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Movie Review – The Aeronauts (2019)

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The Aeronauts. 2019Directed by Tom Harper Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Courtenay, Tim McInnerny, Phoebe Fox, Vincent Pérez, Himesh Patel, Anne Reid, Rebecca Front, and Robert GlenisterSYNOPSIS:Pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) and scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air […]

Movie Review – Doctor Sleep (2019)

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Doctor Sleep, 2019.Written and Directed by Mike Flanagan. Starring Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Zahn McClarnon, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Jocelin Donahue, Nicholas Pryor, Carl Lumbly, Chelsea Talmadge, Selena Anduze, Catherine Parker, Roger Dale Floyd, Kk Heim, Kaitlyn McCormick, Molly Jackson, Sadie Heim, Robert Longstreet, Jacob Tremblay, and Alex […]

Linda Hamilton says Terminator: Dark Fate is “okay”

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Linda Hamilton is continuing making interview rounds to further promote her return as Sarah Connor in Terminator: Dark Fate, last night finding herself on Jimmy Kimmel Live discussing her work on the sequel and reuniting with Arnold Schwarzenegger. More to the point, she revealed that she finally got a chance to see the latest installment […]

Movie Review – Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

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Terminator: Dark Fate. 2019Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Diego Boneta, Enrique Arce, and Edward Furlong.SYNOPSIS:Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator from the future.With the anticipated return of Linda Hamilton to the Terminator franchise, […]

Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

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Motherless Brooklyn, 2019.Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael Kenneth Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts.SYNOPSIS:Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with […]

Movie Review – Black and Blue (2019)

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Black and Blue, 2019.Directed by Deon Taylor. Starring Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo, Mike Colter, Reid Scott, Tyrese Gibson, and Nafessa Williams.SYNOPSIS:A rookie police officer in New Orleans has to balance her identity as a black woman with her role as a police officer when she witnesses other police officers committing murder.The first 10 minutes or […]

Movie Review – Burning Cane (2019)

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Burning Cane, 2019.Written and Directed by Phillip Youmans. Starring Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan, Braelyn Kelly, Emyri Crutchfield, and Erika Woods.SYNOPSIS:Amongst the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious convictions and the love of her son.It’s been said countless times already, but the weight behind the notable accomplishment […]

Movie Review – Frankie (2019)

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Frankie, 2019.Directed by Ira Sachs. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier, Pascal Greggory, Ariyon Bakare, Vinette Robinson, Carloto Cotta, Mikaela Lupu, and Sennia Nanua.SYNOPSIS:Three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairy-tale villas […]

55th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Marriage Story (2019)

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Marriage Story. 2019Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Merritt Wever, Mark O’Brien, Azhy Robertson, Brooke Bloom, Julie Hagerty, Matthew Shear, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, McKinley Belcher III, Wallace Shawn, and Amir TalaiSynopsis:Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a […]

Movie Review – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

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The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019.Directed by Joe Talbot. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover, Mike Epps, Mari Kearney, Tonya Glanz, Thora Birch, and Finn Wittrock.SYNOPSIS:A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.Director Joe Talbot and his leads Jimmie […]