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Movie Review – Made in Italy (2020)

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Made in Italy, 2020.Written and Directed by James D’Arcy. Starring Liam Neeson, Lindsay Duncan, Micheál Richardson, Valeria Bilello, Marco Quaglia, Gian Marco Tavani, and Helena Antonio.SYNOPSIS:A bohemian artist who travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.Early on in Made in Italy, Liam Neeson’s […]

Movie Review – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday, 2021.Directed by Lee Daniels. Starring Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Melvin Gregg, Natasha Lyonne, Tyler James Williams, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Rob Morgan, Miss Lawrence, Evan Ross, and Tone Bell.SYNOPSIS:Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation […]

Movie Review – Nomadland (2020)

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Nomadland, 2020.Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Bob Wells, Tay Strathairn, Swankie, Derek Endres, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Angela Reyes, Carl R. Hughes, Douglas G. Soul, Ryan Aquino, Teresa Buchanan, Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder, Brandy Wilber, Makenzie Etcheverry, Annette Wells, and Rachel Bannon.SYNOPSIS:Follows a woman in her sixties […]

Movie Review – Body Brokers (2021)

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Body Brokers, 2021.Written and Directed by John Swab. Starring Jack Kilmer, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jessica Rothe, Alice Englert, Peter Greene, Owen Campbell, Thomas Dekker, Sam Quartin, Frank Grillo, and Melissa Leo.SYNOPSIS:Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a […]

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 children alone in […]

Movie Review – Capone (2020)

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Capone, 2020Written 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 PéreSYNOPSIS:The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent […]

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-GibsonSynopsis:Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells narcotics, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to […]

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 an ego on behalf […]

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 embark on the […]

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 a college fraternity […]