Marisa Carpico

Marisa Carpico
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By day, Marisa Carpico stresses over America’s election system. By night, she becomes a pop culture obsessive. Whether it’s movies, TV or music, she watches and listens to it all so you don’t have to.

‘In the Aisles’ Review: A Listless Study in the Mundane

It’s possible to make mundane workplace comedies enjoyable. The Office gave us one of modern television’s most compelling romances and Office Space is still...

‘Being Frank’ Review: A Film That Covers Too Much Ground in Too Little Time

Watching the trailer for the new film, Being Frank, it seems like a high-concept comedy. Comedian Jim Gaffigan stars as Frank, whose life is...

‘American Woman’ Review: A Powerful Story Done in by its Storytelling

American Woman, the new film directed by Jake Scott and written by Brad Ingelsby should have been part of last year’s Oscar race. Well-regarded...

‘Katie Says Goodbye’ Review: A Great Cast is Wasted on Cliché Plots & Disastrous Messaging

The "hooker with a heart of gold" trope is hard to escape. Whether it's Nancy from Oliver Twist or Julia Roberts' Vivian in Pretty...

‘For the Birds’ Review: A Difficult but Cathartic Look into Hoarding

The new documentary, For the Birds, directed by Richard Miron begins with a seemingly harmless scene between married couple, Kathy and Gary Murphy. In...

‘The Lavender Scare’ Review: An Incomplete Picture of the Gay Rights Movement in America

Despite recent setbacks in the queer community’s fight for equality, America has come a long way. Gay marriage was legalized in 2015 and half...

‘Late Night’ Review: This Film Deserves Awards Attention

There’s a moment in 1987’s Broadcast News where one character says to another: “It must be nice to always believe you know better, to...

‘First to the Moon’ Review: 2019’s Second Great Documentary about the Space Program

Photo Courtesy Prodigy PRWith the release of director Todd Douglas Miller’s Apollo 11 earlier this year, it seemed like 2019 had already gotten...

And The Winner Still Is: Double Indemnity, Going My Way & The 1944 Oscars

https://soundcloud.com/popbreakdotcombreakcast/and-the-winner-still-is-going-my-way-double-indemnity-the-1944-oscars Welcome to Season 1 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series -- And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and television...

‘Use Me’ Review: An Engrossing Thriller that Blurs the Lines Between Fact & Fiction

There have been a lot of movies about cam girls in the last few years. Some have been documentaries like 2016’s Cam Girlz. Others,...

‘Mouthpiece’ Review: An Imaginative, Deeply-Felt Examination of Grief

There aren’t a lot of compliments harder to take than, “Hey, great eulogy.” Regardless of how sincere the compliment is, it's can only make the person...

‘#Like’ Review: Flawed but Hard to Shake

Photo Courtesy Brigade MarketingIt’s been a weird couple of years for women. One the one hand, in the wake of the 2016 election...

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