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Movie Review – Operation Finale (2018)

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Operation Finale, 2018. Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Greta Scacchi, Peter Strauss, Antonia Desplat, Matt Lindquist, Rainer Reiners, Rocío Muñoz, Tatiana Rodriguez, Ezequiel Campa, Aylam Orian, and Pêpê Rapazote. SYNOPSIS: […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – Searching

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Searching, 2018. Directed by Aneesh Chaganty. Starring John Cho, Michelle La, Sara Sohn, Joseph Lee, Dominic Hoffman, Connor McRaith, Joseph John Schirle, and Debra Messing. SYNOPSIS: After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. Still not convinced movies unfolding over computer screens are […]

Movie Review – Papillon (2018)

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Papillon, 2018. Directed by Michael Noer. Starring Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Roland Møller, Michael Socha, Christopher Fairbank, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Brian Vernel, Ian Beattie, Nick Kent, Joel Basman, Andre Flynn, Joe David Walters, Antonio de la Cruz, Luke Peros, and Yorick van Wageningen. SYNOPSIS: A prisoner detained on a remote island plots his escape. […]

Movie Review – Arizona (2018)

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Arizona, 2018. Directed by Jonathan Watson. Starring Danny McBride, Rosemarie DeWitt, Luke Wilson, Lolli Sorenson, Kaitlin Olson, Elizabeth Gillies, David Alan Grier, Travis Hammer, Cullen Moss, Audrey Walters, and Seth Rogen. SYNOPSIS: Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, this darkly comedic story follows Cassie Fowler, a single mom and struggling realtor whose […]

Movie Review – Mile 22 (2018)

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Mile 22, 2018. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Iko Uwais, Lauren Cohan, Ronda Rousey, Carlo Alban, Natasha Goubskaya, Sam Medina, Keith Arthur Bolden, Jenique Hendrix, Chae-rin Lee, Billy Smith, Myke Holmes, Emily Skeggs, Terry Kinney, Brandon Scales, Poorna Jagannathan, Elle Graham, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Kate Rigg, David Garelik, Peter Berg, and John Malkovich. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – Alpha (2018)

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Alpha, 2018. Directed by Albert Hughes. Starring Kodi Smit McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Natassia Malthe, Leonor Varela, Jens Hultén, Mercedes de la Zerda, Priya Rajaratnam, Spencer Bogaert, and Marcin Kowalczyk. SYNOPSIS: An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of […]

Movie Review – Skate Kitchen (2018)

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Skate Kitchen, 2018. Directed by Crystal Moselle. Starring Rachelle Vinberg, Jaden Smith, Jules Lorenzo, Nina Moran, Ardelia Lovelace, Tashiana Washington, Malachi Omega, Brenn Lorenzo, Taylor Gray, Kabrina Adams, Nico Hiraga, Judah Lang, and Elizabeth Rodriguez. SYNOPSIS: A teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City. Writer and director […]

Second Opinion – BlacKkKlansman (2018)

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BlacKkKlansman, 2018. Directed by Spike Lee Starring John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, Ryan Eggold, Paul Walter Hauser, Corey Hawkins, Robert John Burke, Michael Buscemi, Jasper Pääkkönen, Harry Belafonte, Ashlie Atkinson, Craig muMs Grant, and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local […]

Movie Review – Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

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Crazy Rich Asians. 2018 Directed by Jon M. Chu Starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Sonoya Mizuno, Chris Pang, Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, Remi Hii, Nico Santos, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh SYNOPSIS: This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore […]

Movie Review – Never Goin’ Back (2018)

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Never Goin’ Back, 2018. Written and Directed by Augustine Frizzell. Starring Maia Mitchell, Camila Morrone, Kyle Mooney, Joel Allen, Kendal Smith, Matthew Holcomb, Atheena Frizzell, Spencer Rayshon, Marcus Mauldin, and Liz Cardenas. SYNOPSIS: Jessie and Angela, high school dropouts, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, […]