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Movie Review – The Lake (2023)

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The Lake, 2023. Directed by Lee Thongkham Starring Sushar Manaying, Teerapat Satjakul, Vithaya Pansringarm, Wanmai Chatborrirak, and Lamyai Haithongkham SYNOPSIS: A gigantic and bloodthirsty monster emerges from a lake after its egg is stolen and unleashes its fury on a town’s inhabitants, leaving a trail of destruction and death in its wake. The town of […]

Movie Review – Napoleon (2023)

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Napoleon, 2023. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, John Hollingworth, Youssef Kerkour, Davide Tucci, Edouard Philipponnat, Ludivine Sagnier, Matthew Needham, Erin Ainsworth, Thom Ashley, Anna Mawn, Gavin Spokes, and Jonathan Barnwell. SYNOPSIS: An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey […]

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Episodes 1 and 2 Review

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Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters…. Beginning in 2014 with Godzilla through to its most recent entry, 2021’s Godzilla vs Kong, the MonsterVerse franchise has now set its sights on the small screen with Apple TV+’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. The series fills in some of the blanks for […]

Movie Review – Rustin (2023)

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Rustin, 2023. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Bill Irwin, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Gus Halper, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Johnny Ramey, Carra Patterson, Adrienne Warren, Audra McDonald, Daniel Johnson, John Barnes, Jules Latimer, Cotter Smith, Lilli Kay, Jeffrey Wright, and Adams Bellouis. SYNOPSIS: Gay civil […]

Movie Review – Thanksgiving (2023)

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Thanksgiving, 2023. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim, Addison Rae, Nell Verlaque, Karen Cliche, Jenna Warren, Mika Amonsen, Tim Dillon, Chris Sandiford, Tomaso Sanelli, Jeff Teravainen, Jordan Poole, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Amanda Barker, Joseph Claude Dubois, and Russell Yuen. SYNOPSIS: After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, […]

Movie Review – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, 2023. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Josh Andrés Rivera, Fionnula Flanagan, Isobel Jesper Jones, Ashley Liao, Jerome Lance, Knox Gibson, Mackenzie Lansing, Aamer Husain, Nick Benson, Lilly Cooper, Luna Steeples, Hiroki Berrecloth, Max Raphael, […]

Movie Review – Trolls Band Together (2023)

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Trolls Band Together, 2023. Directed by Walt Dohrn. Featuring the voice talents of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Camila Cabello, Eric André, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, Daveed Diggs, Troye Sivan, Kid Cudi, Zosia Mamet, Zooey Deschanel, Kunal Nayyar, Kenan Thompson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ron Funches, Anderson .Paak, RuPaul, Aino Jawo, Caroline Hjelt, Patti Harrison, Lance Bass, JC […]

Movie Review – Is There Anybody Out There? (2023)

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Is There Anybody Out There, 2023. Directed by Ella Glendining. SYNOPSIS: Filmmaker Ella Glendining conducts a global search for someone with a body that looks like hers, and explores what it takes to love yourself as a disabled person in an ableist world. Ella Gledining’s powerful documentary is a rallying call for how society views […]

Movie Review – Fallen Leaves (2023)

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Fallen Leaves, 2023. Written and Directed  by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu, Alina Tomnikov, and Martti Suosalo. SYNOPSIS: In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers […]

Movie Review – She Came to Me (2023)

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She Came to Me, 2023. Written and Directed by Rebecca Miller. Starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Anne Hathaway, Brian d’Arcy James, Joanna Kulig, Chris Gethard, Harlow Jane, Jen Ponton, Aalok Mehta, Samuel H. Levine, Evan Ellison, Judy Gold, Sandos Diaz, Joseph Oltman, George Sheanshang, Francesca Faridany, Tamya Taylor, Bryan Terrell Clark, Dale Soules, Isabel Leonard, […]