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February 23, 2022

INVENTING ANNA

ColeSmithey.comGripping real life con-woman story shows how capitalism is built on cons. 

Julia Garner is the Meryl Streep of our generation.

If only the filmmakers had edited down from nine to eight episodes.

Less emphasis on Anna Chlumsky's ethically corrupt journalist character would have helped.

More Julia Garner, less Anna Chlumsky damn it.

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Speaking of which, New York magazine writer "Vivian Kent" (Anna Chlumsky) puts a fine point on the abysmal state of journalism. 

What a joke she is.

Ugly.

Very ugly.

Oh but for the lost days of journalistic integrity.

All news is fake, but come on people, get it together. 

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More Julia Garner!

4 Stars

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January 28, 2022

OZARK: SEASON 4

ColeSmithey.comThis best-loved satirical soap opera takes aim at the Sackler family's Big Pharma crimes that have killed hundreds of thousands of American citizens. Smack!

Providing audiences a crash course in money laundering, with the help of local politicians, Mexican drug cartels and the FBI, is icing on the dramatic cake.

Laura Linney and Jason Bateman are in fine form, as are every single other actor cast in this insanely bingeable series.

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The humor is pitch black; it is a black comedy after all.

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Watching "Ozark" with the mindset of watching a soap opera opens the whole thing up. Genre and context.

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Bon appétit moi petites. 

5 Stars

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April 09, 2007

AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS

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ColeSmithey.comThis absurdist action-adventure cartoon is an ingenious parody of consumer culture centered on abstract fast-food-product characters Meatwad, Frylock, and Master Shake.

Ribald humor abounds as our New Jersey roommates attempt to stop a giant piece of exercise equipment that threatens to destroy their surreal world.

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Based on the popular cable television series "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," the movie is a juiced-up revelry of irreverence and sarcasm that defies description.

Eat it up.

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Called "Three’s Company on acid" by creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, it features the voices of Bruce Campbell, Chris Kattan and Neil Peart.

Rated R. 86 mins.

3 Stars

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