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Movie Review – Smile 2 (2024)

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Smile 2, 2024. Written and Directed by Parker Finn. Starring Naomi Scott, Kyle Gallner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutiérrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Dylan Gelula, Ray Nicholson, Erika Chase, Drew Barrymore, Mila Falkof, and Delphi Harrington. SYNOPSIS: About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and […]

60th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Conclave

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Conclave, 2024. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Sergio Castellitto, Brían F. O’Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Jacek Koman, Rony Kramer, Joseph Mydell, Thomas Loibl, Loris Loddi, Willie Jonah, Romuald Kłos, Roberto Citran, Madhav Sharma, Garrick Hagon, Vincenzo Failla, and Bruno Novelli. SYNOPSIS: When Cardinal Lawrence […]

Movie Review – Your Monster (2024)

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Your Monster, 2024. Written and Directed by Caroline Lindy. Starring Melissa Barrera, Tommy Dewey, Edmund Donovan, Kayla Foster, Kasey Bella Suarez, Taylor Trensch, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Meghann Fahy. SYNOPSIS: After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming Monster living in her […]

Movie Review – Rumours (2024)

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Rumours, 2024. Written and Directed by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin. Starring Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Burić, and Alicia Vikander. SYNOPSIS: The leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods while drafting a statement on a global crisis, facing danger […]

60th Chicago International Film Festival Review – When the Light Breaks

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When the Light Breaks, 2024. Written and Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson. Starring Elín Hall, Mikael Kaaber, Katla Njálsdóttir, Ágúst Örn B. Wigum, Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsdóttir, and Baldur Einarsson. SYNOPSIS: When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty. […]

Movie Review – Woman of the Hour (2024)

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Woman of the Hour, 2024. Directed by Anna Kendrick. Starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Tony Hale, Nicolette Robinson, Autumn Best, Pete Holmes, Andy Thompson, David Beairsto, Tighe Gill, Kathryn Gallagher, Kelley Jakle, Matt Visser, Jedidiah Goodacre, Dylan Schmid, Rob Morgan, Denalda Williams, Jessie Fraser, Max Lloyd-Jones, Nancy Kerr, James Yi, Jessica Chaffin, Matthew Kevin Anderson, […]

Movie Review – The Beast Within (2024)

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The Beast Within, 2024. Directed by Alexander J. Farrell. Starring Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Caoilinn Springall, Adam Basil, Ian Giles, and Martina McClements. SYNOPSIS: After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on […]

Movie Review – We Live in Time (2024)

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We Live in Time, 2024. Directed by John Crowley. Starring Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney, Lee Braithwaite, Aoife Hinds, Adam James, Douglas Hodge, Amy Morgan, Niamh Cusack, Lucy Briers, Robert Boulter, Nikhil Parmar, Kerry Godliman, Heather Craney, Matt Kennard, Sam Kennard, Laura Guest, Marama Corlett, Sue Wallace, Eliot Salt, Kevin Brewer, Fumilayo Brown-Olateju, and […]

Movie Review – Piece by Piece (2024)

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Piece by Piece, 2024. Directed by Morgan Neville. Featuring the voice talents of Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Helen Williams, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Morgan Neville, Daft Punk, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Pusha T, N.O.R.E., and Oprah Winfrey. SYNOPSIS: A vibrant journey through the life of Pharrell Williams, told […]

Movie Review – Caddo Lake (2024)

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Caddo Lake, 2024. Written and Directed by Logan George and Celine Held. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Eliza Scanlen, Lauren Ambrose, Eric Lange, Sam Hennings, Diana Hopper, Lance E. Nichols, Nina Leon, David Maldonado, Kim Baptiste, Jody Sellers, Greysen Conley, Jules Hilillo Fernandez, Larry S. White, Zedrick Tinsley, and A.C. Cooper. SYNOPSIS: When an 8-year-old girl disappears […]