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Author: Madison McSweeney

THE IRISHMAN – another great gangster epic from Scorsese

Commentary, Film and Television, Uncategorized

Martin Scorsese’s produced another great gangster movie with The Irishman, the supposed life story of a union thug who became a mafia hitman.

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December 13, 2019December 15, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Leave a comment

Lots of DIRT on Motley Crüe

Commentary, Film and Television

Glam metal legends Motley Crüe finally got the cinematic treatment in this year’s The Dirt.

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November 30, 2019November 29, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Glam, Heavy Metal, Motley Crue, Rock, The Dirt Leave a comment

READY OR NOT takes hide-and-seek to the next level [review]

Commentary, Film and Television

Ready Or Not is a horror comedy about a new bride who, in order to officially join the family, must play a potentially deadly game.

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November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Horror, Ready or Not Leave a comment

FYRE: A modern twist to an old-fashioned tale

Commentary, Film and Television

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened is an anatomy of a failed event that doubles as a scathing cultural critique.

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November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Documentary, Fyre Festival, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened Leave a comment

DOCTOR SLEEP is a more-than worthy follow-up to THE SHINING

Commentary, Film and Television

Mike Flanagan’s sequel to The Shining doesn’t just do justice to its predecessor – it’s one of the best Stephen King adaptations of recent years, a genuine horror epic sure to cement its director’s reputation as a horror auteur.

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November 21, 2019November 29, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Doctor Sleep, Horror, Stephen King Leave a comment

CHILD’S PLAY remake isn’t really a Chucky movie

Commentary, Film and Television

This year’s Child’s Play remake should not be a Chucky movie, and it knows it.

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November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Child's Play, Horror Leave a comment

ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE is a sweet rom-com about old friends and new beginnings [review]

Commentary, Film and Television

Always Be My Maybe is a rom-com whether a “meant to be” relationship can actually work in practice.

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November 15, 2019November 11, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Always Be My Maybe, Film Leave a comment

JOKER is the anti-superhero movie we’ve been waiting for

Commentary, Film and Television

Let’s get one thing straight – Joker is not a superhero movie.

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November 13, 2019November 11, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Joker, Todd Phillips Leave a comment

HOLLYWOOD fights back in Tarantino’s latest fairy tale [review]

Commentary, Film and Television, Uncategorized

Quentin Tarantino’s latest is a dark fairy tale about a town that produces fictional happy endings by the hundreds while providing too few real ones.

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November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged 2019 in Film, Film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino 2 Comments

‘Til Death

Creative Works, Fiction

Appears in: Horror Tree – Trembling With Fear

Release Date: Nov. 10/2019

Summary: A reluctant groom gets cold feet the day of his post-apocalyptic wedding.

Read it at Horror Tree.


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November 10, 2019January 1, 2020 Madison McSweeney Tagged Horror, Horror Tree, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Short Story, Til Death, Zombies Leave a comment

Tegan and Sara @ Algonquin Commons Theatre

Arts Coverage

Combing through their records while writing their coming-of-age memoir High School, indie pop duo Tegan and Sara stumbled upon old tapes of some of their earliest musical compositions.

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November 3, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged Books, Folk, Ottawa, Pop, Punk, Tegan and Sara Leave a comment

Blog #8: Halloween 2019 reads

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Happy Halloween, friends and fiends!

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October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Madison McSweeney Tagged Halloween, scary stories Leave a comment

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