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Movie Review – A Journal for Jordan (2021)

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A Journal for Jordan, 2021. Directed by Denzel Washington. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian, Gregory Sanon, Cleveland Berto, Johnny M. Wu, Nicholas G. Sims, Vanessa Aspillaga, Joseph Brooks, Spencer Squire, Samuel Caleb Walker, Susan Pourfar, Tamara Tunie, and Robert Wisdom. SYNOPSIS: 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action […]

Movie Review – The Exorcism of God (2022)

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The Exorcism of God, 2022. Directed by Alejandro Hidalgo. Starring Will Beinbrink, María Gabriela de Faría, Irán Castillo, Joseph Marcell, Hector Kotsifakis, Juan Ignacio Aranda, and Evelia Di Gennaro. SYNOPSIS: An American priest working in Mexico is possessed during an exorcism and ends up committing a terrible act. Eighteen years later, the consequences of his […]

Movie Review – Nine Days (2021)

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Nine Days, 2021. Written and Directed by Edson Oda. Starring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård, Benedict Wong, Tony Hale, David Rysdahl, Geraldine Hughes, Arianna Ortiz, Perry Smith, Lisa Starrett, and John Forker. SYNOPSIS: A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born. Will (Winston Duke delivering […]

2022 Glasgow Film Festival Review – The Outfit

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The Outfit, 2022. Directed by Graham Moore. Starring Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Johnny Flynn, and Simon Russell Beale. SYNOPSIS: An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night. Oscar-winning screenwriter Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) makes his directorial debut with the 1950s set twisty-turny thriller The […]

Movie Review – Ultrasound (2022)

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Ultrasound, 2022. Directed by Rob Schroeder. Starring Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Breeda Wool, Tunde Adebimpe, Rainey Qualley, Chris Gartin, and Bob Stephenson. SYNOPSIS: After his car breaks down, Glen spends one hell of an odd night with a married couple, setting into motion a chain of events that alter their lives plus those of several […]

Movie Review – Monday (2021)

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Monday, 2021. Directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos. Starring Sebastian Stan, Denise Gough, Dominique Tipper, Vangelis Mourikis, Andreas Konstantinou, Elli Tringou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Alexandros Logothetis, Sofia Kokkali, Chloe Sirene, Syllas Tzoumerkas, Dimitris Kouroubalis, and Grigoris Sarantis. SYNOPSIS: A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when […]

Movie Review – Blue Bayou (2021)

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Blue Bayou, 2021. Written and Directed by Justin Chon. Starring Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O’Brien, Linh Đan Phạm, Emory Cohen, Sydney Kowalske, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Blanchard, Martin Bats Bradford, and Geraldine Singer. SYNOPSIS: As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront […]

Movie Review – The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

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The Catcher Was a Spy, 2018. Directed by Ben Lewin. Starring Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Mark Strong, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, Hiroyuki Sanada, Connie Nielsen, Shea Whigham, Giancarlo Giannini, Pierfrancesco Favino, William Hope, and Tom Wilkinson. SYNOPSIS: A major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of […]

TV Review – The Tourist

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Martin Carr reviews The Tourist… This off-kilter thriller from the creators of Baptiste and The Missing, may feel like a Western with road movie tropes, but also sits squarely in Coen Brothers country. Trying to pressgang The Tourist into any traditional genre soon becomes an exercise in futility, as events begin to escalate quite quickly. Quirky encounters and an […]