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There’s something quietly radical about a film that allows mystery to remain unsolved, that dares to wander, to ask questions without needing to answer them. Star People, the debut feature from writer…
Crumb Catcher is a strange little gem of a film—equal parts home invasion thriller, satire, and offbeat dark comedy. It’s the kind of movie that makes you wonder if you should be laughing, panicking,…
The cinematic journey for Marvel’s first family has been rocky to say the least. Three non-MCU films of varying quality (none particularly high) led to the notion that perhaps there just wasn’t a way…
There’s a moment in Sorry, Baby that lodged itself deep in my chest and hasn’t left. Agnes—played with aching restraint by Eva Victor—sits in the bathtub, alone. Her arms are crossed like armor. Her v…
Almost everyone owns a smartphone now. A tiny recording device and track in nearly six billion pockets worldwide. They’ve become a part of our lives to point where we make jokes about the FBI peering…
90s All Over Me takes inspiration from 80s All Over, the Drew McWeeny/Scott Weinberg podcast that attempted to review every major film release of the 80s one month at a time; that podcast ended circa…
Too often I have been required to remind myself that as an adult human I should not be getting angry with dinosaur movies. I wasn’t a child in 1993 when Steven Spielberg showed me a T-Rex eating a man…
So, after this reflection on seven years of the Curb, let’s take a look at some of my personal favourite pieces on the Curb, while also noting some interesting bits of info about the sites history. F…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. On this episode of physical media reviews, Nadine Whitney & Andrew F Peir…
90s All Over Me takes inspiration from 80s All Over, the Drew McWeeny/Scott Weinberg podcast that attempted to review every major film release of the 80s one month at a time; that podcast ended circa…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. On this episode of the Curb review podcast, Nadine Whitney takes us deep into…
Two key psychological moments in Danny Boyle’s 2002 masterpiece 28 Days Later happens when Jim (Cillian Murphy), Selena (Naomie Harris), and Hannah (Megan Burns) finally reach the compound of survivor…