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Movie Review – Full Time (2023)

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Full Time, 2023.Written and Directed by Eric Gravel. Starring Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich, Nolan Arizmendi, Sasha Lemaître Cremaschi, Cyril Gueï, Cyril Masson, Lucie Gallo, Agathe Dronne, Mathilde Weil, Dana Fiaque, Mareme N’Diaye, Olivier Faliez, Irina Muluile, Aymeline Alix, Carima Amarouche, and Évelyne El Garby-Klaï.SYNOPSIS:Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she […]

Movie Review – The Locksmith (2023)

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The Locksmith, 2023.Directed by Nicolas Harvard. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth, Ving Rhames, Jeffrey Nordling, Gabriela Quezada, Madeleine Guilbot, Charlie Weber, Kaylee Bryant, Noel Gugliemi, Bourke Floyd, Livia Treviño, Emily Rose David, and Tom Wright.SYNOPSIS:A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, […]

Movie Review – Little Dixie (2023)

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Little Dixie, 2023.Written and Directed by John Swab. Starring Frank Grillo, Eric Dane, Annabeth Gish, Mercedes Mason, Peter Greene, Beau Knapp, Thomas Dekker, Maurice Compte, Sufe Bradshaw, Luis Da Silva Jr., Slaine, Sofia Bryant, Billy Blair, LaTeace Towns-Cuellar, Ben Hall, Dash Melrose, Danny Boy O’Connor, Mykle McCoslin, S. B. Weathersby, Mark Stephen Ward, Brett Swab, […]

Movie Review – Breaking (2022)

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Breaking, 2022.Co-written and directed by Abi Damaris Corbin. Starring John Boyega, Michael K. Williams, Nicole Beharie, Olivia Washington, Selenis Leyva, and Connie Britton.SYNOPSIS:A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life.Abi Damaris Corbin’s feature debut is a textbook example of a film that seemingly has all […]

Movie Review – The Invitation (2022)

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The Invitation, 2022.Directed by Jessica M. Thompson. Starring Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Stephanie Corneliussen, Alana Boden, Hugh Skinner, Kata Sarbó, Scott Alexander Young, Virág Bárány, Sean Pertwee, Elizabeth Counsell, Courtney Taylor, Jeremy Wheeler, and Carol Ann Crawford.SYNOPSIS:After her mother’s death, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in […]

Blu-ray Review – Violent Night (2022)

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Violent Night, 2022.Directed by Tommy Wirkola. Starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo., Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Beverly D’Angelo, and Leah Brady.SYNOPSIS:The gory holiday action-comedy Violent Night comes to Blu-ray with a digital code and a smattering of bonus features.When I first heard about the premise for Violent Night, starring David Harbour of Stranger Things as Santa […]

Movie Review – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2022.Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado. Featuring the voice talents of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Wagner Moura, John Mulaney, Harvey Guillén, Samson Kayo, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Anthony Mendez, and Conrad Vernon.SYNOPSIS:Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken […]

Apple TV+ Review – Shrinking

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Chris Connor reviews Apple TV+’s Shrinking…Ted Lasso has been quite the sensation for Apple TV+ with its first 2 seasons earning widespread acclaim. The latest from Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein, along with Jason Segel, is Shrinking, which sees Segel as Jimmy, a therapist struggling a year on from the death of his wife, as it […]

Movie Review – Baby Ruby (2023)

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Baby Ruby, 2023.Written and Directed by Bess Wohl. Starring Noémie Merlant, Kit Harington, Meredith Hagner, Jayne Atkinson, Reed Birney, Lauren Beveridge, Camila Canó-Flaviá, Amber Janea, Emerald Rose Sullivan, and Erin Wilhelmi.SYNOPSIS:After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mount, Jo is plunged […]

Movie Review – Eight for Silver (2021)

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Eight for Silver, 2021.Written and directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, and Áine Rose Daly.SYNOPSIS:In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger – and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.While […]