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Movie Review – 12 Strong (2018)

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12 Strong, 2018. Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig Starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Stowell, Ben O’Toole, Austin Hebert, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard, Jack Kesy, Elsa Pataki, William Fichtner, Rob Riggle, Laith Nakli, Fahim Fazli, and Numan Acar. SYNOPSIS:: 12 Strong tells the story of the […]

Movie Review – Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 2018. Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aidan Gillen, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Ki Hong Lee, Katherine McNamara, Walton Goggins, Nathalie Emmanuel, Barry Pepper, Jacob Lofland, Dexter Darden, Paul Lazenby, and Patricia Clarkson. SYNOPSIS: Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a […]

Movie Review – Amant Double (2017)

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Amant Double, 2017. Directed by Francois Ozon. Starring Marine Vacth, Jeremie Renier, and Jacqueline Bisset. SYNOPSIS: Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity. Amant Double is destined to […]

Movie Review – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017)

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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, 2017. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Stephen Graham, Leanne Best, Frances Barber, Kenneth Cranham, and Vanessa Redgrave.   SYNOPSIS: A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady. Apparently, getting Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool off the ground and […]

Movie Review – Mom and Dad (2018)

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Mom and Dad, 2018. Written and Directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur, Robert T. Cunningham, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Olivia Crocicchia, Rachel Melvin, and Lance Henriksen. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes […]

Movie Review – Hostiles (2017)

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Hostiles, 2017. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Christian Bale, Rosamond Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Timothée Chalamet, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Q’orianka Kilcher, Rory Cochrane, Bill Camp, John Benjamin Hickey, Tanaya Beatty, Jonathan Majors, Scott Wilson, Peter Mullan, David Midthunder, Paul Anderson, Ryan Bingham, and Stephen Lang. SYNOPSIS: In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to […]

Movie Review – Driving While Black (2018)

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Driving While Black, 2018. Directed by Paul Sapiano. Starring Dominique Purdy, Sheila Tejada, John Mead, and Julian Bane. SYNOPSIS: Dimitri delivers pizzas for a living – but as a young black man, he is faced with “extra” challenges while navigating the city. It’s certainly attention-grabbing that Driving While Black was written by Dominique Purdy (along […]

Second Opinion – Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

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Pitch Perfect 3, 2017. Directed by Trish Sie. Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, John Lithgow, DJ Khaled, Hana Mae Lee, Ruby Rose, Alexis Knapp, Chrissie Fit, Ester Dean, Shelley Regner, Kelley Jakle, Matt Lanter, Guy Burnet, Alexis Knapp, Jessica Chaffin, Michael Rose, Andy Allo, Venzelia Joy, Moises Arias, Hannah […]

Movie Review – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 2017. Directed by Jake Kasdan Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, and Ser’Darius Blain SYNOPSIS: Four teenagers discover an old video game console and are literally drawn into the game’s jungle setting becoming the adult […]

Movie Review – Ferdinand (2017)

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Ferdinand, 2017. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. Featuring the voice talents of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Gina Rodriguez, Daveed Diggs, Gabriel Iglesias, Bobby Cannavale, David Tennant, Anthony Anderson, Flula Borg, Sally Phillips, Boris Kodjoe, Jerrod Carmichael, Raúl Esparza, Karla Martínez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Peyton Manning, and Juanes. SYNOPSIS: After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, […]