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Movie Review – The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)

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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin , 2024. Directed by Benjamin Ree. Featuring Mats Steen, Kelsey Ellison, Zoe Croft, Paul Wild, and Elena Pitsiaeli. SYNOPSIS: Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they […]

Movie Review – Absolution (2024)

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Absolution, 2024. Directed by Hans Petter Moland. Starring Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Yolonda Ross, Frankie Shaw, Daniel Diemer, Javier Molina, Jimmy Gonzales, Josh Drennen, Deanna Tarraza, Terrence Pulliam, Omar Moustafa Ghonim, Tom Kemp, Ryan Homchick, William Xifaras, Ryan Caraway, Matthew Delamater, Brian A. White, and Bryan Caraway. SYNOPSIS: An aging gangster attempts to reconnect with […]

Movie Review – Juror #2 (2024)

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Juror #2, 2024. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Zoey Deutch, Cedric Yarbrough, Kiefer Sutherland, Gabriel Basso, Amy Aquino, Francesca Eastwood, Adrienne C. Moore, Leslie Bibb, Phil Biedron, Hedy Nasser, Onix Serrano, Drew Scheid, Jason Coviello, Rebecca Koon, Chikako Fukuyama, KateLynn E. Newberry, Rachel Walters, Ella Fraley, Annie […]

Movie Review – The Last Front (2024)

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The Last Front, 2024. Written and Directed by Julien Hayet-Kerknawi. Starring Iain Glen, Sasha Luss, Joe Anderson, David Calder, James Downie, Koen De Bouw, Julian Kostov, Life Leader, Seldeslacht years, Anna Ballantine, Sam Rintoul, Emma Moortgat, Emma Dupont, Steve Armand, and Philippe Brenninkmeyer. SYNOPSIS: Amidst World War I’s chaos, a grieving father turns hero, leading […]

Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz to reunite for Day Drinker

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Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz are set to reunite in Day Drinker, an action film from director Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man) with Lionsgate producing, per The Hollywood Reporter. Day Drinker follows “a cruise ship bartender [who] meets a mysterious day drinker—only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly, and […]

Movie Review – Anora (2024)

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Anora, 2024. Written and Directed by Sean Baker. Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Yura Borisov, Vache Tovmasyan, Ivy Wolk, Luna Sofía Miranda, Ross Brodar, Lindsey Normington, Darya Ekamasova, Emily Weider, Alena Gurevich, Paul Weissman, Aleksey Serebryakov, Ella Rubin, Vincent Radwinsky, Brittney Rodriguez, Sophia Carnabuci, Anton Bitter, Zoë Vnak, Vlad Mamai, Maria Tichinskaya, Morgan […]

The Penguin Episode 6 Review – ‘Gold Summit’

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Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of The Penguin… After a couple of episodes that flipped the show on its head, The Penguin’s sixth episode ‘Gold Summit’ feels like the calm before the storm with pieces moving into place for an explosive couple of final episodes. Oz and Vic are looking to accelerate their operation […]

Movie Review – Director’s Cut (2024)

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Director’s Cut, 2024. Written and Directed by Don Capria Starring Louis Lombardi, Tyler Ivey, Brandy Ochoa, Haley Cassidy, Greg Poppa, Lucy Hart, Danielle Kotch,  Darren Hickok, Louis Rocky Bacigalupo SYNOPSIS: A punk band are tempted into the Pennsylvania woodlands by the promise of a professionally made music video.  The ‘rocksploitation horror’ sub-genre of slasher movies […]

60th Chicago International Film Festival – Small Things Like These

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Small Things Like These, 2024. Directed by Tim Mielants. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh, Zara Devlin, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan, Amy De Bhrún, Mark McKenna, Agnes O’Casey, Joanne Crawford, Abby Fitz, Aoife Gaffney, and Aidan O’Hare. SYNOPSIS: In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent […]

Blu-ray Review – Late Night with the Devil (2023)

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Late Night with the Devil, 2023. Directed by Cameron Cairnes & Colin Cairnes. Starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Michael Ironside, Fayssal Bazzi, and Ingrid Torelli. SYNOPSIS: A TV chat show goes horribly wrong when the host and his guests conjure up some demons live in the studio. There is something very familiar about […]