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150 Word Reviews

John DeVore
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Opinions on new & classic movies. Mercifully Short™ + longer essays full of feelings.

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150 Word Review: ‘You Can See Everything’ (2026)

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You Can See Everything is more than a doc. It’s also an existential comedy stunt and disorienting performance art. The title promises something impossible.

Co-director/merry prankster Nathan Fielder insinuates himself into the...

15 days ago
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150 Word Review: ‘Primetime’ (2026)

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I remember watching the NBC docuseries To Catch A Predator, starring TV journalist Chris Hansen, who ambushed pedophiles lured to bland suburban houses. Hansen seemed to relish toying with these creeps. He even had catchphrases...

16 days ago
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150 Word Review: ‘The Devils’ (1971)

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What if The Crucible was about a sexually repressed, crooked-backed mother superior whose lies lead to the execution of The Horniest Man in 17th-Century France? Add a little Marat/Sade, and you get director Ken Russell...

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1 Long Essay: 5 Sam Raimi Movies, From Best To Best

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5. ‘A Simple Plan’ (1998)

In 1998, Sam Raimi took a break from horror and fantasy to direct a nasty little noir about three nobodies who stumble on a bag of money. The trio, which includes Bill Paxton and...

17 days ago
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150 Word Review: ‘Digger’ (2026)

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Director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s solemn sci-fi meta-satire, Digger, takes big swings; I’ll give it that. It’s not standard-issue IP-inspired Hollywood dreck. This is its strength: swagger.

Without spoiling anythi...

18 days ago
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