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The Front Room (2024) Review
The Front Room (2024)Director: Max Eggers, Sam EggersScreenwriters: Max Eggers, Sam EggersStarring: Brandy, Andrew Burnap, Neal Huff, Kathryn Hunter A24 is a company that, when it comes to horror, doesn’t necessarily go for jump scares. They’re the production company that always try to take an idea and put as much atmosphere and intellectualism into it…
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Heretic (2024) Review
Heretic (2024)Director: Scott Beck, Bryan WoodsScreenwriters: Scott Beck, Bryan WoodsStarring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace, Elle Young Horror films about religion and theology, ordinarily, though not exclusively, fall into two categories: they are either in the folk horror camp, with people dancing around fires with their clothes off, or they’re possession stories,…
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Woman of the Hour (2023) Review
Woman of the Hour (2023)Director: Anna KendrickScreenwriter: Ian McDonaldStarring: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zavatto, Nicholette Robinson, Autumn Best, Kathryn Gallagher, Pete Holmes, Tony Hale During Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman of the Hour, serial killer Rodney Alcala (Daniel Zavatto) talks his potential next victim Cheryl Bradshaw (Anna Kendrick) into getting drinks with him following their appearance…
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Smile 2 (2024) Review
Smile 2 (2024)Director: Parker FinnScreenwriters: Parker FinnStarring: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Dylan Gelula, Ray Nicholson The first Smile film came out in 2022 and managed to make a decent impact. On a budget of just $17million, Smile grossed $217million at the worldwide box office, which…
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Salem’s Lot (2024) Review
Salem’s Lot (2024)Director: Gary DaubermanScreenwriters: Gary DaubermanStarring: Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Bill Camp, Alexander Ward Horror has very few rules, but one is both obvious and unwritten: if you’re going to remake one of the best and most beloved adaptations of one of the best and most beloved books by…
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‘Mr Smith Goes to Washington’ at 85 – Review
Mr Smith Goes To Washington (1939)Director: Frank CapraScreenwriter: Sidney BuchmanStarring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Arnold, Claude Rains, Harry Carey In difficult times, it’s hard to find a guiding light – but it’s there. Perhaps we ignore it out of choice, to revel in the ease of feeling down-and-out. But hope, whether we…
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The Wild Robot (2024) Review
The Wild Robot (2024)Director: Chris SandersScreenplay: Chris SandersStarring: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Matt Berry, Catherine O’Hara, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu Remember the best years of animation? The Disney Renaissance, the rise of Dreamworks? The period in which even the financial failures were noble and the seemingly unimaginative held charm?…
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‘Ed Wood’ at 30 – Review
Ed Wood (1994)Director: Tim BurtonScreenwriters: Scott Alexander, Larry KaraszewskiStarring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Bill Murray, G.D. Spradlin, Lisa Marie, Mike Starr, Max Casella, Brent Hinkley, Juliet Landau, George “The Animal” Steele, Ned Bellamy, Stanley DeSantis, Vincent D’Onofrio Following the critical and box office successes of Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands…
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Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) Review
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)Director: Todd PhillipsScreenwriters: Scott Silver, Todd PhillipsStarring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Lawtey, Bill Smitrovich, Catherine Keener The Cult of Joker was one of 2019’s most significant developments both within the art of cinema and the industry of theatrical exhibition. Awards bodies adjudged the film to be close to…
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Megalopolis (2024) Review
Megalopolis (2024)Director: Francis Ford CoppolaScreenwriter: Francis Ford CoppolaStarring: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne It isn’t often that a director gets an opportunity to release a large-scale passion project, especially in the current state of the film industry. For fans of cinema, there’s joy to be found simply…