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Movie Review – The Pink Cloud (2021)

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The Pink Cloud, 2021. Written and directed by Iuli Gerbase. Starring Renata de Lélis and Eduardo Mendonça. SYNOPSIS: After a toxic and mysterious pink cloud appears, Giovana finds herself stuck in a flat with a man she just met, changing her life in a way she never expected. Though it’s surely inevitable that the next […]

Movie Review – Gasoline Alley (2022)

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Gasoline Alley, 2022. Directed by Edward John Drake. Starring Devon Sawa, Bruce Willis, and Luke Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A man implicated in the triple homicide of three Hollywood starlets begins his own investigation. Needing assistance, he enlists the two detectives on his tail in order to expose a conspiracy more explosive than any of them imagined. […]

Movie Review – Hall (2020)

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Hall, 2020. Co-written and directed by Francesco Giannini. Starring Carolina Bartczak, Yumiko Shaku, Mark Gibson, Julian Richings and Bailey Thain. SYNOPSIS: When a debilitating sickness spreads across a long hotel hallway, a few scattered victims fight for survival, and try to escape from the dark narrow stretch of isolated carnage. There are two kinds of […]

Movie Review – Here Before (2021)

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Here Before, 2021. Written and Directed by Stacey Gregg. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, and Eileen O’Higgins. SYNOPSIS: After new neighbors move in next door, a bereaved mother begins to question her reality. In recent years Andrea Riseborough has quietly but confidently staked her claim as one of the most talented actresses of […]

Movie Review – The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

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The Real Charlie Chaplin, 2021. Co-written and directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966. BAFTA-nominated filmmakers Peter Middleton and James Spinney (Notes on Blindness) return with a less-innovative though […]

Movie Review – King Knight (2021)

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King Knight, 2021. Written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. Starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Angela Sarafyan, Aubrey Plaza, Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery. One of the stranger entries on this year’s Frightfest docket […]

Movie Review – Petite Maman (2021)

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Petite Maman, 2021. Written and directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, and Nina Meurisse. SYNOPSIS: Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse. […]

Movie Review – Dream Horse (2021)

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Dream Horse, 2021. Directed by Euros Lyn. Starring Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O’Donnell, Nicholas Farrell, and Siân Phillips. SYNOPSIS: Dream Alliance is an unlikely racehorse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbours to chip in their meager earnings to […]

Movie Review – Uncharted (2022)

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Uncharted, 2022. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas. SYNOPSIS: Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. It’s easy to take a look […]