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Movie Review – The Climb (2020)

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The Climb, 2020. Directed by Michael Angelo Covino. Starring Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam, Zina Wilde, Judith Godrèche, George Wendt, Meredith Holzman, and Todd Barry. SYNOPSIS: A look at the friendship between two guys that spans over many years. The Climb makes obvious from the beginning two things; director Michael Angelo […]

Movie Review – The Craft: Legacy (2020)

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The Craft: Legacy, 2020. Written and Directed by Zoe Lister-Jones. Starring Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine, David Duchovny, Michelle Monaghan, Julian Grey, Donald MacLean Jr., Charles Vandervaart, Hannah Gordon, and Travis Caverhill. SYNOPSIS: A group of high school students form a coven of witches. A sequel to the 1996 film, […]

Movie Review – Kindred (2020)

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Kindred, 2020 Directed by Joe Marcantonio. Starring Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw, Toyah Frantzen, Nyree Yergainharsian, Natalia Kostrzewa, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Anton Lesser, Chloe Pirrie, and Edward Holcroft. SYNOPSIS: When her boyfriend dies suddenly in an accident, psychologically fragile mother-to-be Charlotte is taken in by his family – but they seem increasingly obsessed with […]

Movie Review – Let Him Go (2020)

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Let Him Go, 2020. Written and Directed by Thomas Bezucha. Starring Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Jeffrey Donovan, Will Brittain, Lesley Manville, Kayli Carter, Bradley Stryker, William Hochman, Booboo Stewart, and Ryan Bruce. SYNOPSIS: A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson. There is […]

Movie Review – Triggered (2020)

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Triggered, 2020. Directed by Alastair Orr. Starring Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart, Steven John Ward, Suraya Rose Santos, Cameron Scott, Russell Crous, Craig Urbani, Kayla Privett, Michael Lawrence Potter, Paige Bonnin, and Sean Cameron Michael. SYNOPSIS: Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake […]

Movie Review – Spell (2020)

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Spell, 2020. Directed by Mark Tonderai. Starring Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, John Beasley, André Jacobs, Tumisho Masha, Peter Butler, Ri-Karlo Handy, Hannah Gonera, Kalifa Burton, and Steve Mululu. SYNOPSIS: A man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from […]

Movie Review – Come Play (2020)

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Come Play, 2020. Written and Directed by Jacob Chase. Starring John Gallagher Jr., Gillian Jacobs, Azhy Robertson, Rachel Wilson, Winslow Fegley, Jayden Marine, Gavin MacIver-Wright, Eboni Booth, and Alana-Ashley Marques. SYNOPSIS: A monster named Larry that manifests itself through smartphones and mobile devices. Feature film version of the 2017 short film. A clever concept is […]

Movie Review – His House (2020)

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His House, 2020. Written and Directed by Remi Weekes. Starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe, Rasaq Kukoyi, Vivien Bridson Cornell, John Bradley Banton, Gamba Cole, and Scott Michael Wagstaff. SYNOPSIS: A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to […]

Movie Review – The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2020)

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The True Adventures of Wolfboy, 2020. Directed by Martin Krejci. Starring Jaeden Martell, John Turturro, Eve Hewson, Chris Messina, Stephen Henderson, Sophie Giannamore, and Chloë Sevigny. SYNOPSIS: Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Of course, the statement applies […]

Movie Review – The Witches (2020)

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The Witches, 2020. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Jahzir Bruno, Chris Rock, Codie-Lei Eastick, Charles Edwards, Morgana Robinson, Eugenia Caruso, Jonathan Livingstone, Zeke Taylor, and Eurydice El-Etr. SYNOPSIS: Based on Roald Dahl’s 1983 classic book ‘The Witches‘, the story tells the scary, funny, and imaginative tale of […]