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Imaginary (2024) Review

Imaginary (2024) Review

Imaginary (2024)Director: Jeff WadlowScreenwriters: Jeff Wadlow, Greg Erb, Jason OremlandStarring: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Betty Buckley, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Matthew Sato, Veronica Falcón One tries not to pass too much judgement on anything before they go in to watch a film. Jeff Wadlow, after all, came out with Netflix’s The Curse of Bridge Hollow […]

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Dune: Part Two (2024) Review

Dune: Part Two (2024) Review

Dune: Part Two (2024)Director: Denis VilleneuveScreenwriters: Denis Villeneuve, Jon SpaihtsStarring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem In Dune: Part Two, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his mother, Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), are taken in by the Fremen,

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Moonlight (2016) Review

Moonlight (2016) Review

Moonlight (2016)Director: Barry JenkinsScreenwriter: Barry JenkinsStarring: Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monae, Naomie Harris, André Holland Throughout our lives, we are constantly searching for parallels of our own experiences. In the passing windows of cars, in the ripples of a soundwave, in the lines of a friendly face – we are

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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) Review

Love Lies Bleeding (2024) Review

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)Director: Rose GlassScreenwriters: Rose Glass, Weronika TofilskaStarring: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Dave Franco, Ed Harris Following premieres at both Sundance and the Berlin International Film Festival, Rose Glass’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut feature film Saint Maud opened the Glasgow Film Festival in 2024. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Glasgow

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The Sound of Music (1965) Review

The Sound of Music (1965) Review

The Sound of Music (1965)Directors: Robert WiseScreenwriters: Ernest LehmanStarring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmain Carr, Heather Menzies, Angela Cartwright, Kym Karath, Duane Chase, Eleanor Parker, Nicholas Hammond, Debbie Turner, Peggy Wood, Richard Haydn, Daniel Truhitte, Ben Wright, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Norma Varden, Dorothy Jeakins, Marni Nixon The Sound of Music has undoubtedly become a

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Rebecca (1940) Review

Rebecca (1940) Review

Rebecca (1940)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan HarrisonStarring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, Florence Bates, Gladys Cooper “Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Haunting words that begin both the book, and this feature film adaptation. Out of all the films Alfred Hitchcock put his

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Nimona (2023) Review

Nimona (2023) Review

Nimona (2023)Director: Troy Quane, Nick BrunoScreenwriter: Robert L. Baird, Lloyd TaylorStarring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, Frances Conroy, Beck Bennett Nimona is like that classic start to a joke: a lonely, moping knight meets a devilish, shape-shifting teenager. What happens next? The answer is one you can’t imagine, because Nimona is so

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The Wizard of Oz (1939) Review

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Review

The Wizard of Oz (1939)Director: Victor FlemingScreenwriters: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan WoolfStarring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton No matter how many years pass since the release of The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming’s Hollywood Golden Era classic continues to welcome audiences new and old back to

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Madame Web (2024) Review

Madame Web (2024) Review

Madame Web (2024)Director: S.J. ClarksonScreenwriters: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, S.J. ClarksonStarring: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Adam Scott, Emma Roberts, Kerry Bishé, Mike Epps, Zosia Mamet, José María Yazpik Making her debut on the page in 1980, the elderly, paralysed and clairvoyant Madame Web of Marvel Comics bears

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In the Heat of the Night (1967) Review

In the Heat of the Night (1967) Review

In the Heat of the Night (1967)Director: Norman JewisonScreenwriters: Stirling SilliphantStarring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Quentin Dean The mosquitos buzz in the humid night of Sparta, Mississippi as detective Sam Woods (Warren Oates) discovers the murdered industrialist, Philip Colbert. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is waiting at the train station after visiting his mother;

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