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Movie Review – The Abandon (2024)

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The Abandon, 2024.Directed by Jason Satterlund. Starring Jonathan Rosenthal, Tamara Perry, Regis Terencio, Dan Kyle, and Priscilla Avila.SYNOPSIS:A wounded soldier awakens in a strange cube that tests his physical and mental limits as he attempts to find a way to escape against a ticking clock.Allow me to make clear right away that the poster for director […]

Movie Review – Daddio (2024)

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Daddio, 2024Written and Directed by Christy Hall Starring Dakota Johnson and Sean PennSYNOPSIS:A woman taking a cab ride from JFK converses with the taxi driver about the important relationships in their lives.In what feels like a plea for human connection in an age increasingly overpowered by our inclination toward technology, writer/director Christy Hall’s Daddio is a […]

Movie Review – Kneecap (2024)

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Kneecap, 2024.Written and Directed by Rich Peppiatt. Starring Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, DJ Próvai, Josie Walker, Simone Kirby, Michael Fassbender, Cathal Mercer, Arlene Martine Morris, Adam Best, Fionnuala Flaherty, Donagh Deeney, Cathal Mercer, Matthew Sharpe, and Jessica Reynolds.SYNOPSIS:There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them […]

Movie Review – Coup! (2024)

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Coup!, 2024.Written and Directed by Joseph Schuman and Austin Stark. Starring Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon, Skye P. Marshall, Faran Tahir, Kristine Nielsen, Callum Vinson, Willa Dunn, and Fisher Stevens.SYNOPSIS:A mischievous cook leads an uprising against a wealthy family on a seaside estate. It is surprising that, at least to my knowledge, it has taken […]

Movie Review – Detained (2024)

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Detained, 2024.Directed by Felipe Mucci. Starring Abbie Cornish, Laz Alonso, John Patrick Amedori, Justin H. Min, Josefine Lindegaard, Breeda Wool, Silas Weir Mitchell, Moon Bloodgood, and Bernardo de Paula.SYNOPSIS:A woman wakes up in a police interrogation room with no memory of the night prior. However, something does not seem quite right in this police station.Filled […]

Movie Review – Didi (2024)

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Didi, 2024.Directed by Sean Wang. Starring Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua, Macaela Parker, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang, Chiron Cillia Denk, Sunil Mukherjee Maurillo, Montay Boseman, Alysha Syed, Alaysia Simmons, Tarnvir Kamboj, Shiu Fang Wang, Jayden Chiang, Joziah Lagonoy, Joshua Hankerson, Georgie August, Kade Hunter, Jerri Bowen, David Leal, Mackenzie Peters, Da […]

Movie Review – The Fabulous Four (2024)

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The Fabulous Four, 2024.Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. Starring Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Timothy V. Murphy, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Bolton, Renika Williams, Sophie von Haselberg, Deja Dee, Brandee Evans, Kadan Well Bennett, David Goren, Kaden Taylor, Brandee Evans, and Abigail Dolan.SYNOPSIS:It tells the story of two friends who travel to be […]

Movie Review – Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

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Deadpool & Wolverine, 2024.Directed by Shawn Levy. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen.SYNOPSIS:A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.Deadpool […]

Movie Review – I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

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I Saw the TV Glow, 2024.Written and Directed by Jane Schoenbrun. Starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Danielle Deadwyler, Fred Durst, Conner O’Malley, Emma Portner, Madaline Riley, Amber Benson, Albert Birney, Michael C. Maronna, Danny Tamberelli, Timothy Allan, Tyler Dean Flores, Elizabeth Scopel, Marlyn Bandiero, Haley Dahl, Raina Block, Bailey […]

Movie Review – Clear Cut (2024)

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Clear Cut, 2024.Directed by Brian Skiba. Starring Clive Standen, Tom Welling, Stephen Dorff, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Metcalfe, Lochlyn Munro, Lucy Martin, Chelsey Reist, Tom Stevens, and Mike Dopud.SYNOPSIS:A team of loggers discover a meth cook site in the middle of the forest and are forced to fight for their lives while being hunted by a […]