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Movie Review – Sundown (2022)

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Sundown, 2022.Written and Directed by Michel Franco Starring Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting, and Samuel BottomleySYNOPSIS:Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to […]

Movie Review – Brighton 4th (2022)

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Brighton 4th, 2022.Directed by Levan Koguashvili. Starring Levan Tedaishvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Irakli Kavsadze, Tornike Bziava, Anastasia Romashko, Giorgi Kipshidze, Laura Rekhviashvili, Stefaniya Makarova, Lew Gardner, Yuri Zur, and Archil Makalatia.SYNOPSIS:Georgian wrestler, Kakhi, travels to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.It’s only fitting that Brighton 4th opens with […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sirens

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Sirens, 2022.Written and directed by Rita Baghdadi.SYNOPSIS:Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.Moroccan-American director Rita Baghdadi’s (My Country No More) new documentary Sirens certainly doesn’t want for fascinating subjects, as Baghdadi trains her […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Video Review – 892

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EJ Moreno with a Sundance video review of 892…892 breaks your heart with each scene, telling the real-life story of Brian Easley. John Boyega stars in the film and brings his best to what is likely his career-defining role. Honestly, we should start the awards campaign for him now as Boyega is bound to soul […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Dual

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Dual, 2022.Written and directed by Riley Stearns. Starring Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, and Beulah Koale.SYNOPSIS:A woman opts for a cloning procedure after she receives a terminal diagnosis, but when she recovers her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail, leading to a court-mandated duel to the death.Riley Stearns follows up his terrifically entertaining The Art […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – 2nd Chance

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2nd Chance, 2022.Written and directed by Ramin Bahrani.SYNOPSIS:A documentary chronicling the life of Richard Davis, the man who invented the concealable bulletproof vest, shooting himself 196 times in the course of his career to prove the effectiveness of his vests.Ramin Bahrani follows up the Oscar-nominated success of The White Tiger with something completely different; a […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Video Review – Emergency

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Emergency…With a talented young cast and skilled directing, Emergency makes a great impression during its Sundance Film Festival debut. Join critic EJ Moreno as he breaks down what makes the new Carey Williams film so impressive.Watch the review below, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Nothing Compares

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Nothing Compares, 2022.Co-written and directed by Kathryn Ferguson.SYNOPSIS:A feature documentary that tells the story of Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame, and how her iconoclastic personality resulted in her exile from the pop mainstream.Much as countless statuesque entertainers have had their life’s work reconsidered for the worse in recent years amid personal scandals and […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – We Met in Virtual Reality

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We Met in Virtual Reality, 2022.Written and Directed by Joe Hunting.SYNOPSIS:Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.If you’ve never put on a virtual reality headset and experienced VR for yourself, it’s quite […]

Movie Review – The Voyeurs (2021)

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The Voyeurs, 2021.Written and Directed by Michael Mohan. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Justice Smith, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ben Hardy, Katharine King, Madeline Harvey, Emily Shelton, Daniel Grogan, Cait Alexander, Caitlyn Sponheimer, Blessing Adedijo, and Alexandra Petrachuk.SYNOPSIS:Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite, this will […]