The Minnesota Movie Digest: Issue No. 153

The Minnesota Movie Digest: Freaky Weapons

Welcome to The Minnesota Movie Digest, the official newsletter from the Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA)!

The MNFCA is a collective of individuals dedicated to celebrating and critically examining the art of film. In this recurring publication, we’ll share a selection of insightful film reviews, absorbing essays, and interviews with film professionals.

Each issue of The Minnesota Movie Digest features a diverse array of perspectives and content. Our members have shared their most recent work with us, covering the latest releases and revisiting classic films that dissect the craft of filmmaking. Explore the links below and get a front-row seat to critically examine the art of film.

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And now… The Minnesota Movie Digest.

Eli Brau – Cinephile Corner

Eli has a few new pieces this week over on Cinephile Corner. In their movie reviews section, he has reviews for the following new releases:

Weapons movie review

He also has classic movie reviews for the following Coen brothers’ movies:

Inside Llewyn Davis movie review

Blood Simple movie review

Raising Arizona movie review

Miller’s Crossing movie review

No Country for Old Men movie review

Brian Eggert – Deep Focus Review

On Deep Focus Review, Brian reviewed Weapons and Suspended Time.

Additionally, he appeared on the latest episode of The CineFiles to recommend Together, The Naked Gun, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Dallas Fisher – Dallas Goes To The Movies

New reviews are up for Freakier Friday and the new Prime Original, The Pickup. As always, these reviews and many others are available on my website.

If you’d like to see my reviews in short video format, you can go to my Instagram or YouTube.

Jason Hemming – Cinema Recall

The Vern reviews two newly released movies:

Lindsey Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis return for more body switching fun in Freakier Friday
A young girl and her estranged father try to survive against vengeful gangsters and corrupt cops in She Rides Shotgun.

Catherine Krummey – Veg Out Recipes

Catherine has three new reviews on The Feed: “Platonic” season two, “The Naked Gun,” and “She Rides Shotgun.” She also has two new franchise ranking lists on Letterboxd: Barenaked (“Naked Gun”) and Let’s Get Freaky (“Freaky Friday”).

Ruth Maramis – FlixChatter

Ruth over at FlixChatter has been busy bingeing on The Penguin since the Emmy nominations were announced last July, but she did review a newly released indie film, SHE RIDES SHOTGUN: Taron Egerton + Ana Sophia Heger shine in this captivating blend of crime thriller and coming-of-age tale.

She also reviewed Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024), an Aussie mystery thriller set in the lush Victorian Alps starring Eric Bana, plus a great documentary about students learning survival skills at a Norwegian Folk School that premiered at MSPIFF last year, FOLKTALES.

Ruth also posted a trio of trailers of August movies she’d readily watch just for the cast: Highest 2 Lowest | EDEN | The Thursday Murder Club.

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