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About Ben Wasserman

Ben Wasserman is a graduate of NYU’s Masters in Cinema Studies program. In addition to writing reviews for Film-Forward, he works as a news writer for Comic Book Resources and evaluates screenplays for Eris Talent Agency. He loves staying on top of the latest breaking pop culture trend and seeing which new film adds something original or timely to the medium.

2040

A much more hopeful take on your traditional environmental documentary.

By |June 4th, 2020|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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The Trip to Greece

The fourth film in the series does well with its “Anthony Bourdain meets My Dinner with Andre” setup.

By |May 21st, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Road Trip|0 Comments
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How to Build a Girl

A teenage rock critic comes of age and turns into a cross between Miranda Priestly and Pauline Kael.

By |May 8th, 2020|Book adaptation, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments
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The Flood

Based on the screenwriters’ observations while working at a refugee camp, the drama depicts the perils of seeking asylum in haunting detail.

By |April 30th, 2020|British, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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Robert the Bruce

A sequel of sorts to Mel Gibson’s wildly successful, albeit historically inaccurate, 1995 epic Braveheart.

By |April 23rd, 2020|Action, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|1 Comment
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Abe

Cooking becomes an outlet for a 12-year-old boy to explore and tweak culture through cuisine.

By |April 16th, 2020|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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Resistance

A biopic of the French Resistance heroics of Marcel Marceau (Jesse Eisenberg), long before he would be recognized as the world’s most renowned mime.

By |March 26th, 2020|Biopic, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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