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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

Review: Nope Has Close Encounters With Symbolism and Something Else?

Review: Nope Has Close Encounters With Symbolism and Something Else?

Nope? More like eh…

Make way everyone, because Jordan Peele has returned, and there’s no way you can predict what he’s bringing to the table. After the chilling restraint of Get Out, he went all in on batshit symbolism for Us, and with Nope he’s…well, kudos to him for keeping the plot under wraps, but even if you know the bare bones, with Peele, you just have to be there. On the biggest screen possible.

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Good Premise, But Zomedy Mockumentary What Doesn’t Kill Us Lacks Bite

Good Premise, But Zomedy Mockumentary What Doesn’t Kill Us Lacks Bite

Where the Crawdads Sing Is A Heaping Platter of Southern Cliches

Where the Crawdads Sing Is A Heaping Platter of Southern Cliches