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Movie Review – Olympic Dreams (2020)

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Olympic Dreams, 2020 Directed by Jeremy Teicher. Starring Alexi Pappas and Nick Kroll. SYNOPSIS: In the Olympic Athlete Village, a young cross-country skier bonds with a volunteer doctor after her competition ends. You would be forgiven if you rent or go see Olympic Dreams and initially mistake it for a 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics cross […]

Movie Review – Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. 2020 Directed by Cathy Yan Starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, Matthew Willig, and Dana Lee SYNOPSIS: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee […]

Movie Review – Buffaloed (2020)

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Buffaloed, 2020. Directed by Tanya Wexler. Starring Zoey Deutch, Judy Greer, Jermaine Fowler, Noah Reid, Lusia Strus, Lorrie Odom, Raymond Ablack, Nicholas Carella, Paulyne Wei, James M. Connor, Brian Sacca, Jayne Eastwood, Kate Moyer, Alex Harrouch, Bill Lake, Barbara Gordon, Carolyn Scott, Jai Courtney. SYNOPSIS: Set in the underworld of debt-collecting and follows the homegrown […]

Movie Review – Downhill (2020)

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Downhill, 2020. Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Miranda Otto, Zach Woods, Kristofer Hivju, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford, Giulio Berruti, and Zoe Chao. SYNOPSIS: Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to […]

Movie Review – Underwater (2020)

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Underwater, 2020. Directed by William Eubank. Starring Kristen Stewart, T. J. Miller, Vincent Cassel, John Gallagher Jr., Jessica Henwick, Mamoudou Athie, and Gunner Wright. SYNOPSIS: A crew of aquatic researchers work to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear. Underwater certainly […]

Movie Review – Come to Daddy (2020)

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Come to Daddy, 2020. Directed by Ant Timpson. Starring Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Ona Grauer, Garfield Wilson, Simon Chin, Madeleine Sami, Martin Donovan, and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father. Opening with a pair of juxtaposed quotes from William Shakespeare and Beyoncé […]

Exclusive Interview – The Lodge stars Jaeden Martell and Lia McHugh talk family bonds, harsh weather, and massive ensembles

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Robert Kojder chats with The Lodge stars Jaeden Martell and Lia McHugh… Jaeden Martell (Bill of It fame) and Lia McHugh (she will also be seen later this year in Marvel’s Eternals) play the morally complicated teenagers at the center of psychological horror show The Lodge. It’s twisted but always entertaining, and this interview does […]

Exclusive: Lia McHugh on working with the all-star cast of Marvel’s Eternals

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Currently appearing in cinemas alongside Riley Keough and Jaeden Martell in The Lodge, young actress Lia McHugh is set to return to the big screen later this year as she joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe with her role as Sprite in Eternals. During the press tour for The Lodge, Flickering Myth’s Rob Kojder got the […]

Movie Review – Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)

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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. 2020 Directed by Tom McCarthy Starring Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Ruby Matenko, Chloe Coleman, Craig Robinson, Nicole Anthony, Kei, Ai-chan Carrier, Wallace Shawn, and Kyle Bornheimer SYNOPSIS: An 11-year old boy who believes that he is the best detective in town runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, […]

Movie Review – Gretel & Hansel (2020)

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Gretel & Hansel, 2020. Directed by Osgood Perkins. Starring Sophia Lillis, Sammy Leaky, Charles Babalola, Jessica De Gouw, and Alice Krige. SYNOPSIS: A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a […]