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51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – Cash Only (2015)

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Cash Only, 2015. Directed by Malik Bader. Starring Nikola Shreli, Stivi Paskoski, Danijela Stajnfeld, and Malik Bader. SYNOPSIS: In this gritty Detroit-set thriller, Elvis Martini (writer-star Nickola Shreli, in a gripping performance) is a single Albanian father and landlord trying to do the right thing. But since he’s in debt to both bookies and his […]

Movie Review – Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

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Hotel Transylvania 2, 2015. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Keegan Michael Key, Fran Drescher, Molly Shannon, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Dana Carvey, Rob Riggle, Chris Kattan, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Jon Lovitz, and Mel Brooks. SYNOPSIS: Dracula and his friends try to bring […]

Movie Review – Mississippi Grind (2015)

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Mississippi Grind, 2015. Written and Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds and Sienna Miller. SYNOPSIS: Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the […]

Movie Review – Sicario (2015)

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Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Do the ends justify […]

Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)

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Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll and Kevin Bacon. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]

Movie Review – Everest (2015)

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Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Clive Standen, Michael Kelly and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. Mother Nature is a bitch – words that consistently kept coming to mind […]

Movie Review – Goodnight Mommy (2015)

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Goodnight Mommy, 2015. Written and Directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Starring Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz. SYNOPSIS: Twin boys move to a new home with their mother after she has face changing cosmetic surgery, but under her bandages is someone the children don’t recognize. Goodnight Mommy definitely has a tonal identity […]

Chris Hemsworth is shockingly emaciated for In the Heart of the Sea

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Who said acting is nothing more than reciting lines and collecting a paycheck? Sometimes it’s much more than that, with our latest exhibit being Chris Hemsworth (who usually has a stone-chiseled body to portray Marvel superhero Thor) and his emaciated new look he achieved as a form of method acting throughout the duration of filming […]

Denis Villeneuve would love to direct a James Bond movie

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Denis Villeneuve has been making media rounds all over the world in promotion for his war on drugs thriller Sicario [read my extremely positive review here], and in an interview with ComingSoon ended up discussing his affection for 007 and his desire to direct a film in the franchise one day. SEE ALSO: Watch our exclusive […]