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Nick Rogers
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He/him/his. Editor/writer, Midwest Film Journal. Quoted by Geena Davis in her memoir. What happens next may astonish you. Or perhaps you’re too easily astonished.
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REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND
THE SECRET AGENT (2025)
SORRY, BABY
SPLATTER: NAKED BLOOD
SPLITSVILLE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (1976)
THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

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December 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Many thanks for sharing!
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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My essay on THE ROCK (1996):

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Higher Ed: The Rock (1996)
Higher Ed — Midwest Film Journal’s monthlong celebration of Ed Harris’s 75th birthday — continues with Nick Rogers’ reflection on how Harris’s show of force makes “The Rock” such a great show of farce...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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My review of JAY KELLY:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/11/18/j...
Jay Kelly
A coming-of-age-at-old-age film that shrewdly avoids treacly sentiment and achieves resonance without resorting to a redemptive arc.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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My review of DIE MY LOVE:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/11/06/d...
Die My Love
Sure to suffer a quick demise commercially, “Die My Love” is proof of life for fans of big-swinging, esoteric-but-empathetic character studies as dramatically revealing as they are raucously funny.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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My review of CHRISTY (2025):

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/11/06/c...
Christy (2025)
Sydney Sweeney delivers a solid, if unsurprising, turn as a boxer in the sort of boring, by-the-numbers biopic you’ve gone 12 rounds with many times before.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The series began in 1989 and is (at least theoretically) still going.

Find my rankings of this wild and crazy series below. Read, comment, share and enjoy!

My essay on / ranking of the PUPPET MASTER series:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/31/n...
No Sleep October / Rank Opinions: The Puppet Master Franchise
No Sleep October — Midwest Film Journal’s monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — concludes for 2025 with Nick Rogers’ comprehensive ranking of all 15 films in the…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Evan Dossey's interview with Richard Propes and Andie Redwine on THE TENDERNESS TOUR:

midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/08/c...

Heartland screening ticket link for THE TENDERNESS TOUR:

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Charting ‘The Tenderness Tour’: An Interview with Richard Propes and Andie Redwine
Featured subject Richard Propes and director / producer Andie Redwine sit down with Evan Dossey to discuss “The Tenderness Tour” — a documentary about Propes’ efforts to eliminate undue medical debt…
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October 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM