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Movie Review – Relic (2020)

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Relic, 2020. Directed by Natalie Erika James. Starring Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Chris Bunton, Steve Rodgers, Catherine Glavicic, Jeremy Stanford, and Christina O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: When Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) visit the home of their grandmother (Robyn Nevin), her strange behavior starts to cause things to go bump in […]

2020 BFI London Film Festival – Shirley

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Shirley, 2020. Directed by Josephine Decker. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Victoria Pedretti, Robert Wuhl, and Logan Lerman. SYNOPSIS: When a young couple take up residence in the home of a reclusive horror writer (Elisabeth Moss), a symbiotic relationship begins which sparks inspiration and infatuation. Half glimpsed through a crowd of people transfixed […]

Movie Review – Hubie Halloween (2020)

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Hubie Halloween, 2020. Directed by Steven Brill Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Maya Rudolph, Tim Meadows, Michael Chiklis, June Squibb, George Wallace, Keenan Thompson, Shaquille O’Neill, Noah Schnapp, and Paris Berelc SYNOPSIS: For years Hubie Dubois (Adam Sandler) has kept the streets of Salem safe from trouble, […]

Movie Review – Children of the Sea (2020)

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Children of the Sea, 2020. Directed by Ayumu Watanabe. Featuring the voice talents of Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishû Uragami, Win Morisaki, Yû Aoi, Gorô Inagaki, Min Tanaka, and Sumiko Fuji. SYNOPSIS: When a young girl befriends two siblings who’re uniquely linked to the sea, she begins to experience flashbacks to her childhood and the […]

Movie Review – Gamemaster (2020)

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Gamemaster, 2020. Directed by Charles Mruz. Featuring Nasha Balagamwala, Elan Lee, Charlie Bink, Bruno Cathala, Reiner Knizia, Kasper Lapp, Matt Leacock, Scott Rogers, Susan McKinley Ross, Jason Serrato, Alex Yeager, and Klaus Teuber SYNOPSIS: Documentary filmmaker Charles Mruz takes a deep dive into the world of table top gaming and the creators behind some of […]

Movie Review – Finding the Way Back (2020)

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Finding the Way Back, 2020. Directed by Gavin O’Connor Starring Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins, Brandon Wilson, Will Ropp, Fernando Luis Vega, Charles Lott Jr, Melvin Gregg, Ben Irving, Jeremy Radin, and John Aylward. SYNOPSIS: Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) was a high-school basketball phenomenon who walked away from the sport when he […]

Movie Review – Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2020)

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Disappearance at Clifton Hill, 2020. Directed by Albert Shin Starring Tuppence Middleton, Hannah Gross, Marie-Josée Croze , Eric Johnson, David Cronenberg, Colin McLeod, Andy McQueen, Noah Reid, Dan Lett, and Aaron Poole SYNOPSIS: When Abby (Tuppence Middleton) returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, echoes from her childhood trigger memories that could help solve a […]

First look at Studio Ghibli’s first CGI outing Aya and the Witch

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Through a combination of Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement and the studio taking a brief pause in production, legendary animation house Studio Ghibli haven’t sprinkled their special brand of magic since 2014’s When Marnie Was There. That’s all about to change with Gorō Miyazaki’s Aya to Majo (Aya and the Witch), and now thanks to these stills […]

Ben Stiller to direct Oscar Issac in adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s London

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This news is something of a refreshing mystery, but what little we do know about London is that Ben Stiller is set to direct Oscar Issac in an adaptation of the short-story by Headhunters writer Jo Nesbo. The Hollywood Reporter say that Issac bought the rights to the story via his Mad Gene Media company, […]

Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua to team up for slavery drama Emancipation

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Deadline is reporting that Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith are set to work together on Emancipation, a slavery drama based on one of history’s most powerful images, a photograph titled ‘the scourged back’. The scar tissue smothering the back of a runaway plantation slave named Gordon, administered to him on a property owned by John […]