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TIFF 2016 Review – All I See Is You (2016)

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All I See Is You, 2016. Directed by Marc Forster. Starring Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O’Reilly, Miguel Fernandez, Danny Huston and Yvonne Strahovski. SYNOPSIS: A blind woman’s relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves. Ever since last year’s Age of Adeline, Blake Lively has had […]

Second Opinion – Café Society (2016)

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Café Society, 2016. Written and Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Steve Carell, Corey Stoll, Parker Posey, Ken Stott and Jeannie Berlin. SYNOPSIS: In the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. […]

Movie Review – Cafe Society (2016)

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Cafe Society, 2016. Written and Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll, Parker Posey, Ken Stott, Jeannie Berlin and Steve Carell. SYNOPSIS: In the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. […]

Movie Review – The Shallows (2016)

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The Shallows. 2016. Directed by Jaume Collett-Serra. Starring Blake Lively. SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. The Shallows tells the story of Nancy, a college medical student who travels to a secluded beach […]

Second Opinion – The Shallows (2016)

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The Shallows, 2016. Directed by Jaume Collet Serra. Starring Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen and Sedona Lodge.   SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. When I first heard about The Shallows, my […]

The Shallows surprises audiences and scares up a $16 million opening

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Shark movie The Shallows opened domestically over the weekend [read our review here], and while it was never going to compete with giants like Finding Dory and Independence Day: Resurgence, it performed very well.Opening on just under 3,000 screens, the Blake Lively-starring film brought home an estimated $16.7 million (an average of $5,500 per screening). With […]

Movie Review – The Shallows (2016)

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The Shallows, 2016.Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Blake Lively.SYNOPSIS:A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra isn’t a well-known name to mainstream audiences, but he is beginning to slowly make a trademark for […]

69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Cafe Society (2016)

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Café Society, 2016. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Parker Posey, Paul Schneider, Corey Stoll, Blake Lively and Anna Camp. SYNOPSIS: A 1930s-inspired comedy about a native New Yorker who transfers to glamorous Hollywood and finds himself in a love triangle with a secretary and a powerful married man. The […]

The cast for Woody Allen’s 2016 film revealed

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Over the course of his long career, Woody Allen has always managed to line up stellar casts for each of his films. Having said that, the cast for Allen’s still untitled 2016 film was recently revealed in a press release, and it’s no exception.  The cast includes Kristen Stewart (On the Road), Blake Lively (Age of […]