Carter Smith’s Tense Return To Body Horror Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
Carter Smith’s debut film “The Ruins” was a slight dalliance into the body horror genre that was unnerving but also never went “full Cronenberg” in its approach. The film had great actors, and there was scope and intention, but it…
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Karen Carpenter: Starving For Perfection
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Karen Carpenter was a woman who died embattled by her fears in the form of anorexia nervosa. Like so many gifted musicians, singers, and songwriters who die too young from addiction, Carpenter’s drug…
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New Sam Pollard Doc Is A Solid Look At A Basketball Icon
Basketball’s popularity in the U.K. sucks. I need to mention this as a British writer composing a review about the late basketball great Bill Russell. I may be asking for a small modicum of forgiveness for a possible lack of…
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Parmet Delicately Balances Abuse Vs. Agency [Sundance]
Home Movie Reviews The Starling Girl Review: Parmet Delicately Balances Abuse Vs. Agency [Sundance] The Starling Girl, even with its unsettling themes about abuse, is a triumphant effort about finding love within. Eliza Scanlen as Jem in The Starling Girl…
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The Best of the Series Yet
There has always been a degree of eccentricity woven throughout the heart of the Hulu series Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Even as it was grounded in telling an origin story of sorts for one of the most iconic musical groups…
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Jonathan Majors Steals the Show
When it comes to the Ant-Man series of films, it’s hard to not get caught up in what the movies aren’t as much as what they are. With 2015’s Ant-Man, one could see the potential that Edgar Wright brought to…
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Ant-Man And The Wasp Quantumania Better Thank Kang
Super Heroes Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and The Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie…
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Follow The Dead | Film Threat
Follow The Dead is Adam William Cahill’s feature-length debut. The zombie comedy is set in Ireland and aims to put a modern spin on the walking undead. Is the first-time writer-director able to breathe life into a played put genre?…
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Raucously Remixes Gene Kelly For The G-String Set [Review]
At some point in the last decade, it became critical canon that the “Magic Mike” movies were “about” something. The sexy strippers were a nice marketing hook, but the films had a Trojan element to them – that’s the horse,…
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Barris’ Feature Is A Mixed Bag Of Laughs & Safe Commentary
Home Movie Reviews You People Review: Barris’ Feature Is A Mixed Bag Of Laughs & Safe Commentary Kenya Barris’ feature directorial debut, You People, is a mixed bag of laughs, annoyances, and cringe-worthy dialogue. Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill in…
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Haley Bennett, Marisa Abela & Sam Riley Cannot Save This Improv-Heavy Experiment
An estranged couple reunites after ten years in Jamie Adams’ skeletal “She is Love.” That previous sentence both serves as the logline and entire plot for Adams’s lean improv-heavy dramedy, which features Sam Riley, Haley Bennett, and Marisa Abela adrift…
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Missing | Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick make their writing and directing feature-length debut with Missing. After helping to construct a compelling missing person mystery in Searching as editors and directors of photography, they’ve crafted a tighter, more intense mystery. Johnson…
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