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“Hillbilly Elegy,” anticipated to be an Academy Awards season contender, fails dramatically and disappointingly. What could have been standout performances from Amy Adams and Glenn Close are limited by Vanessa Taylor’s poor script.

Review: Potential Oscar nominee killed by poor script

By Evan Miller, Contributing Writer December 3, 2020
“Hillbilly Elegy,” anticipated to be an Academy Awards season contender, fails dramatically and disappointingly.
For a movie about Christmas, “Operation Christmas Drop” lacks the trademark jolly spirit of the holiday. Based on a United States Air Force tradition, the film checks its cliche list twice, creating a story and characters without substance.

Review: Romantic holiday film lacks jolly spirit

By Elijah de Castro, Staff Writer November 16, 2020
For a movie about Christmas, “Operation Christmas Drop” lacks the trademark jolly spirit of the holiday.
“Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight” is a Polish horror movie with gross monsters and a stereotypical slasher movie plot.

Review: Polish slasher film fails to scare

By Anthony De Lapi, Contributing Writer November 13, 2020
“Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight” is a Polish horror movie with gross monsters and a stereotypical slasher movie plot.
 “Cadaver” is a Norwegian horror film with stunning set design and effective cinematography, but the plot is not as strong as it could have been.

Review: Ambient horror film loses plot

By Peter Gillen, Contributing Writer November 4, 2020
“Cadaver” is a Norwegian horror film with stunning set design and effective cinematography, but the plot is not as strong as it could have been.
“Grand Army” is a Netflix original series that revolves around five students at the largest fictional public high school in Brooklyn, New York — Grand Army High School. The drama is loosely based on director, producer and writer Katie Cappiello’s 2013 play “Slut: The Play.”

Review: Netflix show circles around realistic teen lives

By Gabrielle Topping, Staff Writer October 29, 2020
“Grand Army” is a Netflix original series that revolves around five students at the largest fictional public high school in Brooklyn, New York.
The Trial of the Chigaco 7 — Aaron Sorkins new Netflix film — mistakes gaudy self-importance as inherent relevance. Sorkin relies on a detached centrist angle, unwilling to take a stand alongside the Chicago Seven.

Review: Aaron Sorkin courtroom drama is detached and weightless

By Jackson Noel, Staff Writer October 26, 2020
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” — writer and director Aaron Sorkin's new Netflix film — mistakes gaudy self-importance as inherent relevance.
“The Forty-Year-Old Version” is a semiautobiographical film following Radha Blank, a 39-year-old playwright who, after winning the 30 under 30 Playwright Award in her twenties, has yet to have any of her plays regionally produced.

Review: Semiautobiographical film discusses problems in theater industry

By Sydney Brumfield, Contributing writer October 20, 2020
“The Forty-Year-Old Version” is Radha Blank’s semiautobiographical debut feature film, and it premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
“Hubie Halloween” is more of a trick than a treat. Sandler plays Hubie Dubois, the village idiot of Salem, Massachusetts, with a heart of gold. The meager plot uses familiar tropes to transition Hubie from one comedic set piece to another.

Review: Sandler’s latest spook-free comedy is spirited but average

By Jackson Noel, Staff Writer October 19, 2020
“Hubie Halloween” is more of a trick than a treat. The plot uses familiar tropes to transition Hubie from one comedic set piece to another.
“A Perfect Crime” follows the investigation of the 1991 assassination of Detlev Rohwedder, a German politician and manager of the Treuhandanstalt, the government agency established to privatize East German enterprises. The show sparks new ideas about a crime that investigators determined to be a cold case. 

Review: Netflix docuseries stirs up cold case

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer October 6, 2020
“A Perfect Crime” follows the investigation of the 1991 assassination of Detlev Rohwedder, a German politician and manager of the Treuhandanstalt.
Netflix’s original movie “The Devil All the Time” tells the story of evil in a Southern church town. The plot is an intriguing web of intertwining narratives, but the story is a little too complex and drawn out.

Review: Devilish themes and dragged-out plot define film

By Grace Azaula, Contributing Writer October 1, 2020
Netflix’s original movie “The Devil All the Time” tells the story of evil in a Southern church town.
Deja View - American Son (2019)

‘Deja View’ – “American Son” (2019)

By The Ithacan, Rachael Weinberg September 23, 2020

The Ithacan · 'Deja View' - "American Son" (2019) This week, host Rachael Weinberg talks to Ithaca College senior Rhys Washington about American Son (2019). They speak about the importance of inclusion...

At a time when the overwhelming ethical concerns of social media have taken a back seat to the profit-at-all-costs business model of Silicon Valley, “The Social Dilemma” is perhaps the most necessary film of the past five years.

Review: Docudrama unveils darker side of social media

By Elijah de Castro, Staff Writer September 21, 2020
“The Social Dilemma” is perhaps the most necessary film of the past five years.
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