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Lady of the Manor: Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird has the Guts to be Ordinary

by Forest Taylor12/6/2017, 3:00 PM

I loved nearly every scene of Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird.

...And Justice For All?: Justice League Suffers from an Identity Crisis

by Forest Taylor12/6/2017, 1:15 PM

Justice League is nowhere near as bad as Batman v. Superman, but it's not very good either.

Whodunit?: Murder on the Orient Express Provides Old-Fashioned Entertainment, but Not Much Else

by Forest Taylor11/22/2017, 3:15 PM

Is Murder on the Orient Express interesting enough to hold its own against the full massive blockbusters?

Thunderstruck!: Thor: Ragnarok is a Standard Story with an Amazing Middle

by Forest Taylor11/22/2017, 1:30 PM

Thor: Ragnarok is a good attempt at something new, but it could've gone even weirder!

Done to Death: Suburbicon Doesn't Work as a Satire

by Forest Taylor11/8/2017, 1:15 PM

Suburbicon spends too much time winking at its own cleverness to be an entertaining story.

Our Erie

by Matt Swanseger11/8/2017, 12:15 PM

Downtown Y Teen Center blazes new trails with Composition and Film School

It's a Trap!: Jigsaw is Just as Gruesome and Incomprehensible as Always

by Forest Taylor11/8/2017, 11:30 AM

If you're interested in spending your day watching scenes of gratuitous violence, then Jigsaw is the film for you.

Deja Vu: Happy Death Day is the Same Old Story

by Forest Taylor10/25/2017, 12:30 PM

The film knows it's far too ridiculous to be a horror story

More Human Than Human: Blade Runner 2049 is a Sequel Done Right

by Forest Taylor10/25/2017, 10:15 AM

Thankfully, the films doesn't just tell the same story over again.

Go Hogwarts Wild At Potterfest

by Matt Swanseger9/27/2017, 2:45 PM

Plenty of magic happening at Edinboro festival

Hell is Other People: A Review of mother!

by Forest Taylor9/27/2017, 11:15 AM

Frustrating, confrontational, deeply symbolic, and absolutely brilliant

It Provides More Laughs Than Scares

by Forest Taylor9/27/2017, 9:15 AM

It is ostensibly the story of a cosmic being who takes the form of a clown to terrorize and murder children.

Good Time Will Make You Feel Horrible

by Forest Taylor9/13/2017, 1:00 PM

Good Time will make you feel exhausted, frustrated and a little bad about the world and humanity in general.

Wind River Intrigues, But Fails To Captivate

by Forest Taylor9/13/2017, 9:15 AM

Wind River gives us possibly Taylor Sheridan's most desperate story yet.

Erie Downtown Partnership Shakes Up This Year's Block Parties

by Tracy Geibel6/7/2017, 1:30 PM

This year the Erie Downtown Partnership will hold six instead of ten summertime block parties.

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