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Movie Review – The Nun (2018)

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The Nun, 2018.Directed by Corin Hardy Starring Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Charlotte Hope, Ingrid Bisu, Sandra Teles, and Bonnie Aarons.SYNOPSIS:A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a […]

Movie Review – Destination Wedding (2018)

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Destination Wedding, 2018.Written and Directed by Victor Levin. Starring Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves.SYNOPSIS:The story of two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests, Lindsay and Frank, who develop a mutual affection despite themselves.Destination Wedding isn’t just a one-note, one-joke dramedy, as it’s also a repetitive slog where the script/direction from Victor Levin structures literally every single scene […]

Movie Review – The Little Stranger (2018)

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The Little Stranger, 2018.Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Liv Hill, Josh Dylan, Camilla Arfwedson, Anna Madeley, Kate Phillips, Lorne MacFadyen, Amy Marston, Kathryn O’Reilly, Dixie Egerickx, Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Sarah Crowden, Oliver Zetterström, Archie Bradfield, Peter Ormond, and Charlotte Rampling.SYNOPSIS:After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange […]

Movie Review – Kin (2018)

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Kin, 2018.Directed by Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker. Starring Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, James Franco. Zoë Kravitz, Carrie Coon, Dennis Quaid, Gavin Fox, Lily Gao, Carleigh Beverly, Romano Orzari, Ian Matthews, Khalid Klein, and Michael B. Jordan.SYNOPSIS:Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con and his […]

Movie Review – Juliet, Naked (2018)

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Juliet, Naked, 2018.Directed by Jesse Peretz. Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Dodds, Lily Newmark, Jimmy O. Yang, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Lily Brazier, Johanna Thea, Georgina Bevan, and Tom Patrick Stephens.SYNOPSIS:Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, […]

Movie Review – The Wife (2018)

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The Wife, 2018.Directed by Björn Runge. Starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Alix Wilton Regan, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Karin Franz Körlof, Michael Benz, Nick Fletcher, Twinnie Lee Moore, Jane Garioni, and Elizabeth McGovern.SYNOPSIS:A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to […]

Movie Review – Operation Finale (2018)

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Operation Finale, 2018.Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Greta Scacchi, Peter Strauss, Antonia Desplat, Matt Lindquist, Rainer Reiners, Rocío Muñoz, Tatiana Rodriguez, Ezequiel Campa, Aylam Orian, and Pêpê Rapazote.SYNOPSIS:A team of […]

Movie Review – 21 Bridges (2019)

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21 Bridges, 2019.Directed by Brian Kirk. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch, JK Simmons and Keith David.SYNOPSIS:When a drug deal gone wrong leads to half a dozen dead cops, a determined detective closes all of the transport links in and out of Manhattan Island until the killers are found.21 Bridges stars Chadwick […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – Searching

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Searching, 2018.Directed by Aneesh Chaganty. Starring John Cho, Michelle La, Sara Sohn, Joseph Lee, Dominic Hoffman, Connor McRaith, Joseph John Schirle, and Debra Messing.SYNOPSIS:After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her.Still not convinced movies unfolding over computer screens are more than style? Director […]

Movie Review – Papillon (2018)

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Papillon, 2018.Directed by Michael Noer. Starring Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Roland Møller, Michael Socha, Christopher Fairbank, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Brian Vernel, Ian Beattie, Nick Kent, Joel Basman, Andre Flynn, Joe David Walters, Antonio de la Cruz, Luke Peros, and Yorick van Wageningen.SYNOPSIS:A prisoner detained on a remote island plots his escape. A remake of […]