Ana De Armas Shines In Exploitative, Hollow Marilyn Monroe Drama
Marilyn Monroe is a household name and her image often brings to mind a confident sex symbol whose life story has been the subject of many a biopic and books. Much has also been made of writer-director Andrew Dominik’s Blonde,…
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Justin Theroux Can’t Salvage This Scattered Adaptation
Of all the many works of film and television to attempt to adapt a novel, The Mosquito Coast remains one of the most strange. Supposedly based on the far more nuanced 1981 novel of the same name by Paul Theroux,…
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Nostalgia Trip Struggles With Issues of Race
“Remember your past,” Aaron Rabinowitz (Anthony Hopkins) tells his grandson Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) throughout Armageddon Time, the latest film from writer-director James Gray. Based on Gray’s childhood growing up in 1980s Queens, Armageddon Time does exactly that, as we…
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Meet Da Bomb Sauce Killer
Want a hot sauce that blows Da Bomb Sauce out of the water? Look no further as Dean of the Dead has brought the fire in this brand new range of hot sauces. Yes, I’m well aware that my name…
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Bullet Proof | Film Threat
It’s simple. Action movies are all about action. Everything else is secondary. Director/star James Clayton’s Bullet Proof has action in spades. Yes, it’s helpful that the story and acting are good, but let’s face it, we’re looking for fist fights, car chases,…
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Till Review – A Movie That Shouldnt Need To Exist
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie’s poignant…
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Spoiler Alert Review | Flickreel
Spoiler Alert works better as a romantic drama than as a romantic comedy. That makes sense since the plot revolves around cancer, although we’ve seen other films about the disease balance both tones. Jonathan Levine’s 50/50 and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me…
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The Decaying Found Footage Horror Anthology Injects Much-Needed Humor [TIFF]
1999 was a strange year for pop culture. On the one hand, there was all this fear about Y2K and the possible end of the world. Then, on the other hand, pop culture was all over the place with a…
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Lathan’s Directorial Debut Is Engaging Coming-Of-Age Tale
Coming of age tales have always drawn an audience. Be they young or older, there is something one can relate to within narratives about discovering oneself and growing up. In On the Come Up, Sanaa Lathan's directorial debut, a young…
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A Lackluster Workplace Comedy Only Saved by Its Cast
The most interesting thing about Blockbuster, a middling sitcom reliant on a strong cast stuck in a comedy as dead-end as the fictional jobs they’re working, is the truth surrounding it. There is a real last Blockbuster that is operating…
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Florence Pugh Film Pits Science Against Religion
This review was originally a part of our 2022 Toronto International Film Festival coverage. The Wonder begins with an acknowledgment of the artifice inherent to what director Sebastián Lelio has created for us. While all films are themselves illusions, rarely…
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Pennywise: The Story of IT Review: Bloated but Brilliant
Coming to digital download on October 3rd with a Blu Ray and DVD release on October 24th we were sent an early screener to bring you this Pennywise: The Story of IT review. Exploring the 1990 cult hit mini-series, based…
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