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Movie Review – Old Man (2022)

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Old Man, 2022. Directed by Lucky McKee. Starring Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, Patch Darragh, and Liana Wright-Mark. SYNOPSIS: When a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods, he could never have imagined the nightmare that awaits. An old man is jolted awake agape, presumably by a nightmare. That’s how director […]

Movie Review – Mending the Line (2023)

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Mending the Line, 2023. Directed by Joshua Caldwell. Starring Brian Cox, Sinqua Walls, Perry Mattfeld, Patricia Heaton, Wes Studi, Irene Bedard, Julian Works, Chris Galust, Tristan Thompson, Pressly Coker, Michaela Sasner, Melanie Rae Wendt, Gabriel Clark, Jenna Ciralli, Scott McCauley, Phaedra Nielson, and Josef Patterson. SYNOPSIS: A Marine wounded in Afghanistan is sent to a […]

Movie Review – Showing Up (2023)

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Showing Up, 2023. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Starring Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, Maryann Plunkett, John Magaro, Andre Benjamin, James Le Gros, Judd Hirsch, Todd-o-Phonic Todd, Lauren, Lakis, Denzel Rodriguez, Jean-Luc Boucherot, Ted Rooney, Heather Lawless, Ben Coonley, Chase Hawkins, Izabel Mar, Bahni Turpin, Holly Osborne, Ethan Benarroch, Hanna Caldwell, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Kevin-Michael Moore, […]

Movie Review – Brooklyn 45 (2023)

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Brooklyn 45, 2023. Written and Directed by Ted Geoghegan. Starring Anne Ramsay, Ezra Buzzington, Jeremy Holm, Larry Fessenden, Ron E. Rains, and Kristina Klebe. SYNOPSIS: Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal. It is unquestionably terrifying that xenophobic or […]

Movie Review – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023)

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Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, 2023. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Emily Beecham, Jason Wong, Bobby Schofield, Sean Sagar, Reza Diako, Abbas Fasaei, Swen Temmel, Rhys Yates, Ash Goldeh, Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Marcel Zadé, Hadi Khanjanpour, Gary Anthony Stennette, Fariba Sheikhan, Damon Zolfaghari, Javier Ramos, Kawa Mawlayee, Altamasch […]

Movie Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, 2023. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson. Featuring the voice talents of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Oscar Isaac, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Karan Soni, Jason Schwartzman, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Greta Lee, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham, Peter Sohn, Andy Samberg, […]

Movie Review – Shooting Stars (2023)

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Shooting Stars, 2023. Directed by Chris Johnson. Starring Mookie Cook, Caleb McLaughlin, Algee Smith, Dermot Mulroney, Wood Harris, Natalie Paul, Katlyn Nichol, Avery Serell Wills Jr., Scoot Henderson, Khalil Everage, Bryant Carroll, Diane Howard, Jon Solomon, Mark McNeil II, Rohn Thomas, Jim Cirner, and LeBron James. SYNOPSIS: The inspiring origin story of a basketball superhero, […]

Movie Review – Padre Pio (2023)

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Padre Pio, 2022. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, Salvatore Ruocco, Federico Majorana, Michelangelo Dalisi, Martina Gatti, Alessio Montagnani, Roberta Mattei, Ermanno De Biagi, Alessandro Cremona, Ignazio Oliva, Valeria Correale, Federica Dordei, Piergiuseppe Francione, Anna Ferrara, and Francesco D’Angelo. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – A Good Person (2023)

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A Good Person, 2023. Written and Directed by Zach Braff. Starring Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Molly Shannon, Celeste O’Connor, Zoe Lister-Jones, Chinaza Uche, Toby Onwumere, Nichelle Hines, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Oli Green, Brian Rojas, Ryann Redmond, Sydney Morton, Jackie Hoffman, Victor Cruz, Anthony Cedeño, and Emilia Suárez. SYNOPSIS: Allison’s life falls apart following her involvement in […]

Movie Review – Barbarians (2022)

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Barbarians, 2022. Written and Directed by Charles Dorfman. Starring Tom Cullen, Inès Spiridonov, Iwan Rheon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Connor Swindells, Tommy McDonnell, Will Kemp, and Kevin Ryan. SYNOPSIS: A dinner party in a country house that sees four friends come together for a birthday celebration. But as the night progresses secrets emerge and unsettling events […]