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Movie Review – Midnight Sun (2018)

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Midnight Sun, 2018.Directed by Scott Speer. Starring Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Quinn Shephard, Ken Tremblett, and Rob Riggle.SYNOPSIS:A 17-year-old girl suffers from a condition that prevents her from being out in the sunlight.Realistically speaking, myself and probably all critics are not the target demographic for an unapologetically melodramatic romance involving teenagers on the cusp of […]

Movie Review – Kindred (2020)

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Kindred, 2020Directed by Joe Marcantonio. Starring Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw, Toyah Frantzen, Nyree Yergainharsian, Natalia Kostrzewa, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Anton Lesser, Chloe Pirrie, and Edward Holcroft.SYNOPSIS:When her boyfriend dies suddenly in an accident, psychologically fragile mother-to-be Charlotte is taken in by his family – but they seem increasingly obsessed with her every move. […]

Movie Review – Let Him Go (2020)

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Let Him Go, 2020.Written and Directed by Thomas Bezucha. Starring Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Jeffrey Donovan, Will Brittain, Lesley Manville, Kayli Carter, Bradley Stryker, William Hochman, Booboo Stewart, and Ryan Bruce.SYNOPSIS:A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.There is a double meaning to […]

Movie Review – Triggered (2020)

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Triggered, 2020.Directed by Alastair Orr. Starring Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart, Steven John Ward, Suraya Rose Santos, Cameron Scott, Russell Crous, Craig Urbani, Kayla Privett, Michael Lawrence Potter, Paige Bonnin, and Sean Cameron Michael.SYNOPSIS:Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with SUICIDE […]

Movie Review – Spell (2020)

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Spell, 2020.Directed by Mark Tonderai. Starring Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, John Beasley, André Jacobs, Tumisho Masha, Peter Butler, Ri-Karlo Handy, Hannah Gonera, Kalifa Burton, and Steve Mululu.SYNOPSIS:A man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from her dark magic […]

Movie Review – His House (2020)

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His House, 2020.Written and Directed by Remi Weekes. Starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe, Rasaq Kukoyi, Vivien Bridson Cornell, John Bradley Banton, Gamba Cole, and Scott Michael Wagstaff.SYNOPSIS:A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life […]

Movie Review – Snowden (2016)

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Snowden, 2016.Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Melissa Leo, Scott Eastwood, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, Ben Chaplin, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, and Edward Snowden.SYNOPSIS:The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands […]

Movie Review – The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2020)

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The True Adventures of Wolfboy, 2020.Directed by Martin Krejci. Starring Jaeden Martell, John Turturro, Eve Hewson, Chris Messina, Stephen Henderson, Sophie Giannamore, and Chloë Sevigny.SYNOPSIS:Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.Don’t judge a book by its cover. Of course, the statement applies to those that bully […]

Movie Review – Come Play (2020)

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Come Play, 2020.Written and Directed by Jacob Chase. Starring John Gallagher Jr., Gillian Jacobs, Azhy Robertson, Rachel Wilson, Winslow Fegley, Jayden Marine, Gavin MacIver-Wright, Eboni Booth, and Alana-Ashley Marques.SYNOPSIS:A monster named Larry that manifests itself through smartphones and mobile devices. Feature film version of the 2017 short film.A clever concept is always a good starting […]

Movie Review – Carol (2015)

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Carol, 2015.Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro and Kyle Chandler.SYNOPSIS:Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Unfortunately, it took us until 2015 to legalize gay […]