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Movie Review – The Conjuring 2 (2016)

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The Conjuring 2, 2016. Directed by James Wan. Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor, Madison Wolfe,  Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Franka Potente, Simon McBurney, Lauren Esposito, Robin Atkin Downes, Bob Adrian, Bonnie Aarons, Javier Botet, Patrick McAuley, and Benjamin Haigh. SYNOPSIS: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four […]

Movie Review – Capone (2020)

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Capone, 2020 Written and Directed by Josh Trank Starring Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathrine Narducci, Jack Lowden, Noel Fisher, Tilda Del Toro, Al Sapienza, Mason Guccione, Jhemma Ziegler, and Wayne Pére SYNOPSIS: The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted […]

Movie Review – Silk Road (2021)

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Silk Road. 2021. Written and Directed by Tiller Russell Starring Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Daniel David Stewart, Alexandra Shipp, Paul Walter Hauser, Jimmi Simpson, Lexi Rabe, Katie Aselton, Will Ropp, Jennifer Yun, and Darrell Britt-Gibson Synopsis: Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells narcotics, while DEA agent Rick Bowden […]

Movie Review – Me You Madness (2021)

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Me You Madness, 2021. Written and Directed by Louise Linton. Starring Louise Linton, Ed Westwick, Shuya Chang, Joel Michaely, Grant Goodman, Gwen Van Dam, and Seth Coltan. SYNOPSIS: A young thief cases an architectural dream house in Malibu, not realizing it is the home of an eccentric female serial killer. It takes one hell of […]

Movie Review – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, 2021. Directed by Josh Greenbaum. Starring Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Damon Wayans Jr., Kwame Patterson, Reyn Doi, Michael Hitchcock, Phyllis Smith, Vanessa Bayer, Rose Abdoo, Fortune Feimster, Mark Jonathan Davis, Tom Lenk, Andy García, and Reba McEntire. SYNOPSIS: Lifelong friends Barb and Star […]

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 […]

Movie Review – The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, 2021. Directed by Ian Samuels. Starring Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami, Josh Hamilton, and Cleo Fraser. SYNOPSIS: Two teens who live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create the titular map. Highschooler Mark (Kyle Allen) starts his day with a rhythm that is too tuned […]

Movie Review – The Mauritanian (2021)

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The Mauritanian, 2021. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Tahar Rahim, Zachary Levi, Langley Kirkwood, Corey Johnson, Matthew Marsh, Sammer Usmani, David Fynn, André Jacobs, Meena Rayann, Arthur Falko, Stevel Marc, and Robert Hobbs. SYNOPSIS: Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. […]

Movie Review – French Exit (2021)

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French Exit, 2021. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel DiTomasso, Eddie Holland, Matt Holland, Christine Lan, Robert Higden, and Larry Day. SYNOPSIS: An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small […]

Movie Review – Son of the South (2021)

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Son of the South, 2021. Written and Directed by Barry Alexander Brown. Starring Lucas Till, Lex Scott Davis, Julia Ormond, Cedric the Entertainer, Brian Dennehy, Matt William Knowles, Shamier Anderson, Mike C. Manning, Dexter Darden, Lucy Hale, Jake Abel, Ludi Lin, Sienna Guillory, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Jim Klock, Lydia Styslinger, Michael Aaron Milligan, Michael Sirow, and […]