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IR Film Review: F9 - THE FAST SAGA [Universal]

A franchise like "The Fast & The Furious" going into its 9th film has to have some fun at its own expense but not play too outside the box. The issue is it is hard to take it seriously at all and yet it demands at times a gravitas. It is not about overcoming odds. it is just about wanting that adrenaline of life.

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IR Film Review: IN THE HEIGHTS [Warner Brothers]

There is rugged beauty that flows through "In The Heights". There is a love for the area it speaks of as Lin Manuel Miranda flows it through. As someone who spent many and evening traveling up to the Heights to head to Jersey over the George Washington Bridge while at school in the East Village, that glowing sunset over the bridge looking from the streets is undeniable.

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IR Film Review: CAVEAT [Shudder]

The crux of "Caveat" is based in the structure that everything needs not to have an exact reason. The film itself may be an exploration of the consequential cause and effect but the way it is built in the perception of the characters is both understandable in mood but also ethereally unconnected.

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IR Film Review: A QUIET PLACE - PART II [Paramount]

The approach in any sequel is one of structure and continuation. The interesting idea of "A Quiet Place" and its actual effectiveness was based on the notion of silence. The question becomes how to do that especially with one of your main protagonists is, story-wise, not really available for the second film.

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