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A s with all the best baseball movies, A League of Their Own captures all the joys, monotonies, and superstitions of a long season. But unlike other classics of the genre, League also captures…

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Jan 2022

The Latest

Last Night in Soho (2021)::rating::3

Y our tolerance for this wacky, atmospheric thriller will depend on your affinity for the freewheeling era known as Swinging London. If the thought of a film built around the…

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Nov 2021

Greatest

The Last Waltz (1978)::rating::5

The Last Waltz serves as the glorious, glowing sunset for rock's greatest era. Orange, yellow, and red lights bathe the musicians, who are mostly dressed in browns and blues.…

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Oct 2021

The Archive

Tremors (1990)::rating::3.5

Look beneath the gloriously goofy shenanigans in Tremors, and you'll find an undercurrent of pure innovation. After all, this film pioneered the freewheeling wackiness of horror-comedies like Shaun of…

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Oct 2021

The Archive

Superman (1978)::rating::4.5

Superhero movies now occupy such valuable real estate on the topography of cinema history, it's hard to believe that an adaptation of Superman could ever have been an enormous risk.…

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Sep 2021

The Podcast

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (*spoiler-free)::rating::3.5

Hello all, and welcome to another mini-episode of Cinemavino! For this very special recording, we’re going to take a spoiler-free look at Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. We all enjoyed…

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Sep 2021

The Podcast

Cinemavino — The Bourne Legacy::rating::2.5

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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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

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…