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Movie Review – The Sweet East (2023)

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The Sweet East, 2023. Directed by Sean Price Williams. Starring Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacob Elordi and Rish Shah. SYNOPSIS: A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her […]

Movie Review – Lousy Carter (2024)

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Lousy Carter, 2024. Written and Directed by Bob Byington. Starring David Krumholtz, Olivia Thirlby, Martin Starr, Stephen Root, Jocelyn DeBoer, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Macon Blair, Luxy Banner, Andrew Bujalski, and Mona Lee Fultz. SYNOPSIS: Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with […]

Movie Review – The Listener (2024)

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The Listener, 2024. Directed by Steve Buscemi. Starring Tessa Thompson, Logan Marshall-Green, Derek Cecil, Margaret Cho, Blu del Barrio, Ricky Velez, Alia Shawkat, Jamie Hector, Casey Wilson, Bobby Soto, Matt Van Orden, and Rebecca Hall. SYNOPSIS: Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding […]

Movie Review – Trader (2022)

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Trader, 2022 Directed by Corey Stanton. Starring Kimberly Sue-Murray, Shaun Benson, Stephen Bogaert SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious sociopath discovers a passion for stock market trading, they set out to overthrow the entire financial world, all from the confines of their basement apartment. The high-risk world of insider trading is compellingly brought out in Corey Stanton’s […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Bad Biology (2008)

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Bad Biology, 2008. Directed by Frank Henenlotter. Starring Charlee Danielson, Anthony Sneed, R.A. The Rugged Man, Ginger Starr, John A. Thorburn. SYNOPSIS: A man and a woman who both have specific sexual proclivities eventually meet and fall in love… sort of. “I was born with seven clits” may not be as iconic an opening line […]

Movie Review – Asphalt City (2024)

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Asphalt City, 2024. Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. Starring Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt, Kali Reis, Mike Tyson, Onie Maceo Watlington, Raquel Nave, Shelly Burrell, Gbenga Akinnagbe, and Daniel Foote. SYNOPSIS: Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 […]

Movie Review – The Beautiful Game (2024)

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The Beautiful Game, 2024. Directed by Thea Sharrock. Starring Bill Nighy, Micheal Ward, Valeria Golino, Susan Wokoma, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Cristina Rodlo, Kit Young, Sian Reese-Williams, Callum Scott Howells, Sheyi Cole, Jessye Romeo, Aoi Okuyama, Layo-Christina Akinlude, and Robin Nazari. SYNOPSIS: Advocates to end homelessness, organize an annual tournament for Homeless men to compete in a […]

Movie Review – Out of Darkness (2023)

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Out of Darkness, 2023. Directed by Andrew Cumming. Starring Kit Young, Chuku Modu, Iola Evans, Luna Mwezi, Safia Oakley-Green, and Arno Luening. SYNOPSIS: In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical being is hunting them down, the […]

Movie Review – Drift (2024)

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Drift, 2024. Directed by Anthony Chen. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne, Zainab Jah, Suzy Bemba, Vincent Vermignon, Abigail Boyd, Amanda Drew, Luca Calvani, Dorotea Mercuri, and Jonathan Rhodes. SYNOPSIS: Jacqueline escapes her war-torn country to a Greek island. She meets an unmoored tour guide, and the two become close as […]