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Movie Review – Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

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Thor: Love and Thunder, 2022.Written and Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and Sean Gunn.SYNOPSIS:Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God […]

Video Review – Thor: Love and Thunder is another messy, uneven Marvel entry

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Thor: Love and Thunder…Thor is back, trying to find himself once again. In the new film, Thor: Love and Thunder, we see Hemsworth tackle the character once again, but we also see the return of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster. How do they fair against Gorr the God Butcher? […]

Sarah Silverman joins Bradley Cooper’s Maestro

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As cameras continue rolling on Bradley Cooper’s next directorial film Maestro for Netflix, Deadline reports that comedian Sarah Silverman (Battle of the Sexes) has joined the Leonard Bernstein biopic.She joins Cooper and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Women) in the film. Cooper plays Bernstein while Mulligan will portray his wife Felica Montealegre. Silverman will portray Bernstein’s sister, […]

First look at Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in Netflix’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro

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Having taken the conducting sticks from Steven Spielberg for his A Star is Born follow-up, Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro certainly looks the prestige part if these first look images are anything to go by.Tweeted by Netflix, the images show the transformation undertaken by Cooper to become the titular Broadway composer, as well as […]

Movie Review – Licorice Pizza (2021)

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Licorice Pizza, 2021.Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Christine Ebersole, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Harriet Sansom Harris, Este Haim, Danielle Haim, Emma Dumont, Joseph Cross, Emily Althaus, John Michael Higgins, Ray Chase, George DiCaprio, Sasha […]

Movie Review – Nightmare Alley (2021)

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Nightmare Alley, 2021.Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Mark Povinelli, Jim Beaver, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Drew Nelson, Troy James, Dian Bachar, Linden Porco, and Tim Blake Nelson.SYNOPSIS:An ambitious […]

Movie Review – Nightmare Alley (2021)

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Nightmare Alley, 2021.Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Mark Povinelli, Jim Beaver, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Drew Nelson, Troy James, Dian Bachar, Linden Porco, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: […]

Bradley Cooper to take the baton from Steven Spielberg for next directorial outing Maestro

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It seems as though Bradley Cooper has found his rhythm when it comes to selecting his directorial choices, because the A Star Is Born helmer has decided to remain in the world of music for his next film by inheriting Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro from Steven Spielberg.Cooper was speaking to Mahershala Ali during Variety’s Actors […]

Video Review – Guillermo del Toro strikes again with twisted Nightmare Alley

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley…Constantly firing all cylinders, Guillermo del Toro hits a new level with Nightmare Alley. Gone is the filmmaker’s supernatural tinge, and in its place is something even scarier…the darkness of the human soul. Nightmare Alley is unlike anything from del Toro, and it makes […]

Video Review – Licorice Pizza is good, bad, and problematic

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza…Paul Thomas Anderson is a prolific filmmaker with years of some of the most amazing cinematic work. Unfortunately, his latest outing, Licorice Pizza, couldn’t reach the heights of his other masterworks. While the film has some positives, critic EJ Moreno feels the weak script […]