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Hocus Pocus (1993) Review
Hocus Pocus (1993) Director: Kenny Ortega Screenwriter: Neil Cuthbert Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw Hocus Pocus is an Autumn day incarnate. Set in Salem (the holy land of Halloween), the film is a cozy jaunt through costume parties and brightly lit cemeteries. This spooky classic is…
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Suspiria (2018) Review
Suspiria (2018) Director: Luca Guadagnino Screenwriter: David Kajganich Starring: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Chloë Grace Moretz It’s easy to forget about Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 remake of Suspiria. An underperformer at the box office and largely forgotten about outside of its own cult audience, this remake of a giallo classic came as quite the…
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Blonde (2022) Review
Blonde (2022) Director: Andrew Dominik Screenwriters: Andrew Dominik Starring: Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson Blonde is the story of Marilyn Monroe behind the scenes, or so the film would have you believe. From her troubled childhood beginnings with a mother gone mad and murderous from the abandonment of Monroe’s…
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Don’t Worry Darling (2022) Review
Don’t Worry Darling (2022) Director: Olivia Wilde Screenwriter: Katie Silberman Starring: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, Kiki Layne Don’t Worry Darling was destined to be a hot topic before even a second of footage rolled at a showing. The press coverage of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans has been utter chaos, from…
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‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ at 10 – Review
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Director: Stephen Chbosky Screenwriter: Stephen Chbosky Starring: Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Johnny Simmons, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott In the summer of 1996 Stephen Chbosky was struck by a vision of a young teen standing in the back of a truck…
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Kintsugi (2022) Short Film Review
Kintsugi (2022) Director: Cleto Acosta-McKillop Screenwriters: Cleto Acosta-McKillop, Quinn Blackshere, Loretta Keresen, Christian Acosta-McKillop The world is a dark and forbidding place at times, and there seems little room for fun. When films like Kintsugi show up, therefore, the world can seem a little bit brighter and a little more refreshed. A beautiful and heartfelt…
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Review
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Director: Halina Reijn Screenwriter: Sarah Delappe Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace, Pete Davidson Featuring an ensemble cast of names that have appeared in a variety of projects – from Amandla Stenberg whose breakout role as Rue in The Hunger Games made audiences…
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‘The Master’ at 10 – Review
The Master (2012) Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, Price Carson, Bruce Goodchild Suffering, sexual depravity, dysfunctional non-biological paternalism and a chance meeting that changes everything – Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2012 masterpiece The Master is not without all the signature trimmings we’ve come…
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Pinocchio (2022) Review
Pinocchio (2022) Director: Robert Zemeckis Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Chris Weitz Starring: Tom Hanks, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cynthia Erivo, Luke Evans, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Kyanne Lamaya, Keegan-Michael Key, Lorraine Bracco, Giuseppe Battiston, Sheila Atim, Jamie Demetriou, Lewin Lloyd In 1940 Walt Disney Productions released Pinocchio, the studio’s second animated feature following the smash hit that was Snow…
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After Yang (2022) Review
After Yang (2021) Director: Kogonada Screenwriter: Kogonada Starring: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson, Clifton Collins Jr. Screenwriter-director Kogonada’s first commissioned work was his video essay “The World According to Koreeda Hirokazu“, which highlights the Shoplifters and The Truth director Hirokazu’s regular focus on everyday life. It seems…