Monthly Archives: August 2017

Something subtle

Posted on August 30, 2017 by dukemich

Jeremy Renner gave the best performance of his career in the recently released Wind River. I’m not going to guarantee that he will be one of the five nominees for best actor come Oscar season, but he’ll definitely deserve a … Continue reading →

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Detroit review (Five Minutes in the Film Room transcript)

Posted on August 25, 2017 by dukemich

Here is the transcript for my review of Detroit, which aired Aug. 16 on Episode 79 of The Bridge. during the segment called “Five Minutes in the Film Room.” The Bridge is broadcast as a one-hour radio show every Wednesday … Continue reading →

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The best and worst of the summer

Posted on August 23, 2017 by dukemich

Usually I see more films during the summer, but this season I only got to the theater 11 times (12 if you count seeing Dunkirk twice). This year I more so sat back waiting for word of mouth and critic … Continue reading →

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Atomic Blonde review (Five Minutes in the Film Room transcript)

Posted on August 18, 2017 by dukemich

Here is the transcript for my review of Atomic Blonde, which aired Aug. 9 on Episode 78 of The Bridge. As you may know, I teamed up with my good friend, John Lund, to do movie reviews for his sports … Continue reading →

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Dunkirk review (Five Minutes in the Film Room transcript)

Posted on August 11, 2017 by dukemich

As you may know at this point, I have a movie-reviewing segment on my good friend John Lund’s sports radio show The Bridge called “Five Minutes in the Film Room.” During college, we spent so much time working together as co-sports … Continue reading →

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The art of the one-take action sequence

Posted on August 9, 2017 by dukemich

Bad action sequences are easy to spot. They are the scenes filled with quick cuts and shaky cameras, which make it difficult to make out what the fighters are doing. It looks awful so why do directors continuously make the … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Christopher Nolan films

Posted on August 2, 2017 by dukemich

I don’t know what came over me to try to take on this topic. Christopher Nolan is my favorite director, and he hasn’t directed a bad movie. Ten films, all positive. So how do I pit some of my favorite … Continue reading →

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