Film

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Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
OCTOBER 18, 2023 | Film Obsessive
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Alvin and the Chipmunks may be most associated with singing and dancing at Christmastime, but their 1999 Halloween direct-to-video film proves that they're fun on any holiday—especially during the spooky season!

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Missing Barbenheimer? Here's Five Double Feature Suggestions
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 | Film Obsessive
Whether you saw one, both, or neither, the Barbenheimer (Barbie and Oppenheimer double feature) phenomenon was definitely an unforgettable moment in post-pandemic moviegoing history. Here are a few suggestions for your next back-to-back film screenings!

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Review: The Beanie Bubble - Yet Another Corporate Origin Story
AUGUST 6, 2023 | Film Obsessive
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For whatever reason, the film industry has decided that people need to see more nostalgia-driven movies about games, toys and other products we couldn’t live without at some point in time. So what’s one more? The Beanie Bubble, now streaming on Apple TV+, follows the rise-and-fall origin story of a '90s craze—Beanie Babies.

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Ten films where dolls come to life
JULY 17, 2023 | Film Obsessive
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It’s officially Barbie season. With the premiere of Greta Gerwig’s upcoming fantasy-comedy, Barbie, just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to watch and rewatch movies about dolls coming to life.

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Review: Spoleto’s third chamber music program offers Hollywood delight
MAY 30, 2023 | Charleston City Paper
Showcasing music from early Hollywood, Spoleto's Chamber Music Program III had audiences roaring with laughter and applauding Charles Koechlin’s Épitaphe de Jean Harlow and Stephen Prutsman’s original scoring of Seven Chances, a 1925 silent comedy by Buster Keaton.

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Review: The Harvest, A Hmong American Family Drama
APRIL 14, 2023 | Film Obsessive
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Doua Moua and Caylee So's film, The Harvest, follows an estranged son of a Hmong American family to raise the question of whether we endure family drama because we want to or because we feel we have to.