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Monday, August 31, 2026

Two strong lead performances anchor the intriguingly wistful Late Fame

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During the day, Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe) works at the post office. Once night falls, he often heads to a local pool hall and shoots the b...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

The Dog Stars is ruff for all the wrong reasons

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The Dog Stars protagonist Hig (Jacob Elordi) endures a challenging existence. Not because of the dystopian future he now navigates every da...

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and La La Land are lusciously romantic sides of one cinema-savvy coin

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Major spoilers for La La Land and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ahead Seeing two unrelated movies in close proximity can inspire one ...

Lisa Laman's Bite Sized Reviews, August 2026 Edition (It Ends, The Rivals of Azmiah King, Mutiny, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion)

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Howdy folks! Lisa Laman here! I've been spending basically the last week focusing just on moving into a new apartment, a process that...
Friday, August 14, 2026

The brightest parts of Lanterns make its darkest shortcomings extra frustrating

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Rarely has something left me so frustrated yet entertained like Lanterns . The first four episodes of this DC Studios/HBO show left me tossi...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

You Can Help Send The Box Office Podcast to SXSW 2027!

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Let's cut to the chase here: my fellow podcast hosts and I on The Box Office Podcast have put together an exciting pitch for a SXSW 202...
Monday, August 10, 2026

What movies ruled the box office 20 years ago in August 2006?

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Tender father/son boinding between male cows in Barnyard (2006) Come, step into this theoretical time machine. Let's go back to August 2...
Sunday, August 9, 2026

Excessive familiarity dilutes impactfulness of kooky slasher film Buddy

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Note: This film was watched as part of the 2026 Oak Cliff Film Festival line-up Dating back to the 1999 short The Scooby-Doo Project , write...
Thursday, August 6, 2026

Lisa Laman's Highlights from Oak Cliff Film Festival 2026

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An image from Cramps! A Period Piece The 15th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival in Dallas, Texas has drawn to a close. This staple of the Dalla...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

One Night Only is a dreadfully boring cinematic hook-up with major performance issues

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Fascism is only a nuisance. Don't worry about it. The pretty people say so. These sentences inform One Night Only , which occupies an ...
Sunday, August 2, 2026

Every live-action Spider-Man movie outfit ranked from worst to best

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Alas, the acclaimed Frank Reynolds Spider-Man costume has yet to appear in any Spider-Man movie Spider-Man's got one of the best superhe...