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Movie Review – Huda’s Salon (2022)

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Huda’s Salon, 2022.Written and Directed by Hany Abu-Assad. Starring Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ali Suliman, Manal Awad, Omar Abu Amer, and Samer Bisharat.SYNOPSIS:A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.There is a meticulous finesse in which writer and director Hany Abu-Assad establishes a seemingly safe […]

Movie Review – Nightride (2022)

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Nightride, 2022.Directed by Stephen Fingleton. Starring Moe Dunford, Joana Ribeiro, Gerard Jordan, Ciaran Flynn, John Travers, and Stephen Rea.SYNOPSIS:Nightride is a real-time, one-shot thriller about a dealer trying to pull off one last job in order to go straight.There’s no denying you have seen the plot for Nightride at least 100 times before. Directed by […]

Movie Review – Fresh (2022)

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Fresh, 2022.Directed by Mimi Cave. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jonica T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang, Dayo Okeniyi, Charlotte Le Bon, Brett Dier, and Alina Maris.SYNOPSIS:The horrors of modern dating seen through one young woman’s defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend’s unusual appetites.Fresh plays out like director Mimi Cave (primarily known for shorts and music […]

Movie Review – Escape from Pretoria (2020)

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Escape from Pretoria, 2020Directed by Francis Annan. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ian Hart, Daniel Webber, Nathan Page, Mark Leonard Winter, and Adam Ovadia.SYNOPSIS:Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape from Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.Escape from Pretoria follows two political activists sentenced to […]

Movie Review – Amulet (2020)

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Amulet. 2020Written and Directed by Romola Garai Starring Carla Juri, Alec Secăreanu, Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia, and Paul O’KellySYNOPSIS:An ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot ignore his suspicion […]

Movie Review – The Humans (2021)

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The Humans, 2021.Written and Directed by Stephen Karan. Starring Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Steven Yeun, Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, and June Squibb.SYNOPSIS:Set inside a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan, The Humans follows the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, mysterious things […]

Movie Review – In the Earth (2021)

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In the Earth, 2021.Written and Directed by Ben Wheatley Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Monero, and John Hollingworth.SYNOPSIS:As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.While it features a pandemic similar in reaction […]

Movie Review – The Desperate Hour (2022)

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The Desperate Hour, 2022.Directed by Phillip Noyce. Starring Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo, and Sierra Maltby.SYNOPSIS:A mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.If anything about The Desperate Hour looks familiar, that’s because it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year under the title Lakewood. […]

Movie Review – No Exit (2022)

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No Exit, 2022.Directed by Damien Power. Starring Havana Rose Liu, Danny Ramirez, Dennis Haysbert, Dale Dickey, David Rysdahl, Mila Harris, Benedict Wall, and Kirsty Hamilton.SYNOPSIS:During a blizzard and stranded at an isolated highway rest stop in the mountains, a college student discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people […]

Movie Review – Lamb (2021)

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Lamb, 2021.Directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson. Starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson.SYNOPSIS:A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.As soon as Lamb ended, I immediately watched the trailer just to see […]