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Second Opinion – The Mummy (2017)

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The Mummy, 2017. Directed by Alex Kurtzman Starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, Marwan Kenzari, and Russell Crowe. SYNOPSIS: An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. To say that The Mummy is […]

Sundance London 2017 Review – Bushwick (2017)

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Bushwick, 2017 Directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott. Starring Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Christian Navarro, Jeremie Harris, and Arturo Castro. SYNOPSIS: A young grad student teams up with an ex-military medic in an attempt to survive a brutal invasion in Bushwick, New York. Hot off the runaway success of their debut, hit zom-com Cooties, […]

Movie Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017. Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberge. Starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, David Wenham, and Stephen Graham. SYNOPSIS: Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the trident of Poseidon while being pursued by an undead sea-captain and his crew. […]

Second Opinion – Wonder Woman (2017)

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Wonder Woman, 2017. Directed by Patty Jenkins. Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewan Bremner, Lucy Davis, Eugene Brave Rock, Emily Carey, Lilly Aspell, and Saïd Taghmaoui. SYNOPSIS: Before she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes […]

Movie Review – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)

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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, 2017. Directed by David Soren. Featuring the voice talents of Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Jordan Peele, and Kristen Schaal. SYNOPSIS: Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold, hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants. As superhero […]

Movie Review – It Comes at Night (2017)

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It Comes at Night, 2017. Written and Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough, Griffin Robert Faulkner, and David Pendleton. SYNOPSIS: Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and […]

Sundance London 2017 Review – Bitch (2017)

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Bitch, 2017. Directed by Marianna Palka. Starring Caroline Aaron, Eric Edelstein, Kingston Foster, Jamie King, Ren Hanami, and Jason Ritter. SYNOPSIS: An ordinary suburban family descends into chaos when the mother suddenly and unexplainably takes on the psyche of a rabid dog. There are few experiences like sitting through Marianna Palka’s violently off-beat Bitch. What […]

Movie Review – My Life as a Courgette (2016)

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My Life as a Courgette, 2016. Directed by Claude Barras. Featuring the voice talents of Erick Abbate, Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page, and Amy Sedaris. SYNOPSIS: After his mother’s sudden death, Courgette is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. At […]

Sundance London 2017 Review – Crown Heights (2017)

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Crown Heights, 2017. Directed by Matt Ruskin. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Bill Camp, Nestor Carbonell, and Nnamdi Asomugha. SYNOPSIS: The true life story of Colin Warner, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 2nd degree murder in 1980, and the decades-long court battles his life-long friend Carl King staged to get him exonerated. As sad as it is, […]