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Movie Review – Call Jane (2022)

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Call Jane, 2022. Directed by Phyllis Nagy. Starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Wunmi Mosaku, Kate Mara, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, John Magaro, Aida Turturro, Emily Creighton, Gina Jun, Rebecca Henderson, Bianca D’Ambrosio, Evangeline Young, Kristina Harrison, Alison Jaye, Kayla Foster, John Rothman, Bruce MacVittie, Maia Scalia, and Geoffrey Cantor. SYNOPSIS: A married […]

Movie Review – A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

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A Christmas Story Christmas, 2022. Directed by Clay Kaytis. Starring Peter Billingsley, Erinn Hayes, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Zack Ward, Julie Hagerty, Julianna Layne, River Drosche, Ian Petrella, Davis Murphy, Mark Arnold, Mariana Stansheva, Billy Brayshaw, and Tegan Grace Muggeridge. SYNOPSIS: Follows the now-adult Ralphie as he returns to the house on Cleveland Street to […]

Movie Review – Resurrection (2022)

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Resurrection, 2022. Written and directed by Andrew Semans. Starring Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, and Angela Wong Carbone. SYNOPSIS: Margaret’s life is in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful. Everything is under control. That is, until David returns, carrying with him the horrors of Margaret’s past. Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth […]

Movie Review – Abandoned (2022)

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Abandoned, 2022. Directed by Spencer Squire. Starring Emma Roberts, John Gallagher Jr., Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, Addy Miller, Paul Dillon, Justin Matthew Smith, and Paul Schneider. SYNOPSIS: After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman’s struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify… as the house reveals secrets of […]

Blu-ray Review – Better Call Saul Season 6

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Better Call Saul Season Six Directed by Michael Morris, Vince Gilligan, Gordon Smith, Rhea Shorn, Melissa Bernstein, Giancarlo Esposito, Thomas Schnauz, Michelle MacLaren, and Pete Gould. Starring Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton, Giancarlo Esposito, Carol Burnett, Aaron Paul, and Bryan Cranston. SYNOPSIS: Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul […]

Movie Review – Don’t Worry Darling (2022)

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Don’t Worry Darling, 2022.  Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, Kate Berlant, Douglas Smith, Ari’el Stachel, Asif Ali, Timothy Simons, Sydney Chandler, Wylie Quinn Anderson, Mariah Justice, Michelle Ells, and Marcello Julian Reyes. SYNOPSIS: A 1950s housewife living with her husband in […]

Movie Review – Girl Picture (2022)

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Girl Picture, 2022. Directed by Alli Haapasalo. Starring Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino, Sonya Lindfors, Cécile Orblin, Oona Airola, and Mikko Kauppila. SYNOPSIS: Mimmi, Emma, and Rönkkö are girls at the cusp of womanhood, trying to draw their own contours. On three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the earth moving effects of falling […]

Movie Review – One Fine Morning (2022)

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One Fine Morning, 2022. Written & Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory, and Nicole Garcia. SYNOPSIS: With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While stuggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into a friend who although being in a relationship, […]

Movie Review – Mad God (2021)

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Mad God, 2021. Directed by Phil Tippett. Featuring the voice talents of Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Anthony Ruivivar. SYNOPSIS: The Assassin is sent down into a twisted world of tortured souls and nightmares, all from the mind of special effects wizard Phil Tippett. Imagine, if you will, a stop-motion mash-up between David Cronenberg, […]

Movie Review – Violent Night (2022)

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Violent Night, 2022. Directed by Tommy Wirkola. Starring David Harbour, Beverly D’Angelo, John Leguizamo, Cam Gigandet, Edi Patterson, Brendan Fletcher, Alex Hassell, Mike Dopud, Alexis Louder, Mitra Suri, Stephanie Sy, Alexander Elliot, John B. Lowe, André Eriksen, Leah Brady, and Erik Athavale. SYNOPSIS: When a group of mercenaries attacks the estate of a wealthy family, […]