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Movie Review – You Won’t Be Alone (2022)

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You Won’t Be Alone, 2022. Written and directed by Goran Stolevski. Starring Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska. SYNOPSIS: In an isolated mountain village in 19th-century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. We’ve seen existentialism filtered through the […]

Movie Review – God’s Country (2022)

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God’s Country, 2022. Co-written and Directed by Julian Higgins. Starring Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Kai Lennox, and Tanaya Beatty. SYNOPSIS: When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she’s drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences. Julian Higgins’ blazing adaptation of James […]

Movie Review – When the Screaming Starts (2021)

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When the Screaming Starts, 2021. Co-written and directed by Conor Boru. Starring Ed Hartland, Jared Rogers, Yasen Atour, Octavia Gilmore, and Kaitlin Reynell. SYNOPSIS: When Norman Graysmith is invited into the home of an aspiring serial killer, Aidan Mendle, he believes he has the subject for the documentary that will make his career. If its […]

Movie Review – After Yang (2022)

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After Yang, 2022. Written and Directed by Kogonada. Starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, and Haley Lu Richardson. SYNOPSIS: In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their AI helper unexpectedly breaks down. Writer-director Kogonada modestly steps up his filmmaking scope from debut […]

Movie Review – The Cellar (2022)

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The Cellar, 2022. Written and directed by Brendan Muldowney. Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Abby Fitz, Dylan Fitzmaurice-Brady, Aaron Monaghan, Tara Lee, and Andrew Bennett. SYNOPSIS: Keira Woods’ daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house. She soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have […]

Movie Review – Strawberry Mansion (2021)

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Strawberry Mansion, 2021. Written and directed by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley. Starring Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, and Constance Shulman. SYNOPSIS: In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric. Forward-thinking authors over the decades […]

Movie Review – The Retaliators (2021)

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The Retaliators, 2021. Directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr. and Bridget Smith. Starring Michael Lombardi, Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt, Katie Kelly, and Abbey Hafer. SYNOPSIS: An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. The dead-ordinary revenge thriller is uneasily if entertainingly remixed in Samuel Gonzalez […]

Movie Review – The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)

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The Last Thing Mary Saw, 2020. Written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti. Starring Rory Culkin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stefanie Scott, Carolyn McCormick, and Judith Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the […]

Movie Review – Torn Hearts (2022)

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Torn Hearts, 2022. Directed by Brea Grant. Starring Katey Sagal, Abby Quinn, Alexxis Lemire, and Joshua Leonard. SYNOPSIS: A country music duo seek out the private mansion of their idol and end up in a twisted series of horrors that force them to confront the limits they’ll go for their dreams. Director Brea Grant (12 […]

Movie Review – TikTok, Boom. (2022)

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TikTok, Boom., 2022. Directed by Shalini Kantayya. SYNOPSIS: With TikTok crowned the world’s most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists, and experts alike. Coded Bias director Shalini Kantayya’s follow-up doc challenges yet another window of our increasingly algorithm-controlled lives; social media, […]