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Movie Review – Nocturnal Animals (2016)

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Nocturnal Animals, 2016.Directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney. Ellie Bamber, Karl Glusman, India Menuez, Andrea Riseborough, and Michael Sheen.SYNOPSIS:An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.There’s […]

Movie Review – Promising Young Woman (2020)

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Promising Young Woman, 2020.Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell. Starring Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Alison Brie, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Molly Shannon, Connie Britton, Angela Zhou, Steve Monroe, Max Greenfield, Chris Lowell, Adam Brody, Alfred Molina, and Sam Richardson.SYNOPSIS:A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out […]

Movie Review – The Father (2020)

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The Father, 2020.Directed by Florian Zeller. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, and Ayesha Dharker.SYNOPSIS:A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the […]

Movie Review – Mary, Queen of Scots (2018)

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Mary, Queen of Scots, 2018.Directed by Josie Rourke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Maria Dragus, Eileen O’Higgins, Liah O’Prey, Izuka Hoyle, Brendan Coyle, Martin Compston, Gemma Chan, and Ismael Cruz Córdova.SYNOPSIS:Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of […]

Movie Review – Bombshell (2019)

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Bombshell, 2019.Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Mark Duplass, Alice Eve, Alanna Ubach, Nazanin Boniadi, Elisabeth Röhm, Madeline Zima, Ashley Greene, Rob Delaney, Brooke Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Spencer Garrett, Andy Buckley, Liv Hewson, Ahna O’Reilly, P. J. Byrne, Ben Lawson, Anne Ramsay, Josh Lawson, […]

Movie Review – News of the World (2020)

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News of the World, 2020.Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Fred Hechinger, Michael Angelo Covino, Thomas Francis Murphy, Elizabeth Marvel, Mare Winningham, Neil Sandilands, and Chukwudi Iwuji.SYNOPSIS:A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel […]

Movie Review – Let Them All Talk (2020)

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Let Them All Talk, 2020.Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges, Daniel Algrant, and John Douglas Thompson.SYNOPSIS:A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.Perhaps the […]

Movie Review – The Midnight Sky (2020)

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The Midnight Sky, 2020Directed by George Clooney Starring George Clooney, Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Caoilinn Springall, Sophie Rundle, and Ethan PeckSYNOPSIS:This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.There […]

Movie Review – All My Life (2020)

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All My Life, 2020.Directed by Marc Meyers. Starring Jessica Rothe, Harry Shum Jr., Michael Masini, Chrissie Fit, Greg Vrotsos, Ever Carradine, Marielle Scott, Jay Pharoah, Kyle Allen, Keala Settle, Josh Brener, and Jon Rudnitsky.SYNOPSIS:A couple’s wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.Any time a modern-day mainstream romance bringing […]

Movie Review – The Happytime Murders (2018)

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The Happytime Murders, 2018.Directed by Brian Henson. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Joel McHale, Michael McDonald, Ben Falcone, Dorien Davies, Cynthy Wu, Mitch Silpa, Hemky Madera, Ryan Tran, Fortune Feimster, Brekkan Spens, Benjamin Cole Royer, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Gaul, Jim Palmer, Dennis Keiffer, Michael Croner, Brett Wagner, […]