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Robert Kojder

Chicago Critics Film Festival Capsule Review – Red Rocket

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Red Rocket. 2021 Written and Directed by Sean Baker. Starring Simon Rex, Suzanna Son, Bree Elrod, Ethan Darbone, Shih-Ching Tsou, Brittany Rodriguez, Marlon Lambert, Brenda Deiss, and Sam EidsonVicky. SYNOPSIS: Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back. Upon returning to his […]

Movie Review – tick, tick… Boom! (2021)

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tick, tick…Boom!, 2021. Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Starring Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Vanessa Hudgens, Joshua Henry, Bradley Whitford, MJ Rodriguez, Richard Kind, Judith Light, Black Thought, Joanna Adler, Joel Grey, Noah Robbins, Kenita R. Miller, Ken Holmes, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Ben Ross, Laura Benanti, Danielle Ferland, Micaela Diamond, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Gizel Jimenez, […]

Movie Review – Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)

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Home Sweet Home Alone, 2021. Directed by Dan Mazer. Starring Archie Yates, Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Pete Holmes, Aisling Bea, Jayne Eastwood, Cara Ricketts, Catherine Cohen, Devin Ratray, Mikey Day, Kenan Thompson, Ally Maki, Chris Parnell, Timothy Simons, Katie Beth Hall, Max Ivutin, Andrew Daly, Maddie Holliday, and Jordan Carlos. SYNOPSIS: A married couple tries […]

Movie Review – The Novice (2021)

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The Novice, 2021. Written and Directed by Lauren Hadaway. Starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Jonathan Cherry, Kate Drummond, Jeni Ross, Eve Kanyo, Nikki Duval, Chantelle Bishop, and Charlotte Ubben. SYNOPSIS: A queer college freshman joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity […]

Movie Review – Cry Macho (2021)

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Cry Macho, 2021. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, Horacio García Rojas, Ana Rey, and Paul Alayo. SYNOPSIS: A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the […]

Movie Review – Violet (2021)

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Violet, 2021. Written and Directed by Justine Bateman. Starring Olivia Munn, Colleen Camp, Justin Theroux, Kathleen Wilhoite, Laura San Giacomo, Jason Dohring, Anne Ramsay, Bonnie Bedelia, Rain Phoenix, Zachary Gordon, Luke Bracey, Todd Stashwick, Dennis Boutsikaris, Peter Jacobson, Jim O’Heir, Simon Quarterman, Rob Benedict, Al Madrigal, Steve Agee, and Erica Ash. SYNOPSIS: Violet realizes that […]

Movie Review – Night Raiders (2021)

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Night Raiders. 2021 Written and Directed by Danis Goulet. Starring Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Violet Nelson, Gail Maurice, Shaun Sipos, Suzanne Cyr, and Pamela Matthews. SYNOPSIS: A mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try and rescue her daughter from a state-run institution. There is much to appreciate in Danis […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival Capsule Review – The Novice

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The Novice, 2021. Written and Directed by Lauren Hadaway. Starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Jonathan Cherry, Kate Drummond, Jeni Ross, Eve Kanyo, Nikki Duval, Chantelle Bishop, and Charlotte Ubben. SYNOPSIS: A queer college freshman joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity […]

Movie Review – Dangerous (2021)

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Dangerous, 2021. Directed by David Hackl. Starring Scott Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Tyrese Gibson, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, Brock Morgan, Ryan Robbins, Chad Rook, Brenda Bazinet, Destiny Millns, Al Miro, and Atlee Smallman. SYNOPSIS: A reformed sociopath journeys to a remote island to investigate the mystery behind his brother’s demise, but soon ends up facing off […]

Movie Review – Red Notice (2021)

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Red Notice, 2021. Written and Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Ivan Mbakop. SYNOPSIS: An Interpol agent tracks the world’s most wanted art thief. Red Notice begins with a history lesson explaining the doomed love between Cleopatra and Marc Anthony, sprinkling in some fabricated […]