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Movie Review – The Guilty (2021)

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The Guilty, 2021.Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Bill Burr, Gillian Zinser, Vivien Lyra Blair, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Edi Patterson, Beau Knapp, Byron Bowers, David Castañeda, Christina Vidal, Adrian Martinez, and Eli Goree.SYNOPSIS:A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he […]

Movie Review – Violation (2021)

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Violation, 2021.Written and Directed by Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer. Starring Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, and Obi Abili.SYNOPSIS:A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.It’s not uncommon […]

Comic Book Review – Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity

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Ricky Church reviews Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity…Since her debut in Batman: The Animated Series nearly 30 years ago, Harley Quinn has become a huge character of her own with a large popular following. Her origin story of a psychiatrist who treated The Joker before being manipulated by and falling in love with him is one of the most […]

Cry Macho is Clint Eastwood’s most endearing film | Video Review

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho…Clint Eastwood is in his early 90s and still writing/acting in major studio films. The legendary filmmaker is back with Cry Macho, and critic EJ Moreno dives into what works about this endearing drama.Watch EJ’s review of the movie below, and be sure to follow us […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Out of Sync

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Out of Sync, 2021.Co-written and directed by Juanjo Giménez. Starring Marta Nieto, Miki Esparbé, Fran Lareu, Luisa Merelas, Cris Iglesias, Julius Cotter, Iria Parada, and Francisco Reyes.SYNOPSIS:A sound designer finds refuge from broken relationships with her ex, her colleagues, and her mother in the studio, where she can spend hours recording Foley and wild tracks, […]

Movie Review – Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

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Prisoners of the Ghostland, 2021.Directed by Sion Sono. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi, Charles Glover, Nick Cassavetes and Young Dais.SYNOPSIS:A criminal is tasked with travelling into an irradiated wasteland to recover the “granddaughter” of a tyrannical Governor.When you sign up to watch a Nicolas Cage movie, you expect carnage. When you […]

The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a cult classic turned awards contender | Video Review

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EJ Moreno with a video review of The Eyes of Tammy Faye…Jessica Chastain gives a career-best as the over-the-top Tammy Faye Bakker in this camp  new biopic.Critic EJ Moreno calls The Eyes of Tammy Faye an awards contender but holds nothing back on its formulaic style. Watch EJ’s review of the movie below, and be sure […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Snakehead

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Snakehead, 2021.Written and directed by Evan Jackson Leong. Starring Shuya Chang, Jade Wu, Sung Kang, Perry Yung, Yacine Djoumbaye, and Devon Diep.SYNOPSIS:A Chinese immigrant gets caught up in an international crime ring of human smuggling while attempting to make a better life for her family.Documentarian-turned-narrative filmmaker Evan Jackson Leong (Linsanity) has been trying to get […]

Movie Review – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2021)

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, 2021.Directed by Jonathan Butterell. Starring Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Charlotte Salt, Sharon Horgan, Ralph Ineson, Sarah Lancashire, Adeel Akhtar, John McCrea, Samuel Bottomley, Shobna Gulati, Rita May, and Lauren Patel.SYNOPSIS:Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.As a film […]

Movie Review – The Starling (2021)

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The Starling. 2021Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn, Veronica Falcón, Scott MacArthur, Emily Tremaine, Cynthy Wu, Tom Everett, Elisabeth Röhm, and Edi Patterson.SYNOPSIS:After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative starling takes nest beside her quiet home. […]