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Movie Review – Christy (2025)

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Christy, 2025. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O’Brian, Ethan Embry, Jess Gabor, Chad L. Coleman, Tony Cavalero, Miles Mussenden, Jay Croft, Coleman Pedigo, Bryan Hibbard, Buddy Carter, Bill Kelly, Marvin LaViolette, Emma Jackson, Gilbert Cruz, Naomi Graham, Valyn Hall, Stephanie Benkovich, Adrian Lockett, and Stephanie Baur. SYNOPSIS: Tells […]

Movie Review – Sentimental Value (2025)

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Sentimental Value, 2025. Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Pia Borgli, Jonas Jacobsen, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jesper Christensen, Lena Endre, Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud, Øyvind Hesjedal Loven, Lars Väringer, Ida Marianne Vassbotn Klasson, Vilde Søyland, Mari Strand Ferstad, Julia Küster, Haakon Norum Albech, […]

Movie Review – Caught Stealing (2025)

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Caught Stealing, 2025. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Bad Bunny, Carol Kane, Will Brill, George Abud, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Action Bronson, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Gregg Bello, Nikita Kukushkin, and Tonic. SYNOPSIS: Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous […]

Movie Review – Hedda (2025)

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Hedda, 2025. Written and Directed by Nia DaCosta. Starring Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock, Tom Bateman, Finbar Lynch, Mirren Mack, Jamael Westman, Saffron Hocking, Kathryn Hunter, Michelle Crane, Sam Hoare, Stacey Gough and Mark Oosterveen. SYNOPSIS: Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet […]

Movie Review – Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

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Ballad of a Small Player, 2025. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, Deanie Yip Tak-Han, Alex Jennings, Jason Tobin, Adrienne Lau, and Anthony Wong. SYNOPSIS: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might […]

Movie Review – Relay (2025)

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Relay, 2025. Directed by David Mackenzie. Starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington, Willa Fitzgerald, Jared Abrahamson, Pun Bandhu, Eisa Davis, Matthew Maher, Seth Barrish, Victor Garber, Reed Northrup, Aaron Roman Weiner and Jessica Garza. SYNOPSIS: A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when […]

Movie Review – Bugonia (2025)

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Bugonia, 2025. Written and Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias, J. Carmen Galindez Barrera, Marc T. Lewis, Vanessa Eng, Cedric Dumornay, Charita Momma, Cherri Jones, Fredricka Whitfield, Rafael Lopez Bravo, Yaisa, Teneise Mitchell Ellis, and Roger Carvalho. SYNOPSIS: Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered […]

Movie Review – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, 2025. Written and Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, David Krumholtz, Gaby Hoffmann, Harrison Gilbertson, Grace Gummer, Marc Maron, Matthew Pellicano Jr., Jayne Houdyshell, Jeff Adler, Jimmy Iovine, Chris Jaymes Bartley Booz, Craig Geraghty, Laura Sametz, Vienna Barrus, Vivienne […]

Movie Review – Blue Moon (2025)

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Blue Moon, 2025. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott, Jonah Lees, Simon Delaney, Cillian O’Sullivan, Patrick Kennedy, John Doran, Caitríona Ennis, Ian Dillon, Brian Briggs, Giles Surridge, and Ray Weafer. SYNOPSIS: Tells the story of Lorenz Hart’s struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save […]

Movie Review – A House of Dynamite (2025)

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A House of Dynamite, 2025. Written and Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Greta Lee, Jonah Hauer-King, Jason Clarke, Willa Fitzgerald, Malachi Beasley, Aminah Nieves, Brian Tee, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Kyle Allen, Catherine Missal, Neal Bledsoe, Maria Jung, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Lynn Adrianna, Renée […]