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Author: Jay Stryker

Jay Stryker is a film critic living and working in New York City. Among his favorite movies are The Count of Monte Cristo, Saturday Night Fever, Goodfellas, and Sideways.

Reviews: BlackBerry

April 12, 2024

Blackberry, is the latest movie you might call “product dramas”. This emerging genre has tales of the rise of classic consumer goods, and very often their fall.

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Reviews: Memory

January 29, 2024

Memory, directed by Michel Franco, is a melancholy musing on what it means to be alone, surrounded by people.

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Reviews: Napoleon

December 7, 2023

Director Ridley Scott gives us another historical epic in all its grandeur. He’s back in the saddle with Joaquin Phoenix in the title role of Napoleon.

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