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Movie Review – Downton Abbey (2019)

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Downton Abbey, 2019.Directed by Michael Engler. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern, Phyllis Logan, Penelope Wilton, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Raquel Cassidy, Allen Leech, Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James, Simon Jones, David Haig, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Campbell Moore, Kevin Doyle, Douglas Reith, Fifi […]

Movie Review – The Kitchen (2019)

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The Kitchen, 2019.Written and Directed by Andrea Berloff. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, Margo Martindale, Common, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb, E.J. Bonilla, Wayne Duvall, Annabella Sciorra, and Myk Watford.SYNOPSIS:The wives of New York gangsters in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands’ […]

Movie Review – The Farewell (2019)

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The Farewell, 2019.Written and Directed by Lulu Wang. Starring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo, Gil Perez-Abraham, Ines Laimins, Jim Liu, X Mayo, Aoi Mizuhara, and Han Chen.SYNOPSIS:A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling […]

Movie Review – Zeroville (2019)

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Zeroville, 2019.Directed by James Franco. Starring James Franco, Megan Fox, Seth Rogen, Dave Franco, Joey King, Danny McBride, Jacki Weaver, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Craig Robinson, Horatio Sanz, Will Ferrell, Scott Haze, and Gus Van Sant.SYNOPSIS:A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.Halfway through Zeroville, a hotshot early 1970s […]

Movie Review – Corporate Animals (2019)

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Corporate Animals, 2019.Directed by Patrick Brice. Starring Demi Moore, Nasim Pedrad, Ed Helms, Karan Soni, Jessica Williams, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Martha Kelly, Dan Bakkedahl, Calum Worthy, Jennifer Kim, Frank Bond, Wendy Meredith, and Britney Spears.SYNOPSIS:Lucy (Demi Moore) is the egotistical megalomaniac CEO of Incredible Edibles, America’s premier provider of edible cutlery. In her infinite wisdom, […]

Movie Review – Ad Astra (2019)

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Ad Astra, 2019.Directed by James Gray. Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Kennedy, John Ortiz, Greg Bryk, Kimberly Elise, Loren Dean, John Finn, Anne McDaniels, LisaGay Hamilton, Kimmy Shields, Alyson Reed, Ravi Kapoor, Bobby Nish, and Natasha Lyonne.SYNOPSIS:Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system […]

Movie Review – It Chapter Two (2019)

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It Chapter Two, 2019.Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Skargard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Teach Grant, Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, and Nicholas Hamilton.SYNOPSIS:Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the […]

Movie Review – Official Secrets (2019)

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Official Secrets, 2019.Directed by Gavin Hood. Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, Rhys Ifans, MyAnna Buring, Tamsin Greig, Conleth Hill, Hattie Morahan, Ray Panthaki, Kenneth Cranham, Chris Larkin, John Heffernan, Shaun Dooley, Katherine Kelly, Jack Farthing, Monica Dolan, Hanako Footman, Clive Francis, Peter Guinness, Chris Reilly, Darrell D’Silva, Lindy Whiteford, […]

Movie Review – The Mustang (2019)

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The Mustang, 2019.Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Gideon Adlon, Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Josh Stewart, and Connie Britton.SYNOPSIS:While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an […]

Movie Review – Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)

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Brittany Runs a Marathon, 2019.Written and Directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo. Starring Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, LilRel Howery, Micah Stock, and Alice Lee.SYNOPSIS:A woman living in New York takes control of her life- one block at a time.The titular Brittany tries to score some Adderall from a doctor who changes the discussion to […]