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Disclosure Day finds Daniel Kellner (Josh O'Connor) as a cybersecurity expert who steals a piece of extraterrestrial technology from the Wardex corporation, containing proof of multiple instances of alien contact. Intent on exposing the truth to the public, Daniel becomes the target of Wardex CEO Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth), who sends federal authorities to hunt him down, forcing Daniel and his girlfriend Jane (Eve Hewson) to go into hiding. Meanwhile, in Kansas City, meteorol

Just in time for his latest film, Disclosure Day, I figured it was time to look back at this Academy Award-winning filmmaker's work. Steven Spielberg has become an influential filmmaker for many bright storytellers, including Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Baker, Peter Jackson, and Jordan Peele. He's certainly a talented filmmaker, even if he's made some underwhelming films in the past; one of which I've noted in the past on this site. But I'd argue his batting average has been m

There is a moment early in Marty, Life Is Short where Martin Short's alter ego, the oafish celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick, scoffs at the very idea of a documentary being made about Martin Short. "They're making a documentary on literally everyone," Glick grumbles — and he's not entirely wrong. The celebrity documentary has become its own genre at this point, with Netflix leading the charge on what feels like a new one every few weeks. Short is self-aware enough to lampoon

Lately, I've been on a binge to watch/rewatch the more recent Best Picture-nominated films that went home with nothing on Oscar night. I've even made some articles on what may have happened to them over on my Substack account. Since I had a copy of War Horse hiding away in my endless DVD collection, I figured it was time to open this bad boy out and see what I thought of it. Unfortunately, War Horse falls right into the same problems I've been having with Steven Spielberg fro