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Second Opinion – Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

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Hearts Beat Loud, 2018. Written and Directed by Brett Haley. Starring Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Sasha Lane, Toni Collette, Blythe Danner, Alex Reznik, Quincy Dunn-Baker, and Ted Danson. SYNOPSIS: A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college. Tired of watching aspiring musicians suffer for their art? […]

Second Opinion – Hotel Artemis (2018)

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Hotel Artemis, 2018. Written and Directed by Drew Pearce. Starring Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day, Dave Bautista, and Kenneth Choi. SYNOPSIS: Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, ‘Hotel Artemis’ follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals. Hotel […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – American Animals

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American Animals, 2018. Written and Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abramson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Chas Allen, and Eric Borsuk. SYNOPSIS: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Imitation is supposedly the […]

Movie Review – Hereditary (2018)

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Hereditary, 2018. Written and Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, and Alex Wolff. SYNOPSIS: When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying […]

Movie Review – Adrift (2018)

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Adrift., 2018 Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas, and Elizabeth Hawthorne. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded […]

Movie Review – Ocean’s 8 (2018)

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Ocean’s 8, 2018. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Richard Armitage, James Corden, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, and Dakota Fanning. SYNOPSIS: Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala. Ocean’s 8 is a breezy, flashy […]

Movie Review – Upgrade (2018)

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Upgrade, 2018. Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Simon Maiden, Richard Cawthorne, Betty Gabriel, Michael M. Foster, Harrison Gilbertson, and Benedict Hardie. SYNOPSIS: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – First Reformed

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First Reformed, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, and Van Hansis. SYNOPSIS: A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, […]

Movie Review – The Seagull (2018)

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The Seagull, 2018. Directed by Michael Mayer. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Corey Stoll, Brian Dennehy, Glenn Fleshler, Michael Zegen, Mare Winningham, and Jon Tenney. SYNOPSIS: In the early 20th century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother. Everyone is in love with someone else […]

Movie Review – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

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Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Ian Kenny, John Tui, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters […]