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Movie Review – Saltburn (2023)

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Saltburn, 2023. Directed by Emerald Fennell. Starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Rosamund Pike, Richard E Grant, and Carey Mulligan. SYNOPSIS: A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family’s sprawling estate for a summer never to […]

Movie Review – The Pod Generation (2023)

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The Pod Generation, 2023. Written and Directed by Sophie Barthes. Starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, Kathryn Hunter, and Jean-Marc Barr. SYNOPSIS: In a not-so-distant future, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. And so begins Rachel and Alvy’s wild ride to […]

Slow Horses Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘Footprints’

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Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Slow Horses season 3… Slow Horses’ third season concludes with a hugely satisfying, action-packed finale. We pick up in the aftermath of the shootout at the MI5 storage facility where Louisa, River, Sean, Shirley, and Marcus are squaring off with The Dogs. Full of tight action sequences that […]

Movie Review – The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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The Boy and the Heron, 2023. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring of the voice talents of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, and Yoshino Kimura. SYNOPSIS: Through encounters with his friends and uncle, The Boy and the Heron follows a teenage boy’s psychological development. He enters a magical world with a talking grey heron after finding […]

Movie Review – Freelance (2023)

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Freelance, 2023. Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, Alice Eve, Marton Csokas, Christian Slater, Julianne Arrieta, Molly McCann, Daniel Toro, Sebastian Eslava, and Roberto Cano. SYNOPSIS: An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but, a military coup breaks […]

Movie Review – Next Goal Wins (2023)

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Next Goal Wins, 2023. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House, Beulah Koale, Will Arnett, Elisabeth Moss, Uli Latukefu, Chris Alosio, Semu Filipo, Ioane Goodhue, Lehi Makisi Falepapalangi, Hio Pelesasa, Taika Waititi, Frankie Adams, Rhys Darby, Angus Sampson, Sisa Grey, Luke Hemsworth, Russell Satele, and Kaitlyn Dever. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – The Color Purple (2023)

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The Color Purple, 2023. Directed by Blitz Bazawule. Starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ciara, Louis Gossett Jr., David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Stephen Hill, Jon Batiste, Tiffany Elle Burgess, Aba Arthur, Terrence J. Smith, Tamela Mann, Adetinpo Thomas, Charles Green, […]

Movie Review – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, 2023. Directed by James Wan. Starring Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Randall Park, Temuera Morrison, Indya Moore, Pilou Asbæk, Jani Zhao, Vincent Regan, and Martin Short. SYNOPSIS: Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death and wielding the […]

Movie Review – Dream Scenario (2023)

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Dream Scenario, 2023. Written and Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. Starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Dylan Baker, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Lily Bird, Jessica Clement, Nicholas Braun, Jennifer Wigmore, Kate Berlant, Dylan Gelula, David Klein, Ben Caldwell, Agape Mngomezulu, Marnie McPhail, Star Slade, Noah Lamanna, Richard Jutras, Maev Beaty, Al Warren, Kaleb Horn, Philip van Martin, […]