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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ restores faith in humanity, and hopefully forever changes Hollywood
Never once does it allow a disability to define the actor or the film.
John W. Allman
John W. Allman has spent more than half his life as a professional journalist and/or writer, but he’s loved movies for as long as he can remember. Good movies, awful movies, movies that are so gloriously bad you can’t help but champion them. In 2009, he started a review column dedicated to the genre films that often get overlooked and interviews with cult cinema favorites like George A. Romero, Bruce Campbell and Dee Wallace. In 2016, he began reviewing films for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
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‘Good Boys’ plays it safe, but still delivers decent laughs
Is it wrong to expect more over-the-top, outrageous, even controversial moments from a comedy about middle-school students behaving badly?
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‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ is the superhero movie that John Hughes never made, and a blast of much-needed fun
The MCU delivers a rollicking adventure long on laughs and light on world-ending crisis.
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‘Midsommar’ paints a gleefully gory portrait of millennial angst
Ari Aster’s masterful follow-up to ‘Hereditary’ is a trip worth taking.
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Still going strong after 24 years, ‘Toy Story 4′ delivers the series’ best adventure yet
Be prepared to fall in love with a spork, two plush carnival prizes and Keanu Reeves’ Duke Caboom.
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‘Men in Black: International’ proves there’s no intelligent life in Hollywood
More like Men in Bland.
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Tampa Bay couple achieves their dream of creating, distributing no-budget horror flick
‘Amityville: Mt. Misery Road’ is streaming and on DVD now.
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‘John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum’ is a glorious cacophony of carnage
Keanu Reeves proves why he is The One with a relentless and breathtaking display of violence that never ceases to amaze.
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MegaCon Orlando returns with its best lineup, including reunions for ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘The Lost Boys’
Robocop himself, Peter Weller, is also making a rare convention appearance, his first in the Sunshine State.
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‘Long Shot’ is the summer comedy to beat
With one unforgettable scene, the new Seth Rogen comedy lives up to its title, and then some.
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Get ready to be buried with fear in the new ‘Pet Sematary’
A new take on Stephen King’s classic tale breathes fresh life into one of the author’s scariest stories.
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DC Comics goes kid-friendly with ‘Shazam!,’ and the results are less than spectacular
With its eighth superhero film in eight years, DC Comics has yet to make a good movie from beginning to end.
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Jordan Peele introduces ‘Us’ to his American nightmare
The Oscar-winning director makes good on the promise of ‘Get Out’ by exposing the horror of our country’s social and moral decline.
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‘Captain Marvel’ soars above expectations with a fresh female perspective
Marvel Studios puts its final piece in place before ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ and gives Brie Larson the role of a lifetime.
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5 sexy Valentine’s-worthy films to watch instead of Happy Death Day 2U
The babyface killer might be back, but in this sequel, all he’s really killing is time.
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The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot aims for greatness, but shoots itself it in the foot
B-movie magic shouldn’t be hard when Sam-fucking-Elliott hunts Nazis and a legendary creature of lore.
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Traci Lords movie ‘Steam Room Stories’ brings homoerotica, humor to Tampa tonight
See the steam, *smell* the steam, and prepare to laugh in Ybor City.
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The Standoff at Sparrow Creek is a timely, but too timid, portrait of the angry alt-right
Henry Dunham’s debut takes you deep inside a militia bunker during a suspected wave of coordinated extremist attacks. Hilarity does not ensue.
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Broken Glass is an M. Night Shyamalan fail
M. Night Shyamalan breaks more than a promise to fans and has broken my heart as well.
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Tampa Bay athlete Thong La is ready to shine in The Titan Games reality competition
The Tampa native is one of 64 contestants chosen for Dwayne Johnson’s new fitness competition challenge, which debuts January 3 on NBC.