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Movie Review – Emily the Criminal (2022)

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Emily the Criminal. 2022 Written and Directed by John Patton Ford. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Gina Gershon, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Jonathan Avigdori, Bernardo Badillo, Craig Stark, and Brandon Sklenar. SYNOPSIS: Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los […]

Movie Review – Jurassic Punk (2022)

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Jurassic Punk, 2022. Directed by Scott Leberecht. Starring Steve “Spaz” Williams, Phil Tippett, Robert Patrick, Jamie Hyneman, Mark Dippe, Scott Ross, Stefen Fangmeier, Bill Kimberlin, John Schlag, and Jody Duncan. SYNOPSIS: Steve “Spaz” Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs for Jurassic Park transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless […]

58th Chicago Film Festival Review – Close

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Close, 2022. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel, and Marc Weiss. SYNOPSIS: Thirteen-year-olds Leo and Charlie have always been incredibly close, but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. When tragedy strikes, one is forced to […]

58th Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Lost King (2022)

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The Lost King, 2022. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, James Fleet, Lee Ingleby, Amanda Abbington, Lewis Macleod, Alison Peebles, Jenny Douglas, Helen Katamba, Shonagh Price, Benjamin Scanlan, Adam Robb, Robert Jack, Sarah MacGillivray, John-Paul Hurley, James Rottger, David Ireland, Bruce Fummey, Kern Falconer, Harvey Reid, Annie Griffin, […]

58th Chicago International Film Festival Review – A Compassionate Spy

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A Compassionate Spy, 2022. Directed by Steve James. Featuring Theodore Hall and Joan Hall. SYNOPSIS: The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia. The latest effort from celebrated documentary filmmaker Steve James (Life Itself, Abacus), A Compassionate Spy, follows Ted Hall, responsible for physician work on The […]

Movie Review – I Love My Dad (2022)

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I Love My Dad, 2022. Written and Directed by James Morosini. Starring James Morosini, Patton Oswalt, Lil Rel Howery, Amy Landecker, Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, Sarah Helbringer, and Ricky Velez. SYNOPSIS: A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect. Take yourself back to the days of middle school pre-public presentation anxiety. […]

Movie Review – Gone In the Night (2022)

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Gone In the Night, 2022. Directed by Eli Horowitz. Starring Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, Brianne Tju, John Gallagher Jr., and Owen Teague. SYNOPSIS: Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger couple already there — the rental has apparently been double-booked. With nowhere else to go, […]

Movie Review – The Cellar (2022)

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The Cellar, 2022. Written and Directed by Brendan Muldowney. Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Abby Fitz, Dylan Fitzmaurice-Brady, Aaron Monaghan, Tara Lee, and Andrew Bennett. SYNOPSIS: Keira Woods’ daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house. She soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have […]

Sundance London 2022: The Top 5 Films From the Festival

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Tom Beasley on the top films from Sundance London 2022… Another edition of the Sundance London Film Festival is in the books, with more than a dozen films from the Utah-based fest’s catalogue screened to press and the public in the British capital. We spent several days cramming in as many of the festival’s offerings […]

Movie Review – The Phantom of the Open (2021)

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The Phantom of the Open, 2021. Directed by Craig Roberts. Starring Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones, and Johann Myers. SYNOPSIS: Down on his luck Maurice Flitcroft from Barrow In Furness finds his job at the shipyard in jeopardy and decides to try his hand at […]