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Movie Review – Yakuza Princess (2021)

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Yakuza Princess, 2021.Directed by Vicente Amorim. Starring MASUMI, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Eijiro Ozaki, Toshiji Takeshima, Mariko Takai, Kenny Leu, Nicolas Trevijano, Iuri Saraiva, Ricardo Gelli, Toshi Tanaka, Yumiko Yuba, Ken Kaneco, Atsumi Iwakiri, Nduduzo Siba, Issamu Yazaky, Charles Paraventi, and Hidetoshi Imura.SYNOPSIS:The heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate forges an uneasy […]

Movie Review – Candyman (2021)

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Candyman. 2021Directed by Nia DaCosta Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Vanessa Williams, Cassie Kramer, Rebecca Spence, Kyle Kaminsky, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Cedric Mays, Christiana Clark, Brian King, Pamela Jones, Miriam Moss, Mark Montgomery, Genesis Denise Hale, Rodney L Jones III, Hannah Love Jones, Heidi Grace Engerman, and Virginia MadsenSYNOPSIS:Anthony […]

Movie Review – Wild Indian (2021)

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Wild Indian, 2021.Written and Directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Starring Michael Greyeyes, Kate Bosworth, Phoenix Wilson, Jesse Eisenberg, Scott Haze, Lisa Cromarty, Julian Gopal, Sheri Foster, Claudia Lee, Jenna Leigh Green, Kody Burns, Joel Michaely, Lauren Newsham, Mike Page, Elisha Pratt, and Chaske Spencer.SYNOPSIS:Two men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving […]

Movie Review – Worth (2021)

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Worth, 2021.Directed by Sara Colangelo. Starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Talia Balsam, Laura Benanti, Marc Maron, Bruce Soscia, Chris Tardio, Shunori Ramanathan, Victor Slezak, Alfredo Narciso, Zuzanna Szadkowski, E.R. Ruiz, Wass Stevens, and Steve Vinovich.SYNOPSIS:An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11.Shortly […]

Movie Review – Vacation Friends (2021)

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Vacation Friends, 2021.Directed by Clay Tarver. Starring Lil Rel Howery, John Cena, Meredith Hagner, Yvonne Orji, Robert Wisdom, Andrew Bachelor, Lynn Whitfield, Kamal Angelo Bolden, Carlos Santos, Travis Love, Chuck Cooper, Sonny Charles, Cristian Gonzalez, and Hugh Moore.SYNOPSIS:A couple meets up with another couple while on vacation in Mexico, but their friendship takes an awkward […]

Movie Review – Straight Outta Compton (2015)

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Straight Outta Compton, 2015.Directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr., Marlon Yates Jr. and Paul Giamatti.SYNOPSIS:The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.Billed as […]

Movie Review – No Man of God (2021)

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No Man of God, 2021.Directed by Amber Sealey. Starring Luke Kirby, Elijah Wood, Aleksa Palladino, Robert Patrick, W. Earl Brown, and Christian Clemenson.SYNOPSIS:The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Bundy during Bundy’s final years on death row.It should be said right off the bat that No Man of […]

Movie Review – Together (2021)

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Together, 2021.Directed by Stephen Daldry. Starring James McAvoy, Sharon Horgan, and Samuel Logan.SYNOPSIS:A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the COVID-19 lockdown.As soon as James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan (the couple is only credited as He and She, to give you an idea of how stripped-down […]

Movie Review – Sweet Girl (2021)

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Sweet Girl, 2021.Directed by Brian Andrew Mendoza. Starring Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Raza Jaffrey, Justin Bartha, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, Dominic Fumusa, Nelson Franklin, Will Blagrove, and Amy Brenneman.SYNOPSIS:A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has […]

Movie Review – The Protégé (2021)

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The Protégé, 2021.Directed by Martin Campbell. Starring Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick, Patrick Malahide, Ekaterina Baker, Madalina Anea, Ori Pfeffer, Jack Derges, Lili Rich, Florin Piersic Jr., Caroline Loncq, Gamba Cole, Velizar Binev, and Florin Zhang.SYNOPSIS:Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and trained in the […]