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Movie Review – The Predator (2018)

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The Predator, 2018.Directed by Shane Black. Starring Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, Yvonne Strahovski, Niall Matter, Mike Dopud and Brian A. Prince.SYNOPSIS:When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe’s most lethal hunters’ return to Earth, only a ragtag crew […]

Movie Review – The Children Act (2018)

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The Children Act, 2018.Directed by Richard Eyre. Starring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Ben Chaplin, Rosie Cavaliero, Jason Watkins, Anthony Calf, Honey Holmes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Vansittart, Andrew Havill, Eileen Walsh, and Nicholas Jones.SYNOPSIS:As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on […]

Movie Review – Peppermint (2018)

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Peppermint, 2018.Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba, Annie Ilonzeh, Jeff Hephner, Cailey Fleming, Eddie Shin, Tyson Ritter, and Method Man.SYNOPSIS:Peppermint is a revenge story centering on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her enemies the […]

Movie Review – The Nun (2018)

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The Nun, 2018.Directed by Corin Hardy Starring Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Charlotte Hope, Ingrid Bisu, Sandra Teles, and Bonnie Aarons.SYNOPSIS:A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a […]

Movie Review – Destination Wedding (2018)

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Destination Wedding, 2018.Written and Directed by Victor Levin. Starring Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves.SYNOPSIS:The story of two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests, Lindsay and Frank, who develop a mutual affection despite themselves.Destination Wedding isn’t just a one-note, one-joke dramedy, as it’s also a repetitive slog where the script/direction from Victor Levin structures literally every single scene […]

Movie Review – The Little Stranger (2018)

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The Little Stranger, 2018.Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Liv Hill, Josh Dylan, Camilla Arfwedson, Anna Madeley, Kate Phillips, Lorne MacFadyen, Amy Marston, Kathryn O’Reilly, Dixie Egerickx, Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Sarah Crowden, Oliver Zetterström, Archie Bradfield, Peter Ormond, and Charlotte Rampling.SYNOPSIS:After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange […]

Movie Review – Kin (2018)

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Kin, 2018.Directed by Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker. Starring Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, James Franco. Zoë Kravitz, Carrie Coon, Dennis Quaid, Gavin Fox, Lily Gao, Carleigh Beverly, Romano Orzari, Ian Matthews, Khalid Klein, and Michael B. Jordan.SYNOPSIS:Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con and his […]

Movie Review – Juliet, Naked (2018)

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Juliet, Naked, 2018.Directed by Jesse Peretz. Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Dodds, Lily Newmark, Jimmy O. Yang, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Lily Brazier, Johanna Thea, Georgina Bevan, and Tom Patrick Stephens.SYNOPSIS:Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, […]

Movie Review – The Wife (2018)

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The Wife, 2018.Directed by Björn Runge. Starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Alix Wilton Regan, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Karin Franz Körlof, Michael Benz, Nick Fletcher, Twinnie Lee Moore, Jane Garioni, and Elizabeth McGovern.SYNOPSIS:A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to […]

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:A team of […]