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Movie Review – Being Heumann (2026)

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Being Heumann, 2026.Directed by Sian Heder. Starring Ruth Madeley, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O’Brien, Madeline Delp, Rio Finnegan, Rob Delaney, Ray Fisher, Michael Patrick Thornton, Antwan Tolliver, David Hewlett, Daniel Durant, Jon Beavers, Roberta Colindrez, Siena Raftern, Andrew Pilkington, Rein Barcel, Darcee Charington Neal, Russell Harvard, Charlie Rush-Reese, and Will Brill.SYNOPSIS:In 1977, disability rights activist Judy […]

Movie Review – The Last Temptation of Becky (2026)

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The Last Temptation of Becky, 2026.Directed by Jenn Wexler. Starring Lulu Wilson, Neil Patrick Harris, James Urbaniak, Kate Siegel, Desmond Eastwood, Brandon Flynn, Catherine Walker, Noah Leggott, Aoife Hughes, and Fiona Marr.SYNOPSIS:Now a CIA field agent, Becky goes undercover in Poland to infiltrate a family running an inn at The Wolf’s Lair, one of Hitler’s […]

Movie Review – Wild Horse Nine (2026)

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Wild Horses Nine, 2026.Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, Tom Waits, Parker Posey, and Paola Giannini.SYNOPSIS:CIA agents Chris and Lee face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 in Chile.Vacationing on Easter Island prior to a CIA-backed coup in Chile […]

Movie Review – I Play Rocky (2026)

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I Play Rocky, 2026.Directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephan James, Matt Dillon, P.J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Kiki Seto, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Robert Morgan, Saul Stein, Scott Teller, J Nycole, Diego Pope, Michael Fuchs, Paul Sloan, Erik Palladino, Martin Fisher, Thomas Canestraro, Carmine Giordano, Jackie Flynn, Nikki Tyler-Flynn, Rob Demery, Damian […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Magic Atlas

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Magic Atlas, 2026.Directed by Sun Xun.SYNOPSIS:A magician arrives in the reclusive coal empire of Luocha, triggering widespread panic in a society already simmering beneath a fragile peace.Animation is a lengthy and time-consuming process. Wildwood’s inflated claim of being 16 years in the making is little more than a marketing ploy. Still, the actual process of creating […]

Movie Review – Misty Green (2026)

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Misty Green, 2026.Directed by Chris Rock. Starring Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Chris Rock, Topher Grace, Alexandra Shipp, Antony Anderson, Tracie Thoms, Rich Sommer, Amy Landecker, Necar Zadegan and Ice-T.SYNOPSISYears after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress whose career has stalled fights for her second act.Comedian Chris Rock has returned to the […]

Movie Review – Hen (2025)

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Hen, 2025.Directed by György Pálfi. Starring Ioannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanayotou, Argyris Pandazaras, Antonis Kafetzopoulos.SYNOPSIS:A hen escapes from a chicken farm. Finding refuge in a local restaurant she makes connections with other animals, including humans. Do all animals share an existential drive to survive and a desire to live? And how different are we as humans really, […]

Movie Review – Godzilla Minus Zero (2026)

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Godzilla Minus Zero, 2026.Directed by Takashi Yamazaki Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Sakura Ando, and Miou Tanaka.SYNOPSIS:Set in 1949, the Shikishima family confronts a fresh catastrophe two years their previous ordeal with the legendary monster.How do you follow in the Kaiju-sized footsteps left by 2023’s stupendous Godzilla Minus One? […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Kefi

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Kefi, 2026.Directed by Saito Kisin. Starring Takada Riho, Kaiya Tone, Iriki Mari, Kato Konatsu.SYNOPSIS:The eldest serves an alien, the middle one kidnaps and dates in dreams, and the youngest cheats. Just another day for three sisters reunited after their father’s death.What does it mean to be weird in film? Everything Everywhere All at Once features […]

Movie Review – Club Kid (2026)

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Club Kid, 2026.Written and Directed by Jordan Firstman. Starring Jordan Firstman, Reggie Absolom, Diego Calva, Cara Delevingne, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Colleen Camp, Vicki Pepperdine, Nigil Whyte, Eldar Isgandarov, Saturn Risin9, Miss Benny, Alaska Riley, Shygirl, Kandy Muse, Jack Cameron Kay, Edy Modica, Ruby McCollister, Ellie White, Franc Ashman, Tanner Devore, Isobel Fox, and Angela Fornero.SYNOPSIS:A hard-partying […]