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Movie Review – Willy’s Wonderland (2021)

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Willy’s Wonderland, 2021.Directed by Kevin Lewis. Starring Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Christian Del Grosso, Caylee Cowan, Terayle Hill, Jonathan Mercedes, David Sheftell, and Beth Grant.SYNOPSIS:A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now-condemned Willy’s Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave […]

Marvel’s WandaVision – Episode 6 Review

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s WandaVision…Channelling the ghost of Frankie Muniz, Wandavision embraces sitcom self-awareness, steady-cam credit sequences and upbeat Americana. In an episode which embraces comic book origins, saccharine soaked family moments are broken up by darker hues. Evan Peters displays a lightness of touch and self-assurance in his portrayal of […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – At the Ready

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At the Ready, 2021.Directed by Maisie Crow.SYNOPSIS:A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.Documentaries about the American experience often prove especially eye-opening to outsiders, and that’s certainly the case with Maisie Crow’s (Jackson) new film At the Ready. But what makes […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – President

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President, 2021.Directed by Camilla Nielsson.SYNOPSIS:Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as “The Crocodile.” The election tests both the ruling party and the opposition.A “sequel” to Camilla Nielsson’s 2014 documentary Democrats, President returns viewers to Zimbabwe to examine the fallout of […]

Movie Review – Promising Young Woman (2020)

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Promising Young Woman, 2020.Directed by Emerald Fennell. Starring Adam Brody, Ray Nicholson, Sam Richardson, Carey Mulligan, Timothy E Goodwin, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Ali Hart, Bo Burnham, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Alison Brie and Alfred Molina.SYNOPSIS:Cassie (Carey Mulligan) is turning thirty, perpetually single and out every night. Masking her grief through casual encounters and late-night liaisons, her desire to […]

Movie Review – The Mad Hatter (2021)

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The Mad Hatter, 2021.Directed by Cate Devaney. Starring Armando Gutierrez, Nick Miller, Samuel Caleb Walker, Michael Berryman, Isadora Cruz, Dennis Mallen, and Rachel Brunner.SYNOPSIS:Henry, and three of his classmates, encounter mind-bending ghostly terror when they volunteer for a weekend study with their psychology professor in the haunted ‘Mad Hatter’ mansion.No, The Mad Hatter has nothing […]

Movie Review – Dead Pigs (2018)

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Dead Pigs, 2018.Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Mason Lee, Meng Li, David Rysdahl and Zazie Beetz.SYNOPSIS:As thousands of pig corpses float through the waterways of Shanghai, multiple characters struggle with the changing face of China.In March 2013, Chinese media noted that thousands of pig corpses had been found floating down the […]

Movie Review – Tazmanian Devil (2021)

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Tazmanian Devil, 2021.Written and Directed by Solomon Onita Jr. Starring Abraham Attah, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Adepero Oduye, Kwesi Boakye, Billie D. Merritt, Kenneisha Thompson, Aaron Spivey-Sorrells, Lynn Andrews III, and Kyle Gardner.SYNOPSIS:After moving to the United States, Nigerian immigrant Dayo (Attah) struggles to find a balance between his desire to join a college fraternity […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Ma Belle, My Beauty

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Ma Belle, My Beauty, 2021.Written and directed by Marion Hill. Starring Idella Johnson, Hannah Pepper, Lucien Guignard, and Sivan Noam Shimon.SYNOPSIS:A surprise reunion in the South of France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.Polyamory is an oddly circumscribed subject in cinema, largely unexplored even by cynical creatives keen largely […]

Movie Review – Little Fish (2020)

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Little Fish, 2020.Directed by Chad Hartigan. Starring Olivia Cooke, Jack O’Connell, Soko, Raul Castillo and David Lennon.SYNOPSIS:Emma (Olivia Cooke) and Jude (Jack O’Connell) are in love. Little Fish charts their relationship and speculates on the importance of memory in keeping them together.Little Fish is a film created in flashback and grounded by two understated performances from Olivia […]