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About Andrew Plimpton

Andrew Plimpton is a writer based in Western Massachusetts. His fiction has appeared in Heavy Feather Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Write Launch, and other venues. His plays have been performed at The Tank in New York City, and he has written for Film-Forward since 2018.

Dangerous Animals

The past decade has seen a sharp uptick in horror films with art-house aspirations. The wonderfully paced and imaginative Dangerous Animals is not one of them.

By |June 5th, 2025|Horror, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Ghost Trail

Restraint here is powerful and multifaceted and dramatically effective, signaling terrors rather than drowning us in them.

By |May 30th, 2025|Drama|0 Comments
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Jimmy in Saigon

A director's search to discover the truth about the brother he barely knew.

By |April 25th, 2025|Documentary, War|0 Comments
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The Uninvited

A ritzy Hollywood party does not go as planned.

By |April 11th, 2025|Drama|0 Comments
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Eric LaRue

The directorial debut of Michael Shannon, based on a play by Brett Neveu.

By |April 3rd, 2025|Drama|0 Comments
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The Friend

At times, it feels like Eat Pray Love or Under the Tuscan Sun are the best points of reference here.

By |March 27th, 2025|Book adaptation|0 Comments
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Young Hearts

A 14-year-old boy's journey of discovering love and grappling with self-acceptance.

By |March 14th, 2025|Teen|0 Comments
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Eephus

The movie is an unlikely success, one that illuminates the meaning of a place and the passage of time with subtlety and poignancy.

By |March 8th, 2025|Indie|0 Comments
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Daughters, Mountain Queen, Will & Harper | Netflix Documentaries

The strong and ambitious Daughters is the most assured of the bunch.

By |January 16th, 2025|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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