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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 […]

Movie Review – The Boys in the Band (2020)

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The Boys in the Band, 2020.Directed by Joe Mantello. Starring Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Robin de Jesús, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin Washington, and Tuc Watkins.SYNOPSIS:At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried […]

Movie Review – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

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The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020.Written and Directed by Aaron Sorkin. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Danny Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong, Max Adler, Ben Shenkman, Jeffrey Scott Basham, Alice Kremelberg, Kate Miller, Kathleen Garrett, Kelvin Harrison […]

Movie Review – Kajillionaire (2020)

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Kajillionaire, 2020.Written and Directed by Miranda July. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ben Konigsberg, Rachel Redleaf, Patricia Belcher, Diana Maria Riva, and Ian Casselberry.SYNOPSIS:A woman’s life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they’re […]

Movie Review – Misbehavior (2020)

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Misbehavior, 2020.Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. Starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans. Greg Kinnear, Phyllis Logan, John Sackville, Keeley Hawes, Suki Waterhouse, Clara Rosager, Loreece Harrison, Kajsa Mohammar, Miles Jupp, Polly Kemp, Ruby Bentall, Lily Newmark, Maya Kelly, John Heffernan, Eileen O’Higgins, Amanda Lawrence, Katy Carmichael, Rupert Vansittart, Charlie Anson, Emma […]

Movie Review – I’ve Got Issues (2020)

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I’ve Got Issues, 2020.Written and Directed by Steve Collins. Starring Macon Blair, Claire Titelman, Maria Thayer, Sam Eidson, John Merriman, Paul Gordon, Randy E. Aguebor, Byron Brown, Courtney Davis, and Jim Gaffigan.SYNOPSIS:A comedy about despair and what to do with it.Let’s get one thing out of the way upfront for anyone that might be curious […]

Movie Review – The Secrets We Keep (2020)

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The Secrets We Keep, 2020.Directed by Yuval Adler. Starring Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Chris Messina, Amy Seimetz, Victoria Hill, Lucy Faust, David Maldonado, Ritchie Montgomery, Ed Amatrudo, Jeff Pope, Miluette Nalin, Frank J. Monteleone, Jackson Dean Vincent, and Madison Paige Jones.SYNOPSIS:In post-WWII America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps […]

Movie Review – Antebellum (2020)

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Antebellum, 2020.Written and Directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz. Starring Janelle Monáe, Robert Aramayo, Kiersey Clemons, Jack Huston, Gabourey Sidibe, Eric Lange, Marque Richardson, Lily Cowles, Grace Junot, T.C. Matherne, Tongayi Chirisa, Devyn A. Tyler, Choppy Guillotte, Betsy Borrego, and Jena Malone.SYNOPSIS:Slaves suffer abuse at the hands of Confederate plantation owners, desperately seeking escape […]

Movie Review – The Nest (2020)

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The Nest, 2020.Written and Directed by Sean Durkin. Starring Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche, Michael Culkin, Kaisa Hammarlund, Adeel Akhtar, and Anne Reid.SYNOPSIS:Life for an entrepreneur and his American family begin to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor.In The Nest (the sophomore feature from Martha Marcy May […]

Movie Review – Blackbird (2020)

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Blackbird, 2020.Directed by Roger Michell. Starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Rainn Wilson, Sam Neill, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Lindsay Duncan, and Anson Boon.SYNOPSIS:A terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film ‘Silent Heart‘.Blackbird is equal parts riveting and infuriating. Its high […]