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Video Review – Don’t Look Up is an apocalyptic failure

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EJ Moreno with a scathing video review of Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up… At its best, Don’t Look Up feels like a horrible SNL opening sketch. At its worst, it’s a reminder that Trump-era satire has run its course. Maybe the film needed a creative team behind it because it all felt painfully unfunny. Most […]

Don’t Look Up gets a star-studded batch of character posters

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Ahead of its theatrical release this Friday, twelve character posters have been released for Adam McKay’s sci-fi comedy drama Don’t Look Up featuring stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothee Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Scott Mescudi, Cate Blanchett, Ariana Grande, and Rob Morgan; take a look here… SEE ALSO: […]

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence try to save the world in new trailer for Don’t Look Up

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Netflix has released a new trailer, poster and batch of images for the star-studded sci-fi comedy drama Don’t Look Up. Written and directed by Adam McKay, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as an astronomy professor who along with his grad student Jennifer Lawrence as they attempt to warn the world about a comet on a […]

Movie Review – Little Women (2019)

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Little Women, 2019. Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, Abby Quinn, Dash Barber, Hadley Robinson, and Meryl Streep. SYNOPSIS: Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. The […]

Video Review – Dune: The Unadaptable Story Fails Again

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune… Denis Villeneuve returns with another adaptation of a cult classic ’80s project, and it’s just as hollow as his previous film. Dune is quite stunning to look at but offers barely anything under the surface level. Is it a problem from the source material, or […]

Video Review – The French Dispatch is a Wes Anderson Overload

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EJ Moreno with a video review of The French Dispatch… Filmmaker Wes Anderson is back with another quirky film and somehow outdoes himself this time. The French Dispatch is an insane overload of the senses but somehow works in the film’s favor. Watch EJ’s review of the movie below, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for […]

Movie Review – Dune (2021)

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Dune, 2021. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, David Dastmalchian, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chen Chang and Babs Olusanmokun. SYNOPSIS: Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection […]

Movie Review – Dune (2021)

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Dune, 2021. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chang Chen, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Babs Olusanmokun, and Benjamin Clémentine. SYNOPSIS: Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Dune

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Dune. 2021 Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chang Chen, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Babs Olusanmokun, and Benjamin Clémentine SYNOPSIS: Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble […]