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Michael Carvelli
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Marketing guy at WVU. Sometimes I write about movies.

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Another pretty great year of nominees. Highly recommend checking out as many of these as you can.

My top 25 from everything honored by
@filmindependent.org this year.

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TOP 25: 2025 Spirit Awards Nominees
My favorites among this year's nominees at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
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February 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Cinematography: Jomo Fray (Nickel Boys)
Editing: The Apprentice
Documentary: No Other Land
International: Hard Truths
John Cassavetes Award (not on my ballot, but if I had a vote): Ghostlight
February 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lead Performance: Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Supporting Performance: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Breakout Performance: Maisy Stella (My Old Ass)
February 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
THE APPRENTICE features Sebastian Stan + Jeremy Strong both at the peak of their powers.

Fascinating Frankenstein story about Roy Cohn losing control of the monster he created and all the things that eventually became way worse because of it.

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A ★★★½ review of The Apprentice (2024)
What if I told you this would be a fascinating double feature with Wicked? To see, through Sebastian Stan's outstanding lead performance, Donald Trump be taken under the wing of Roy Cohn and slowly ev...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Wicked was simultaneously as good as I had hoped it would be while also giving me some slight panic about how so many of these major event movies look the same and are all made with an eye on what the next movie is going to be

Grande & Erivo ruled. Can’t wait for Part 2.

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A ★★★★ review of Wicked (2024)
So much that I really enjoyed about this (particularly Grande and Erivo's performances) and the high moments of this really carry it to being an awesome movie-going experience. Easily watchable and en...
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December 3, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Watched THELMA, a movie about an elderly woman trying to get back money she got scammed out of, with my parents today.

Then it felt appropriate to see my mom immediately click a strange link on Facebook to find out what church hymn she was most like.

Fun movie!

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A ★★★ review of Thelma (2024)
Really fun, wholesome watch that also finds a way to say some interesting things about growing older and how we depend on people as time goes on. June Squibb anchors with a standout performance, and w...
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November 25, 2024 at 2:05 AM