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Welcome back to another fine episode of Cinemavino! This week, it's our penultimate look at summer sequels. Sadly, this season is winding down, and so is our talk about part twos. The…

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Sep 2021

The Archive

The Bourne Legacy (2012)::rating::2.5

Where Matt Damon goes, Jason Bourne must follow. -- Ancient proverb, probably. There's not much wrong with The Bourne Legacy, aside from its very existence. When Matt Damon stepped away after The Bourne Ultimatum,…

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Aug 2021

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Reminiscence (2021)::rating::2.5

Joy also delivers some truly remarkable visuals that pop up like small pockets of self-contained brilliance. At the same time, Reminiscence is one of those confounding movies that will only make you…

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Aug 2021

The Drink Menu The Podcast

Cinemavino — Mission Impossible III::rating::3.5

Hey, y'all! This week on Cinemavino, we take another long look at an epic spy sequel: Mission Impossible III. MI3came at an odd juncture in Tom Cruise's career. He was at…

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Aug 2021

The Drink Menu The Podcast

The Green Knight::rating::0

For this week’s Cinemavino, we have another mini-episode, this time focusing on the critically-acclaimed The Green Knight. A sharp, cerebral look at the medieval poem, Knight shows the emotional struggle of Sir Gawain (Dev…

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Aug 2021

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Stillwater (2021)::rating::3

That shift in focus results in a movie that’s extremely well-acted and passionately made, but also overlong, emotionally aloof, and jarringly uneven. In an awkward irony, Stillwater navigates some…

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Aug 2021

The Drink Menu The Podcast

Cinemavino — Escape from L.A.::rating::0

As part of our continuing look back at the best and blurst of movie sequels, this week takes us to Escape from L.A. Legendary horror maestro John Carpenter and all-around…

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Aug 2021

The Archive The Podcast

Escape from L.A. (1996)::rating::3.5

If it were possible for certain films to have an odor, Escape from L.A. would definitely be on that list. As each grimy, soot-stained scene crept along, I could almost…

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Aug 2021

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Mission Impossible III (2006)::rating::3.5

Mission Impossible III represents the rarest of cinematic anomalies: The third film of a franchise is generally where we hear the first groans and wheezes of a slow death. Remember…

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Aug 2021

The Drink Menu The Podcast

Cinemavino — The Suicide Squad (*spoilers)::rating::0

For your listening pleasure, we present a short podcast on The Suicide Squad! This movie turned out to be a lot of fun, and we had a great time…