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![Film Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The-Hitmans-Bodyguard.jpg)
Film Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard
If it’s done correctly (like in Deadpool), it can be one of the best films of the year. However, when a script just wants to be dirty to be dirty, there’s nothing imaginative about it. This is easily one of the biggest disappoints of 2017. … read more
![Film Review: Wind River](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/wind_river_-_cat.jpg)
Film Review: Wind River
Wind River does suffer from multiple-ending syndrome, but that’s really the only negative aspect of this fantastic piece of cinema. … read more
![Film Review: 13 Minutes (Elser)](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/13-Minutes-Filmstill.jpg)
Film Review: 13 Minutes (Elser)
As I’m sure is the case with many filmgoers, I had never heard the name Georg Elser before seeing Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 13 Minutes, which is really a shame. … read more
![Film Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Spider-Man-Homecoming-1024x426.jpg)
Film Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming
On the Peter Parker side, Spider-Man: Homecoming is a comical and lighthearted adventure we’ve seen 30 years ago in the John Hughes era of filmmaking. … read more
![Film Review: A Ghost Story](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/p04qh89p-1024x512.jpg)
Film Review: A Ghost Story
Lowery masterfully immerses us into the themes he explores: life, existence. Haunting, piercing and dripping with sensation, A Ghost Story is a cosmic feat. … read more
![Film Review: War for the Planet of the Apes](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Planet-of-the-Apes-Filmstill.jpg)
Film Review: War for the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes is a great, yet not perfect, end to the journey. It needs to be 30 minutes shorter, so get ready for a long theater visit. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2017: Tamara](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tamara-film-still.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2017: Tamara
Elia K. Schneider’s bracing narrative feature draws inspiration from the incredible life of Venezuela’s first transgender elected official, Tamara Adrián, to tell the story of Teo’s long, lonely and demanding journey to transition. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2017: Signature Move](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Signature-movie-new-picture-1024x614.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2017: Signature Move
It’s not an uncommon storyline, two women meeting and falling in love and learning from each other, but Signature Move celebrates a breadth of identities, experiences and cultures. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2017: Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/284502.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2017: Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall
Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall follows the charismatic star as he begins his ambitious 2016 undertaking, Straight Outta Oz. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2017: Don’t Call Me Son (Mãe só há uma)](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DontCallMeSon.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2017: Don’t Call Me Son (Mãe só...
Don’t Call Me Son starts out like many a queer coming-of-age film, but refreshingly, Muylaert expertly weaves in more dramatic elements and premises. … read more