In a world with far too many remakes, sequels, and reboots, it’s kind of nice to see one of these projects, which can be viewed cynically as soulless cash-grabs, actually turn out to be pretty great. That’s the case with…
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Two months after its TIFF world premiere, Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical drama “The Fablemans” finally had a glitzy debut in Los Angeles. It was an AFI Fest gala, and, of course, the director and co-writer were there, as was likely Best…
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A Little Prayer, courtesy of Sundance Institute. In writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s A Little Prayer, a father-son relationship becomes strained when family patriarch Bill (David Strathairn) discovers that his son David (Will Pullen) is cheating on his wife Tammy (Jane Levy).…
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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! A Thousand and One, the debut feature by writer-director A.V. Rockwell, is set in 1993, New York. We first meet Inez (Teyana Taylor), a strong-headed, fierce, and determined 22-year-old hairdresser being freshly released from Rikers…
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DJ Khaled and Jay-Z closed out the 2023 Grammys with a dramatic performance of “God Did,” but the two rappers went home from the awards show empty-handed as both lost all of the awards for which they were nominated. Khaled…
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The opening scene of Kenneth Dagatan’s sophomore feature, “In My Mother’s Skin,” promises the audience each of the horror genre’s grisliest thrills: The squelching sounds of oozing blood, the sight of flesh-ripping carnage in progress as well as in past…
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While many fans would have loved to see Black Adam getting ultra-violent, Dwayne Johnson taking on the lead role meant it could never happen. Warner Bros. Pictures Although Dwayne Johnson is frequently seen beating up bad guys in his blockbuster…
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Making a film requires maximum passion, patience, and determination. Without those things, there’s a myriad of potential challenges on the path from script to screen that could do a production in -- in particular, an independent production. But fortunately, director…
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It’s been over a decade since the first Magic Mike, which I blindly went into under the assumption that it was a basketball movie. You can imagine my surprise when male strippers were handing out condoms at the advance screening.…
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Ria Khan (Priya Kansara, sparkling in her feature debut) likes to believe that she’s no ordinary British-Pakistani teenager. Her dreams, for instance, always seem outsized — she doesn’t just want to learn martial arts but rather perfect it so well…
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Home Movie News Spider-Punk is Highlighted in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Sneak Peek The highly anticipated animated sequel is set to swing into theaters this summer. Image via Sony Pictures The Spider-Verse continues to expand as a tweet from the…
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A Little Prayer, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Bill (David Strathairn) must confront his son David’s (Will Pullen) faltering faithfulness to his wife Tammy (Jane Levy) in A Little Prayer, the latest from writer-director Angus MacLachlan. However, before Bill can help…
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