reviews by brecken hunter, m.a.
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A Brief Hiatus
Due to the intensity of my current academic calendar, Breckflix is taking a brief hiatus. Reviews will return in August ❤
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FeaturedReview: Irresistible (2020)
“The script resorts to just adding in the F word whenever there has been a lull.”
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FeaturedReview: Disclosure (2020)
“A trans companion to the gay and lesbian-focused The Celluloid Closet (1995), Disclosure is an insightful, essential documentary, which explores its subject matter with nuance and respect.”
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Review: Artemis Fowl (2020)
“Have you ever wanted to see a movie where Josh Gad unhinges his jaw like a demonic snake and then eats dirt while simultaneously blowing it out of his behind? Well, then have I got the movie for you.”
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Review: The High Note (2020)
“Luckily, even though the film refuses to engage in musical numbers, it does effectively explore a series of themes about music and entertainment.”
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Black Lives Matter
There is no new review to read this week. “I can’t breathe.” – George Floyd. Please consider donating to one of the following efforts (hyperlinked) to end racial injustice: George Floyd Memorial Fund Minnesota Freedom Fund Campaign Zero #blacklivesmatter
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Review: The Lovebirds (2020)
“At under ninety minutes, The Lovebirds is a breezy, giggle-filled way to enjoy an afternoon.”
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Review: Hollywood – Season 1 (2020)
“On the surface, we have our usual Ryan Murphy icons: Veteran actresses in fabulous gowns, a chorus line of hot boys, and an absolute aversion to subtlety. On closer inspection, though, we have, well, all of those things, but also the showrunner’s most hopeful, sincere, and frustrating series yet.”
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Review: Circus of Books (2020)
“What the couple did do, though, whether they intended to or not, was provide a place of refuge for both gay employees and customers during the era of the social closet and the AIDS crisis.”
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FeaturedReview: Good Girls – Season 3 (2020)
” If there is one thing I have always appreciated about Good Girls it is the criminal incompetence of the characters. That is not to say that any of the characters are unintelligent—well, maybe Annie—but they definitely do not know what they are doing.”
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Review: #blackAF – Season 1 (2020)
“Barris (the actor) is no actor. His face has a tendency not to move when he expresses emotion. However, the man can deliver a funny line. Like, really funny. Like, I was full-on doing my gay-Joker-cackle that is usually reserved for extra special rounds of The Voting Game.”
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Review: The West Wing – Season 1 (1999)
“More than anything, I found watching the show both anxiety relieving and inducing because of the surprising timeliness of the narrative. On the one hand, it was quite therapeutic to watch the political figures on screen speak in coherent sentences. That may seem like a low bar, but, given our current state of affairs, watching a president who can articulate ideas and a press secretary who speak in full sentences really was a medicine I did not know I needed.”
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Review: Schitt’s Creek – Season 6 (2020)
“The show will also, undoubtedly, go down in television history as an important series for queer representation.”
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Review: Tiger King (2020)
“More than any of the outlandish events and people documented in the show, Tiger King is most fascinating because of its undeniable status as a pop culture phenomenon.”
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Review: Uncorked (2020)
“Any movie with a roller rink scene gets three bonus points, especially if there is roller-twerking.”
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REVIEW: AHS: 1984
“Remember in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, when Titus auditions for the new musical Spider-Man Too: 2 Many Spider-Man? 1984 is essentially that, but with slasher villains.”
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FeaturedReview: The Invisible Man
“The Invisible Man is the Little Women of horror reboots.”
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Breckflix Update
Due to some serious family commitments and the current, um, pandemic—there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write—I’m a week behind on my reviews. To make up for the delay, I will have two reviews in an upcoming week. That being said, I might be switching to more streaming reviews as the health crisis continues.… Read more
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Review: Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution (2020)
“More than anything, the design really allows the Pokémon to shine on screen in a way that both respects their cartoonish roots and retains their most important attribute, whimsical adorability.”
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Review: Birds of Prey (2020)
“The film succeeds as both a Harley Quinn vehicle and as an example of a superhero film with a feminist slant.”
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Review: Downhill (2020)
“Overall, I found Downhill to be an enjoyable, if uneven dramedy that owes its moderate success to the strength of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s performance.”
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Featured2019 End of the Year Lists
My favorite films of the year!
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FeaturedPost-Screening Snippets Roundup 2019 – Part 2
Review the 2019 year in film through my post-screening snippets – part 2!
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Post-Screening Snippets Roundup 2019 – Part 1
Review the 2019 cinema calendar with my post-screening snippets!
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Review: The Turning (2020)
“Once the narrative establishes the spookiness, the film falls into a pretty distinct pattern for the remaining eighty minutes: during the day, the kids are weird; during the night, the kids are still pretty weird, but now there are ghosts.”
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Review: Dolittle (2020)
“You know that annoying co-worker in your office who cannot stop telling everyone how funny their eight-year-old is? Dolittle is that movie.”
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Review: 1917 (2019)
“The film is visceral and difficult, not because it asked me to cheer for bloodshed, but because the film captures the true goal of battle, survival, through the magnificent cinematography on display.”
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Review: Little Women (2019)
“Tears actively rolled down my cheeks at the overwhelming sweetness on screen.”
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Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
“I went in with relatively low expectations and I left with a giddy smile. Though there were a series of troubling decisions for The Last Jedi lovers (like myself), this movie delivers on my personal wishes for a Star Wars movie: cool characters in cool costumes with cool weapons fight stuff cool.”
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Review: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
“For obvious marketing reasons, trailers and advertisements for the film already told you the movie is an “anti-hate satire,” instead of, say, “the funniest Nazis you’ve seen all year.””
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Review: Knives Out (2019)
“Knives Out (2019) is a fun showcase for a wonderful cast that serves as a slap across the face of the entitled.”
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