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Johnny Depp as Ed Wood in Tim Burton's 1994 feature film 'Ed Wood'.

‘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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Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel in Francis Ford Coppola feature film 'Megalopolis' (2024).

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

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Colman Domingo, wearing gold glasses and staring directly into camera in the film 'Sing Sing'.

Sing Sing (2024) Review

Sing Sing (2024)Director: Greg KwedarScreenwriters: Clint Bentley, Greg KwedarStarring: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose, Paul Raci, David Giraudy, Patrick Griffin, Mosi Eagle, James Williams, Sean Dino Johnson We’ve seen a lot of art about art recently. Some of it has been used to express contemporary concerns on the future of all art in

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Katherine Waterston, John Cho and the cast of 'AfrAId' (2024) looking at a shining orb.

AfrAId (2024) Review

AfrAId (2024)Director: Chris WeitzScreenwriters: Chris WeitzStarring: John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dastmalchian, Keith Carradine In late 2022, Blumhouse, a studio known for making one good and successful movie every so often which then in turn funds ten abominations, released M3GAN, a sci-fi thriller about a robotic doll that gains sentience

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Blonde Willa Fitzgerald in feature film 'Strange Darling' (2023).

Strange Darling (2023) Review

Strange Darling (2023)Director: JT MollnerScreenwriter: JT MollnerStarring: Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Barbara Hershey, Ed Begley Jr. Movies about serial killers are nothing new, and the enduring popularity of true crime media shows the fascination with such stories will continue. Like many genres, audiences have a growing understanding of the machinations of killer thrillers, so how can

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MaXXXine (2024) Review

MaXXXine (2024) Review

MaXXXine (2024)Director: Ti WestScreenwriter: Ti WestStarring: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon X and Pearl, the first two instalments of Ti West’s recent feature film horror series, are stories that, amidst the blood and guts, contain metacommentaries on the evolution of sex and horror

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Lumberjack the Monster (2023) Review

Lumberjack the Monster (2023) Review

Lumberjack the Monster (2023)Director: Takashi MiikeScreenwriter: Hiroyoshi KoiwaiStarring: Kazuya Kamenashi, Nanao, Riho Yoshioka Best known for the excessive, visceral violence of Audition and Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike is one of the most prolific modern Japanese directors. Sadism seems to be an intentionally integral aspect of Miike’s canon, in a way that would be comparable

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True Romance (1993) Review

True Romance (1993) Review

True Romance (1993)Director: Tony ScottScreenwriter: Quentin TarantinoStarring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken Directed by Top Gun‘s Tony Scott and written by Pulp Fiction’s Quentin Tarantino, True Romance is a fantastical rollercoaster ride of a film. Its tale of two lovers on the run recalls films like

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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Review

I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Review

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)Director: Jane SchoenbrunScreenwriter: Jane SchoenbrunStarring: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Danielle Deadwyler, Fred Durst Do you like girls?I don’t know.Boys?I- I- I think that, I like TV shows. Psychological thriller, coming-of-age story, spacey sci-fi – all categories that general audiences will try to fit I

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Sting (2024) Review

Sting (2024) Review

Sting (2024)Director: Kiah Roache-TurnerScreenwriters: Kiah Roache-TurnerStarring: Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, Jermaine Fowler A giant spider movie. Almost like it’s been done before. Has it? And if it has, can we do anything new with it? This is the question asked by writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner, who

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