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Movie Review – A Bit of Light (2024)

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A Bit of Light, 2024. Directed by Stephen Moyer. Starring Anna Paquin, Ray Winstone, Luca Hogan, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Youssef Kerkour, Rebecca Callard, Tim Cullingworth-Hudson, Eliza-Beau Ibbetson, and Xena Ibbetson. SYNOPSIS: Ella, at almost forty, is forced to move back in with her father Alan. She’s trying to stay sober having temporarily given up custody of […]

Movie Review – Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

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Evil Does Not Exist, 2023. Written and Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi, and Hiroyuki Miura. SYNOPSIS: Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi’s […]

Movie Review – The Greatest Hits (2024)

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The Greatest Hits, 2024. Written and Directed by Ned Benson. Starring Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, Austin Crute, Retta, Rory Keane, Jackson Kelly, Andie Ju, Tom Yi, Evan Shafran, Thomas Ochoa, Jenne Kang, and Mary Eileen O’Donnell. SYNOPSIS: A love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, […]

Movie Review – Girls State (2024)

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Girls State, 2024. Directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss. SYNOPSIS: Follows 500 adolescent girls from all across Missouri as they come together for a week-long immersion in a sophisticated democratic laboratory, where they organize a Supreme Court to consider the most contentious issues of the day. In 2020, documentary filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse […]

Movie Review – Sting (2024)

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Sting, 2024. Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner. Starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, and Jermaine Fowler. SYNOPSIS: After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet—and fight for her family’s survival—when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, […]

Movie Review – Música (2024)

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Música, 2024. Written and Directed by Rudy Mancuso. Starring Camila Mendes, Rudy Mancuso, J.B. Smoove, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso, Gabriela Amerth, Bianca Comparato, Milly Guzman, and Regina Schneider. SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, […]

Movie Review – The Gates (2023)

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The Gates, 2023. Directed by Stephen Hall. Starring John Rhys-Davies, Richard Brake, Michael Yare, Elena Delia, Christine Mulhern, and David Pearse. SYNOPSIS: A serial killer in Victorian London is sentenced to death in the electric chair, but that is just the beginning of Bishopsgate prison’s problems. The image of a gurning Richard Brake on a […]

Movie Review – Restore Point (2022)

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Restore Point, 2022 Directed by Robert Hloz Starring Andrea Mohylová, Matej Hádek, Milan Ondrík, Václav Neuzil, Karel Dobrý, and Jan Vlasák SYNOPSIS:  Set in central Europe in 2041, powerful technology allows people killed unnaturally to return to life via ‘restore points’ that back up brainwaves. This allows an ambitious young detective the chance to investigate […]

Movie Review – The Trouble With Jessica (2023)

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The Trouble With Jessica, 2023. Directed by Matt Winn. Starring Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams, Alan Tudyk, Indira Varma. SYNOPSIS: Sarah and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behavior of uninvited dinner guest, Jessica. The peculiarities of the British middle classes are laid bare in […]