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Movie Review – Valiant One (2025)

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Valiant One, 2025. Directed by Steve Barnett. Starring Chase Stokes, Lana Condor, Desmin Borges, Callan Mulvey, Diana Tsoy, Daniel Jun, Jonathan Whitesell, Stephen Adekolu, Ronald Patrick Thompson, Leo Chiang, Dimitry Tsoy, Jerina Son, and Tyrone Pak. SYNOPSIS: With tensions between North and South Korea, a US helicopter crashes on the North Korean side. Now the […]

2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sorry, Baby

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Sorry, Baby, 2025. Written and Directed by Eva Victor. Starring Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack, Liz Bishop, Chhoyang Cheshatsang, Marc Carver, Jordan Mendoza, Celeste Oliva, Jesse Gabbard, Anabel Graetz, Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Lucien Spelman, Priscilla Manning, and Conor Sweeney. SYNOPSIS: Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes […]

Movie Review – Hard Truths (2024)

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Hard Truths, 2024. Written and Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Elliot Edusah, Tiwa Lade, Jonathan Livingstone, Samantha Spiro, Sophia Brown, Hiral Varsani, and Bryony Miller. SYNOPSIS: Pansy is a woman tormented by anger and depression, hypersensitive to the slightest possible offense, and ever ready to fly off […]

2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Didn’t Die

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Didn’t Die, 2025. Directed by Meera Menon. Starring Kiran Deol, George Basil, Samrat Chakrabarti, Katie McCuen, Ali Lopez-Sohaili, Kandis Fay, Rupak Ginn, Rachna Khatau, Jhanelle Elissa, Vishal Vijayakumar, and August Redd. SYNOPSIS: As the zombie apocalypse unfolds, a podcast host struggles to maintain their dwindling audience amidst the chaos. There is a chance one might […]

2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – André Is an Idiot

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André Is an Idiot, 2025. Directed by Tony Benna. Featuring André Ricciardi, Janice Ricciardi, Tallula Ricciardi, Delilah Ricciardi, Lee Einhorn, Nick Ricciardi, Tommy Chong, Peter Carnochan, PhD., Ryan Lee, Jason Harris, Tommy Means, Stelio Kitrilakis and Waffles (the cat). SYNOPSIS: Andre, an irreverent man, embarks on an unexpected journey after receiving a terminal diagnosis, determined […]

Movie Review – Dog Man (2025)

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Dog Man, 2025. Written and Directed by Peter Hastings. Featuring the voice talents of Peter Hastings, Pete Davidson, Lucas Hopkins Calderon, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Stephen Root, Poppy Liu, Ricky Gervais, Billy Boyd, Luenell, Laraine Newman, Melissa Villaseñor, Cheri Oteri, Kate Micucci, Maggie Wheeler, Pearce Bunting, Max Koch, and Rahnuma Panthaky. SYNOPSIS: Dog Man, […]

Movie Review – Like Father Like Son (2025)

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Like Father Like Son, 2025. Written and Directed by Barry Jay. Starring Dylan Flashner, Ariel Winter, Vivica A. Fox, Mayim Bialik, Dermot Mulroney, Jim Klock, Prima Apollinaare, Eric Michael Cole, Benjamin Mackey, Casey James, Daniel Lench, John C. Epperson, Michael Roddy, Laura L. Cottrel, Ronit Gilbert-Aranoff, Chris Gann, Jonathan Tysor, Pappy Faulkner, Jonathan Shores, Mike […]

Movie Review – Green and Gold (2025)

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Green and Gold, 2025. Directed by Anders Lindwall. Starring Craig T. Nelson, Brandon Sklenar. M. Emmet Walsh, Madison Lawlor, Charlie Berens, Ashton Moio, Shivani Mendez, Annabel Armour, Bill Kalinak, Tim Frank, Chanell Bell, and Shawn Graves. SYNOPSIS: With American farms disappearing, a fourth-generation dairy farmer and his granddaughter fight to preserve their way of life. […]

Movie Review – The Vourdalak (2024)

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The Vourdalak, 2024. Directed by Adrien Beau. Starring Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Grégoire Colin. SYNOPSIS:  When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behaviour […]