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Movie Review – Mary, Queen of Scots (2018)

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Mary, Queen of Scots, 2018. Directed by Josie Rourke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Maria Dragus, Eileen O’Higgins, Liah O’Prey, Izuka Hoyle, Brendan Coyle, Martin Compston, Gemma Chan, and Ismael Cruz Córdova. SYNOPSIS: Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned […]

Movie Review – Bombshell (2019)

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Bombshell, 2019. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Mark Duplass, Alice Eve, Alanna Ubach, Nazanin Boniadi, Elisabeth Röhm, Madeline Zima, Ashley Greene, Rob Delaney, Brooke Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Spencer Garrett, Andy Buckley, Liv Hewson, Ahna O’Reilly, P. J. Byrne, Ben Lawson, Anne Ramsay, Josh […]

Movie Review – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 2020. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Jeremy Shamos, Taylour Paige, Jonny Coyne, Michael Potts, and Dusan Brown. SYNOPSIS: Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player, and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable “Mother […]

Movie Review – Sucker Punch (2011)

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Sucker Punch, 2011. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm and Scott Glenn. SYNOPSIS: Locked away against her will, a young girl’s vivid imagination provides a thrilling escape from her dark reality. With Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder is for the first […]

Movie Review – My Dinner With Alan: A Sopranos Session (2020)

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My Dinner With Alan: A Sopranos Session, 2020. Directed by Kristian Fraga. Featuring Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, David Chase, Federico Castellucio, Arthur J Nascarella, Vincent Pastore and Vincent Curatola. SYNOPSIS: Thirteen years after it finished The Sopranos is still held up the gold standard. HBO built their house on it and in three compelling […]

Movie Review – News of the World (2020)

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News of the World, 2020. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Fred Hechinger, Michael Angelo Covino, Thomas Francis Murphy, Elizabeth Marvel, Mare Winningham, Neil Sandilands, and Chukwudi Iwuji. SYNOPSIS: A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her […]

Blu-ray Review – He Came From the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection

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He Came From the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection Limited Edition Box Set Directed by William Grefé. Starring Christopher George, Joe Morrison, Fred Pinero, Jeremy Slate, John Darrell, Rita Hayworth, Buffy Dee, Joe Crane, John Davis Chandler, Jeremy Slate, Steve Oliver, and Frank Weed. SYNOPSIS: Limited edition box set containing seven films from cult exploitation […]

Movie Review – Archenemy (2020)

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Archenemy, 2020. Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer. Starring Joe Manganiello, Skylan Brooks, Glenn Howerton, Zolee Griggs, Paul Scheer and Amy Seimetz. SYNOPSIS Max Fist, who claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local […]

Movie Review – Let Them All Talk (2020)

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Let Them All Talk, 2020. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges, Daniel Algrant, and John Douglas Thompson. SYNOPSIS: A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her […]