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Movie Review – The Last Showgirl (2024)

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The Last Showgirl, 2024. Directed by Gia Coppola. Starring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Billie Lourd, John Clofine, Jason Schwartzman and Patrick Hilgart. SYNOPSIS: A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. At one point during Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl […]

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 7 Review – ‘We’re Gonna Be in So Much Trouble’

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Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew… We have been steadily building towards our crew’s return to At Attin since they left at the series’ start. The penultimate episode sees both Jod and the pirate crew and Wim and co, simultaneously making course for the seemingly lost planet. We begin with […]

Movie Review – Birdeater (2023)

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Birdeater, 2023. Directed by Jack Clark and Jim Weir. Starring Mackenzie Fearnley, Shabana Azeez, Ben Hunter, Jack Bannister, Clementine Anderson, Alfie Gledhill, Harley Wilson, Caroline McQuade, and Will Rodriguez. SYNOPSIS: A bride-to-be is invited to her fiancé’s bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details of their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn. Having […]

Movie Review – A Real Pain (2024)

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A Real Pain, 2024. Written and Directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Ellora Torchia, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes. SYNOPSIS: Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions […]

Movie Review – Laws of Man (2025)

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Laws of Man, 2025. Written and Directed by Phil Blattenberger. Starring Jacob Keohane, Jackson Rathbone, Dermot Mulroney, Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Graham Greene, Kelly Lynn Reiter, James Urbaniak, Forrie J. Smith, Greg Kriek, David DeLao, Ashley Gallegos, James Roseman, Johnny Hoeft, Alex Javo, Cody Howard, Al Pagano, William Shannon Williams,  Jason Damico, Chase Gutzmore, Christopher […]

Blu-ray Review – Saturday Night (2024)

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Saturday Night, 2024. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J. K. Simmons. SYNOPSIS: Given Saturday Night’s lackluster box office […]

Movie Review – The Substance (2024)

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The Substance, 2024. Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Gore Abrams, Hugo Diego Garcia, Olivier Raynal, Tiffany Hofstetter, Tom Morton, Jiselle Burkhalter, Axel Baille, Oscar Lesage, Matthew Géczy, Philip Schurer, Daniel Knight, Namory Bakayoko, and Bill Bentley. SYNOPSIS: A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a […]

Movie Review – The Girl with the Needle (2024)

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The Girl with the Needle, 2024. Directed by Magnus von Horn Starring Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Ari Alexander, Per Thiim Thim, Joachim Fjelstrup, Ava Knox Martin SYNOPSIS: Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her […]

Movie Review – Oddity (2024)

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Oddity, 2024. Directed by Damian McCarthy. Starring Carolyn Bracken, Jonathan French, Steve Wall, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton. SYNOPSIS: A blind medium uses haunted items to uncover the truth about her twin sister’s murder. Damian McCarthy’s previous movie Caveat, was a slow-burning mood piece that had a few pacing and script issues, but it […]

Movie Review – Nickel Boys (2024)

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Nickel Boys, 2024. Directed by RaMell Ross. Starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Luke Tennie, Sunny Mabrey, Gralen Bryant Banks, Sara Osi Scott, Rachel Whitman Groves, Escalante Lundy, LeBaron Foster Thornton, Ethan Cole Sharp, Najah Bradley, Mike Harkins, Jimmie Fails, Sam Malone, Taraja Ramsess, Sean Tyrik, Bryant Tardy, […]