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Apple TV+ Review – Mr. Corman

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Martin Carr reviews the Apple original series, Mr. Corman…Joseph Gordon-Levitt has gone all in with Apple, offering up a character piece jam packed with contemporary angst. Unfortunately, as Mr. Corman this genuinely engaging actor may well divide popular opinion. Resentful of his job as a fifth grade school teacher, mooning after an ex-girlfriend and suffering sporadic […]

Movie Review – Profile (2021)

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Profile, 2021.Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Starring Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Emma Cater, and Morgan Watkins.SYNOPSIS:An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State, only to be sucked in by her recruiter.The first thing that sticks out about Profile is that director Timur Bekmambetov’s screen-centric thriller uses […]

Movie Review – Zola (2021)

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Zola, 2021.Directed by Janicza Bravo. Starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo, Nicholas Braun, Ari’el Stachel, Ts Madison, and Jason Mitchell.SYNOPSIS:A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.Twitter is a cesspool of […]

Movie Review – The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)

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The Last Letter from Your Lover, 2021.Directed by Augustine Frizzell. Starring Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Nabhaan Rizwan, Joe Alwyn, Diana Kent and Ben Cross.SYNOPSIS:When a journalist finds a love letter while searching her newspaper’s archive, she delves back into the past and uncovers the story of a passionate affair with a tragic ending.There […]

Movie Review – CODA (2021)

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Coda, 2021.Written and Directed by Sian Heder. Starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman, John Fiore, Erica McDermott, Lonnie Farmer, Jose Guns Alves, and Armen Garo.SYNOPSIS:As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s […]

Movie Review – Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)

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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two, 2021.Directed by Chris Palmer. Featuring the voice talents of Jensen Ackles, Naya Rivera, Josh Duhamel, Billy Burke, Titus Welliver, Julie Nathanson, Troy Baker, David Dastmalchian, Alastair Duncan, Katee Sackhoff, Robin Atkin Downes, John DiMaggio, Fred Tatasciore, Laila Berzins, Jim Pirri and Amy Landecker.SYNOPSIS:Inspired by the iconic mid-1990s DC story […]

Movie Review – John and the Hole (2021)

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John and the Hole, 2021.Directed by Pascual Sisto. Starring Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, and Taissa Farmiga.SYNOPSIS:A coming of age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid (Charlie Shotwell) who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground.In true crime documentaries, I’m usually a sucker for the […]

Movie Review – Val (2021)

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Val, 2021.Directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo. Starring Val Kilmer.SYNOPSIS:A documentary centering on the daily life of actor Val Kilmer featuring never-before-seen footage spanning 40 years.Val Kilmer may be cemented in cinema history as one of the few actors to don the big-budget cape and cowl to portray Batman, but both that and his […]

Movie Review – Vivo (2021)

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Vivo, 2021.Directed by Kirk DeMicco. Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ynairaly Simo, Zoe Saldana, Gloria Estefan, Juan de Marcos González, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Rooker, Nicole Byer and Katie Lowes.SYNOPSIS:A young girl and a rare kinkajou quest across Florida to deliver a friend’s message to his former musical partner.It’s a big year for Lin-Manuel Miranda. Hamilton is […]

Blu-ray Review – The Unholy (2021)

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The Unholy, 2021.Directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos. Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cricket Brown, William Sadler, Cary Elwes, Christine Adams and Katie Aselton.SYNOPSIS:A deaf-mute girl appears to be cured after a visitation from what she thinks is the Virgin Mary but a disgraced reporter discovers differently.Based on James Herbert’s 1983 story Shrine, The Unholy is the kind […]