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Video Review – Deep Water struggles to be erotic or thrilling

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EJ Moreno with a video review of 2022’s Deep Water…Adrian Lyne returning to the world of erotic thrillers should be a joyous moment. From 9 1/2 Weeks to Unfaithful, the filmmaker knows how to shock and awe, but maybe the break between films has lessened his scandalous abilities. Deep Water is too tame, too safe, […]

Movie Review – Topside (2022)

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Topside, 2022.Written and Directed by Logan George and Celine Held. Starring Celine Held, Zhalia Farmer, Fatlip, Jared Abrahamson, Gino Vento, and Tonye Patano.SYNOPSIS:Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five-year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home.There’s an early moment during Topside […]

Movie Review – Titane (2021)

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Titane, 2021.Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Laïs Salameh, Myriem Akheddiou, Bertrand Bonello and Garance Marillier.SYNOPSIS:A woman with a metal plate in her head following a childhood car accident ends up on the run after a killing spree.Julia Ducournau announced herself as a new voice in horror cinema in brutal fashion with […]

Movie Review – The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, 2021.Directed by Will Sharpe. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sharon Rooney, Aimee Lou Wood, Hayley Squires, Stacy Martin, and Taika Waititi.SYNOPSIS:The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wayne, and the legacy he created.Ever since his brilliant turn as British super sleuth Sherlock Holmes, […]

2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – 32 Sounds

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32 Sounds, 2022.Directed by Sam Green.SYNOPSIS:Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.Oscar-nominated director Sam Green’s (The Weather Underground) new film 32 Sounds offers one of the most immersive documentary experiences you’re ever likely to have, paying firm tribute to […]

2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Women Do Cry

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Women Do Cry, 2021.Directed by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva. Starring Maria Bakalova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev, Diana Spasova, Bilyana Kazakova, Dobriela Popova, Rositca Gevrenova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, and Katia Kazakova.SYNOPSIS:A promising musician, Sonja, learns that she’s contracted HIV. After she drops out of the music conservatory, Sonja is helped out by her practical sister Lora, […]

2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Thief Collector

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The Thief Collector, 2022.Directed by Allison Otto. Starring Glenn Howerton, Sarah Minnich, Scott Takeda, and Matt Pittenger.SYNOPSIS:In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in a […]

Movie Review – Deep Water (2022)

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Deep Water, 2022.Directed by Adrian Lyne. Starring Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Rachel Blanchard, Dash Mihok, Lil Rel Howery, Jacob Elordi, Finn Wittrock, Kristen Connolly, Jade Fernandez, Damon Lipari, Michael Braun, Brendan Miller, Jaren Mitchell, Devyn A. Tyler, Jeff Pope, Paul Teal, and Michael Scialabba.SYNOPSIS:A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have […]

4K Ultra HD Review – An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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An American Werewolf in London, 1981.Directed by John Landis. Starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, and John Woodvine.SYNOPSIS:An American Werewolf in London makes its 4K debut courtesy of Arrow Video, which commission a new 4K restoration along with a nice batch of new bonus features to add to all the legacy content they ported […]