Category: Reviews
Anne Hathaway & Thomasin McKenzie Film Defies Expectations
Anne Hathaway & Thomasin McKenzie Film Defies Expectations

Eileen, the first film from William Oldroyd since 2016’s Lady Macbeth made Florence Pugh a star, is more defined by what it isn't than what it is. Like his previous film, Eileen is an exercise in restraint, as this story,…

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Loses Its Subject in Favor of a Personal Story
Loses Its Subject in Favor of a Personal Story

Home Movie Reviews ‘Kim’s Video’ Review: Loses Its Subject in Favor of a Personal Story | Sundance 2023 Directors David Redmon and Ashley Sabin get lost in their own involvement while trying to document the story of Kim's Video. Image…

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Little Richard: I Am Everything
Little Richard: I Am Everything

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! If you don’t know Little Richard, you will because director Lisa Cortés holds nothing back in Little Richard: I Am Everything. The filmmaker reveals the legendary rock star’s life and his infinite influence on popular music…

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Jonathan Majors Shoulders The Weight of This Incel, Bodybuilder Drama [Sundance]
Jonathan Majors Shoulders The Weight of This Incel, Bodybuilder Drama [Sundance]

In Greek mythology, it holds that for a time, gods and mortals mingled freely, creating demigods whose sole aim was to prove their worth so they might join their celestial kin. For the Greeks, the gods who ruled on mount…

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Fuqua’s Latest Historical Drama Is Gorgeous But Underbaked
Fuqua’s Latest Historical Drama Is Gorgeous But Underbaked

Home Movie Reviews Emancipation Review: Fuqua's Latest Historical Drama Is Gorgeous But Underbaked While Emancipation contains beautiful cinematography amidst brutalities of oppression, it conveys very little about the man who should easily inspire. It feels as if there’s always a…

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Jason Momoa Produced Doc Incisively Explores the Ramifications of Deep-Sea Mining [Sundance]
Jason Momoa Produced Doc Incisively Explores the Ramifications of Deep-Sea Mining [Sundance]

The prospect of deep-sea mining may seem like a solution to our ever-growing fuel crisis. Polymetallic nodules that sit on the ocean floor are made up of the very type of metals that so-called ‘green’ companies need to build batteries.…

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Mariel Molino Tries to Carry a Tepid Thriller Series
Mariel Molino Tries to Carry a Tepid Thriller Series

What would you get if you took the premise of murder and mystery of Only Murders in the Building, stripped it of its humor, crossed it all with some of the elements of the spectacular series Servant, and gave it…

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An Essential Look at the Battle for Freedom of Press
An Essential Look at the Battle for Freedom of Press

Home Movie Reviews ‘Bad Press’ Review: An Essential Look at the Battle for Freedom of Press | Sundance 2023 Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler look at the Muscogee/Creek Nation journalists' fight for freedom of press. Image via Sundance As a…

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Motel Drive | Film Threat
Motel Drive | Film Threat

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Americana goes feral and eats its young in the heartbreaking documentary Motel Drive by director Brendan Geraghty. It was shot over seven years on a single city block of broken-down transient motels in Fresno, California. It…

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There’s Something Wrong With The Children
There’s Something Wrong With The Children

There’s Something Wrong With The Children Tells the story of Ben and Margo who go on a weekend trip with their longtime friends and their two young children. When the children start exhibiting some strange behaviors, they fear it may…

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Ghost Story Makes Every Choice Meaningful
Ghost Story Makes Every Choice Meaningful

For anyone who has already seen the movie, watching The Eternal Daughter trailer is an amusing experience, but prospective viewers shouldn't be fooled — this isn't a horror movie. It is a ghost story, but more in the literary sense.…

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Lily Gladstone Gives A Tremendous Performance In Indigenous Drama [Sundance]
Lily Gladstone Gives A Tremendous Performance In Indigenous Drama [Sundance]

With her breakout turn as a soulful queer rancher in Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women,” Lily Gladstone proved herself to be one of the most unique and affecting performers of the last decade. Although she has worked steadily since it’s ridiculous…

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