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Movie Review – Yellow Rose (2020)

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Yellow Rose, 2020.Directed by Diane Paragas. Starring Eva Noblezada, Lea Salonga, Dale Watson, Princess Punzalan, Liam Booth, Libby Villari, and Gustavo Gomez.SYNOPSIS:A Filipina teen from a small Texas town fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has […]

Movie Review – The Dark Tower (2017)

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The Dark Tower, 2017.Directed by Nikolaj Arcel Starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Katheryn Winnick, Abbey Lee, Dennis Haysbert, Nicholas Hamilton, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, José Zúñiga, and Jackie Earle Haley.SYNOPSIS:The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to […]

Movie Review – 12 Hour Shift (2020)

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12 Hour Shift, 2020.Written and Directed by Brea Grant. Starring Angela Bettis, David Arquette, Chloe Farnworth, Mick Foley, Kit Williamson, Nikea Gamby-Turner, Tara Perry, and Brooke Seguin.SYNOPSIS:Bodies start to pile up when a drug-user nurse and her cousin try to find a replacement kidney for an organ trafficker.1998 Arkansas is the setting of Brea Grant’s […]

Movie Review – Sno Babies (2020)

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Sno Babies, 2020.Directed by Bridget Smith. Starring Katie Kelly, Paola Andino, Michael Lombardi, Shannan Wilson, Niko Terho, Myles Clohessy, Ken Arnold, Abbey Hafer, Dominic Costa, Molly Logan Chase, Meryl Jones Williams, and Jane Stiles.SYNOPSIS:Sno Babies depicts the grim realities of addiction and its effects on families. Kristen and Hannah are likeable, college-bound teens – and […]

Movie Review – A Call to Spy (2020)

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A Call to Spy, 2020.Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher. Starring Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Sarah Megan Thomas, Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland, Laila Robins, Marc Rissmann, David Schaal, Matt Salinger, and Samuel Roukin.SYNOPSIS:In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency – SOE – to recruit and train women as […]

Movie Review – Tar (2020)

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Tar, 2020.Directed by Aaron Wolf. Starring Timothy Bottoms, Graham Greene, Aaron Wolf, Emily Peachey, Max Perlich, Nicole Alexandra Shipley, Tiffany Shepis, Stuart Stone, and Sandy Danto.SYNOPSIS:For Barry Greenwood and his son Zach, there’s not much left of their family business either. With the city’s subway expanding under their feet and their office building slated for […]

Movie Review – Save Yourselves! (2020)

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Save Yourselves!, 2020.Written and Directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. Starring Sunita Mani, John Reynolds, Ben Sinclair, Johanna Day, John Early, and Gary Richardson.SYNOPSIS:A young Brooklyn couple heads to an upstate cabin to unplug from their phones and reconnect with each other. Blissfully unaware of their surroundings, they are left to their own […]

Movie Review – The Glorias (2020)

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The Glorias, 2020.Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Lulu Wilson, Janelle Monáe, Timothy Hutton, Lorraine Toussaint, Allie McCulloch, Mo Brings Plenty, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kimberly Guerrero, Victor Slezak, Tom Nowicki, Charles Green, Monica Sanchez, Deetta West, Bethany Geaber, Annika Pampel, and Enid Graham.SYNOPSIS:The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s itinerant […]

Movie Review – Death of Me (2020)

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Death of Me, 2020.Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Alex Essoe, Luke Hemsworth, Maggie Q, Kelly B. Jones, and Kat Ingkarat.SYNOPSIS:Vacationing on an island off the coast of Thailand, couple Neil and Christine awake hungover and with no memory of the previous night. They find footage on Neil’s camera, and watch, horrified, as Neil appears […]

Movie Review – On the Rocks (2020)

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On the Rocks. 2020Written and Directed by Sofia Coppola Starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick, Jenny Slate, Liyanna Muscat, Alexandra Mary Reimer, Anna Reimer, Barbara Bain, Juliana Canfield, Alva Chinn, Mike Keller, Musto Pelinkovicci, Zoe Bullock, Chase Sui Wonders, Elizabeth Guindi, Jules Willcox, and Ximena LamadridSYNOPSIS:A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life […]