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Movie Review – Cry Macho (2021)

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Cry Macho, 2021.Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, Horacio García Rojas, Ana Rey, and Paul Alayo.SYNOPSIS:A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption […]

Movie Review – Strawberry Mansion (2021)

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Strawberry Mansion, 2021.Written and Directed by Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney. Starring Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, Constance Shulman, and Albert Birney.SYNOPSIS:In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric.Taking the title somewhat literally, Strawberry […]

Movie Review – Dream Horse (2021)

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Dream Horse, 2021.Directed by Euros Lyn. Starring Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O’Donnell, Nicholas Farrell, and Siân Phillips.SYNOPSIS:Dream Alliance is an unlikely racehorse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbours to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream […]

Movie Review – Uncharted (2022)

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Uncharted, 2022.Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas.SYNOPSIS:Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada.It’s easy to take a look at Naughty Dog’s phenomenally […]

Movie Review – Karen (2021)

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Karen, 2021.Written and Directed by Coke Daniels. Starring Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict, Ava Ann Gale, Gregory Alan Williams, Dawn Halfkenny, Brandon Sklenar, Hunter Bodine, Mary Christina Brown, Betsy Landin, Lorenzo Cromwell, Jaxon McHan, Roger Dorman, Veronika Bozeman, and Norah Elin Murphy.SYNOPSIS:A racist woman takes it as a personal mission to displace the new Black family […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nitram

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Nitram, 2021.Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Judy Davis.SYNOPSIS:A fictionalised take on the story of the Port Arthur shooting – the most notorious mass shooting in Australian history.The 1996 Port Arthur shooting is one of the most horrifying events in recent Australian history, and also among the deadliest […]

Movie Review – The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)

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The Sky Is Everywhere, 2022.Directed by Josephine Decker. Starring Grace Kaufman, Pico Alexander, Jacques Colimon, Cherry Jones, Jason Segel, Ji-young Yoo, Havana Rose Liu, Madisyn Wood, Julia Schlaepfer, and Tyler Lofton.SYNOPSIS:A shy, teenage musician tries to keep things together in the aftermath of her older, more outgoing sister’s death.Musician prodigy Lennie (Grace Kaufman, impressive despite […]

Movie Review – The King’s Man (2021)

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The King’s Man, 2021.Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Charles Dance, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Robert Aramayo, Ross Anderson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Neil Jackson, Alison Steadman, Branka Katić, Alexander Shaw, Valerie Pachner, Joel Basman, Ron Cook, Barbara Drennan, Ian Kelly, Kristian Wanzl […]

Movie Review – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, 2021.Written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Starring Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, and Aoba Kawai.SYNOPSIS:An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap, and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the […]

TV Review – Magpie Murders

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Chris Connor reviews Magpie Murders…Anthony Horowitz has been at the forefront of British literature and television for over two decades, and the latest of his books to receive the small screen treatment is 2016’s Magpie Murders, which had the novel concept of a story within a story, depicting the murder of mystery writer Alan Conway […]