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Movie Review – French Exit (2020)

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French Exit, 2020. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots and Danielle McDonald. SYNOPSIS: Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer) is broke. With her reluctant son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) in tow, she settles on a plan to vacation in Paris. This quaint character piece from the pen […]

Movie Review – French Exit (2021)

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French Exit, 2021. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel DiTomasso, Eddie Holland, Matt Holland, Christine Lan, Robert Higden, and Larry Day. SYNOPSIS: An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small […]

Movie Review – French Exit (2020)

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French Exit, 2020. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Susan Coyne and Tracy Letts. SYNOPSIS: A previously wealthy widow and her son travel to Paris with the last of their money, and the cat whose body she claims her husband occupies. Highbrow quirk is an interesting […]

Michelle Pfeiffer stars in trailer for French Exit

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Sony Pictures has released a poster and trailer for director Azazel Jacobs’ comedy drama French Exit which stars Michelle Pfeiffer as a widowed, penniless socialite who moves to France to live out her twilight days with her son (Lucas Hedges) and a cat who she believes might embody the spirit of her dead husband; take […]

Movie Review – Let Them All Talk (2020)

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Let Them All Talk, 2020. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges, Daniel Algrant, and John Douglas Thompson. SYNOPSIS: A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her […]

First trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Let Them All Talk starring Meryl Streep

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Ahead of its premiere on HBO Max next month, the first trailer and poster have debuted for the upcoming feature Let Them All Talk. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the comedy drama sees Meryl Streep leading a cast that includes Candice Bergen, Gemma Chan, Lucas Hedges and Dianne Wiest; take a look here… “Let Them All […]

Movie Review – Waves (2019)

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Waves, 2019. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Sterling K. Brown. SYNOPSIS: A South Florida family deals with a loss in many different ways. Waves is a movie that reached into my chest, ripped my heart out, and handed it back to […]

Movie Review – Honey Boy (2019)

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Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Shia LaBeouf, FKA Twigs, Maika Monroe and Natasha Lyonne. SYNOPSIS: A former child star in rehab looks back on his youthful fame, as well as his abusive, alcoholic father. There is a lot of talk this year about auto-fiction, in which filmmakers give […]

55th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Waves (2019)

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Waves, 2019. Written and Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sterling K. Brown, Alexa Demie, Neal Huff, Clifton Collins Jr.,  Krisha Fairchild, and Harmony Korine. SYNOPSIS: Traces the journey of a suburban African-American family – led by a well-intentioned but domineering father – as they […]

Acclaimed drama Waves gets a new trailer from A24

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With a little over two weeks to go until its theatrical release, A24 has revealed a new trailer for writer-director Trey Edward Shults’ acclaimed drama Waves which follows a suburban family as they come together in the aftermath of a loss, and features a cast that includes Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa […]