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Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024) Review

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)Director: Zack SnyderScreenwriters: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay HattenStarring: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Anthony Hopkins, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Cleopatra Coleman, Stuart Martin, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Alfonso Herrera, Cary Elwes, Rhian Rees, Elise Duffy, Sky Yang, Charlotte Magi, Stella Grace Fitzgerald […]

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Damsel (2024) Review

Damsel (2024)Director: Juan Carlos FresnadilloScreenwriter: Dan MazeauStarring: Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Brooke Carter, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright For as long as storytelling has existed, damsels have been in distress. The trope can be traced back to ancient history and has continued to evolve and endure well into the modern era,

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Rebel Moon (2023) Review

Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (2023) Director: Zack SnyderScreenwriters: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay HattenStarring: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Charlie Hunnam, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Cleopatra Coleman, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Carey Elwes, Corey Stoll, Jenna Malone, Anthony Hopkins Rebel Moon started life as Zack Snyder’s

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They Cloned Tyrone (2023) Review

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)Director: Juel TaylorScreenwriters: Tony Rettenmaier, Juel TaylorStarring: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Keifer Sutherland A pimp, a sex worker and a drug dealer uncover a massive government plot playing out (quite literally) beneath their noses. It’s not quite the usual set up for a mystery sci-fi thriller, but Juel Taylor’s feature-length

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The Out-Laws (2023) Review

The Out-Laws (2023)Director: Tyler SpindelScreenwriters: Ben Zazove, Evan TurnerStarring: Adam DeVine, Nina Dobrev, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin, Lauren Lapkus, Poorna Jagannathan, Lil Rey Howery, Richard Kind, Julie Hagerty When a film starts with the Happy Madison Productions logo card, we know what we’re about to get. 50 First Dates, Click, Grown Ups, take your pick.

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Extraction 2 (2023) Review

Extraction 2 (2023)Director: Sam HargraveScreenwriter: Joe RussoStarring: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Olga Kurylenko, Daniel Bernhardt, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Andro Japaridze, Tornike Bziava, Tornike Gogrichiani, Idris Elba Netflix Original film Extraction (2020) is a spectacular action ride. It’s a more grounded John Wick – both because of its tight and brutal action set in naturalistic

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The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022) Short Film Review

The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)Directors: Diane Alvergue, Debra McClutchy Have you ever heard of the Martha Mitchell Effect? You probably should have. It’s the term used when a person’s reality is professionally labelled as delusional and later revealed to be true. Martha Mitchell was the wife of John N. Mitchell, the United States Attorney General

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Call Me Chihiro (2023) Review

Call Me Chihiro (2023)Director: Rikiya ImaizumiScreenwriters: Rikiya Imaizumi, Kaori SawaiStarring: Kasumi Arimura, Lily Franky, Jun Fubuki, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada The blurb of 2023 Japanese Netflix Original film Call Me Chihiro describes the titular Chihiro (Kasumi Arimura) as an unapologetic former sex worker. Unapologetic is possibly too strong of a term for the passive protagonist

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The Sea Beast (2022) Review

The Sea Beast (2022)Director: Chris WilliamsScreenwriters: Chris Williams, Nell BenjaminStarring: Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Dan Stevens It’s no surprise that The Sea Beast has been Netflix’s most successful animation to date, or that it has been given the Oscar nod for Best Animated Feature. It is the classic combination of adventure,

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White Noise (2022) Review

White Noise (2022)Director: Noah BaumbachScreenwriter: Noah BaumbachStarring: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Henry Moore, Dean Moore, Jodie Turner-Smith, Andre 3000 It’s 2023, what’s more “in” than Adam Driver’s comedic acting and a healthy fear of death? While Noah Bambauch’s Netflix Original film adaptation of “White Noise” isn’t airtight,

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