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Movie Review – The Souvenir Part II (2021)

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The Souvenir Part II, 2021. Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg. Starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn, Harris Dickinson, Ariane Labed, Richard Ayoade, Jack McMullen, Amber Anderson, Alice McMillan, Tosin Cole, James Spencer Ashworth, Frankie Wilson, Barbara Peirson, James Dodds, Oli Bauer, Lydia Fox, and Jaygann Ayeh. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath […]

Movie Review – A Taste of Hunger (2021)

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A Taste of Hunger, 2021. Directed by Christoffer Boe. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Charlie Gustafsson, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Dag Malmberg, Nicolas Bro, Flora Augusta, August Vinkel, Maj-Britt Mathiesen, Rasmus Hammerich, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, and Louise Skov. SYNOPSIS: A couple sacrifice everything to achieve the highest possible accolade in the culinary world – a Michelin star. Can you have […]

Movie Review – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye, 2021. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Sam Jaeger, Vincent D’Onofrio, Gabriel Olds, Mark Wystrach, Chandler Head, Fredric Lehne, Louis Cancelmi, Coley Campany, Jay Huguley, Randy Havens, and Jess Weixler. SYNOPSIS: An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall, and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye […]

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6 Review – From the Desert Comes a Stranger

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Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett… After taking a detour last week, The Book of Boba Fett continues the adventures of The Mandalorian for a sizable chunk of its penultimate episode. We begin with a prologue linking the main plot with the return of Timothy Olyphant’s Cobb […]

Movie Review – Jackass Forever (2022)

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Jackass Forever, 2022. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Jason Acuña, Ehren McGhehey, Preston Lacy, Zach Holmes, Sean McInerney, Jasper Dolphin, Rachel Wolfson, Eric Manaka, Tory Belleci, Nick Merlino, Eric André, Francis Ngannou, Machine Gun Kelly, Tyler The Creator, and Spike Jonze. SYNOPSIS: Celebrating the joy of being back […]

Movie Review – The Long Night (2022)

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The Long Night, 2022. Directed by Rich Ragsdale. Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Nolan Gerard Funk, Deborah Kara Unger, Jeff Fahey, Kevin Ragsdale, and King Orba. SYNOPSIS: A devoted couple’s quiet weekend takes a bizarre turn when a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader come to fulfill an apocalyptic prophecy. If there was ever a movie that […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Gentle

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Gentle, 2022. Written and directed by László Csuja and Anna Nemes. Starring Eszter Csonka, György Turós, and Csaba Krisztik. SYNOPSIS: Female bodybuilder Edina is ready to sacrifice everything for the dream she shares with her life partner and trainer Adam: to win the Miss Olympia. The odd love she finds on her way makes her […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Aftershock

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Aftershock, 2022. Directed by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee. SYNOPSIS: Follows two bereaved fathers who galvanise activists, birth-workers, and physicians to reckon with the U.S. maternal health crisis after losing their partners due to preventable childbirth complications. Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s shattering documentary Aftershock features a quote that’ll likely stick with you for […]

Movie Review – Azor (2021)

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Azor, 2021. Written and directed by Andreas Fontana. Starring Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, and Carmen Iriondo. SYNOPSIS: Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight. Swiss filmmaker Andreas Fontana makes an impressively […]