’s (Daisy Ridley) seemingly ordinary life hides a dark and dangerous truth: her estranged…
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“The Upside”: Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston Get to Play Black Face White Face
One of the ironies of the Age of Trump is that we get more black and white comedies, not as in film stock, but as in people. Green Book was the best of these. The Upside is just the latest. Enjoyment of The Upside is entirely dependent on one’s tolerance for how fast character cynicism…