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We look back to yesteryear in the present pop culture climate at the use of the concept and idea of nostalgia as incorporated into art as well as a marketing tool to sell said art, via these two articles on the topic.

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TLS navigates a seedy underbelly of (mostly) British criminals and their antics in Guy Ritchie’s latest gangster-em-up, The Gentlemen. [Aggregate score: 8]

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Continuing the tradition of our post-Oscar palette cleanser, TLS asks: Q: Are we not men? A: No, we are CATS!
[Aggregate score: 4.5]

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TLS rings in the 2020 awards season with their annual recap, thoughts and debauched discussion on this year’s best picture Oscar nominees.

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Morgan is back once again to talk all things Oscars with us as we delve into the alleged best films and snubs of 2019’s awards season.
You can keep up with what he’s doing these days at his site, https://www.morgangoldin.com/

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TLS find themselves washed up on the shores of Swedish existentialism and one Knight’s gambit in their discussion of Ingmar Bergman’s classic, “The Seventh Seal.” [Aggregate score: 9.25]

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TLS celebrates in style after having done 50 of the Top 100 AFI Films, breaking down some of our personal rankings and discussing what changes we might make to the lauded list. (All of our personal ranks can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFe8hZI0n_VzJ1zQ_YR81bCIuEt-s7PM-bU0vCm8Jgk/edit?usp=sharing)

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TLS journeys through a land of monsters, magic, music, and miscreants to review Netflix’s adaptation of the tales of legendary witcher, Geralt of Rivia and his misadventures. [Aggregate score: 7 ]

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Approaching the culmination of awards season, TLS embarks on an escapade to review Lulu Wang’s fantastic (and criminally snubbed by the Oscars) family comedy/drama, The Farewell. [Aggregate score 10]

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TLS takes a look at the autobiographical final film of Hector Babenco, “My Hindu Friend,” starring Willem Dafoe. [Aggregate score: 7.25]

Full disclosure: TLS was provided a screener copy in advance of this review. The film will have a limited weeklong theatrical beginning 1/17 in: NY, LA, Cleveland, Detroit, Boston, Minneapolis, ATL, Phoenix, Houston, Chicago. 
It will also then be available digitally via: Amazon, iTunes, inDemand, DirecTV, Vudu, Google Play, FANDANGO, Vimeo on Demand, FlixFing, Hoopla, AT&T, Xbox, Sony & Sling/Dish.

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