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Movie Review – Boiling Point (2021)

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Boiling Point, 2021. Co-written and directed by Philip Barantini. Starring Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, and Jason Flemyng. SYNOPSIS: Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year. Adapted from actor-turned-filmmaker Philip Barantini’s 2019 short film of the same name which also starred […]

Movie Review – 7 Days (2022)

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7 Days, 2022. Directed by Roshan Sethi. Starring Karan Soni, Geraldine Viswanathan, Zenobia Shroff, Gita Reddy, Vinny Chhibber, Asif Ali, and Mark Duplass. SYNOPSIS: As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. 7 Days is […]

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 […]

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 […]

Movie Review – Gravity (2013)

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Gravity, 2013. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. SYNOPSIS: A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.   When the trailer for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity hit the Internet earlier this year, it sparked a huge amount of interest from movie goers […]

Movie Review – Our Brand is Crisis (2015)

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Our Brand is Crisis, 2015. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan, and Reynaldo Pacheco. SYNOPSIS: An American woman, well-versed in political campaigns, is sent to the war-torn lands of South America to help install a new leader but is […]

Movie Review – Ocean’s 8 (2018)

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Ocean’s 8, 2018. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Richard Armitage, James Corden, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, and Dakota Fanning. SYNOPSIS: Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala. With the announcement of an all […]

Movie Review – Summertime (2015)

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Summertime, 2015. Directed by Catherine Corsini. Starring Cecile de France, Izia Higelin, Noemie Lvovsky, Benjamin Bellecour and Kevin Azais. SYNOPSIS: Facing an uncertain future working on the family farm, Delphine (Izia Higelin) moves to Paris, where she falls in with a group of radical feminists.  She’s attracted to one of its leaders, the older Carole […]

Movie Review – Honeytrap (2014)

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Honeytrap, 2014. Directed by Rebecca Johnson. Starring Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Ntonga Mwanza, and Naomi Ryan. SYNOPSIS: Layla, a naive teenager from Trindad, moves to Brixton, London to live with her emotionally distant mother. Layla gets sucked into local gang activity trying to impress those around her. Honeytrap is an engaging film based on a […]