‘Ballad of a Small Player’ Review: Colin Farrell Can’t Save This Rare Miss From ‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger

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‘Ballad of a Small Player’ Review: Colin Farrell Can’t Save This Rare Miss From ‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger

For the last few years, director Edward Berger has been on a hot streak. His 2022 All Quiet on the Western Front was a surprise hit at the Oscars, earning nine nominations — including one for Best Picture — and…

Bringing the Franchise Full Circle

With The Conjuring: Last Rites, director Michael Chaves takes the helm of the ninth entry in the long-running Conjuring Universe, returning audiences to the chilling blend of supernatural horror, intimate family drama, and faith-driven resilience that made the original films…

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle – Review

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba has exploded as one of the most lucrative brands of the past decade. The original manga inspired an anime that ran for 63 episodes. That paved the way for the feature Mugen Train, which skyrocketed…

I Watch This Movie Every Single Year & I Still Adore It

60 years after its initial release, The Sound of Music remains a charming comfort watch that’s as relevant as ever. Debuting in theaters in 1965, the beloved musical follows Maria (Julie Andrews) as she falls in love with curmudgeonly naval…

Acorn TV’s Gritty Crime Thriller Is a Must-Watch for Fans of Dark, Complex Detective Dramas

There's another twisty Swedish thriller on the horizon with Acorn TV's The Crow Girl. Based on Erik Axl Sund's bestselling trilogy, the novels and the new adaptation utilize many of the elements that make the genre famous, paired with a…

David Carradine Doc Finds A Novel Way To Explore A Complicated Father & Daughter Relationship [Venice]

A novel approach to what could’ve been a more traditional hagiographic bio-doc, Joe Beshenkovsky and James A. Smith’s “Mata Hari” uses the lens of an unfinished film to explore the complicated relationship between a father and a daughter. When “Kung…

The Long Walk Review | Flickreel

The characters in The Long Walk aren’t in combat, but it plays like a war picture. This isn’t surprising, as Stephen King started writing the source material during the Vietnam War, although the book wasn’t published until after it ended.…

Hulu’s Emmy-Nominated Comedy Mystery Series Remains at the Top of Its Game

How long can a good thing last? Is home a place, a group of people, or perhaps both? These are some of the questions lying at the heart of Only Murders in the Building as it returns for its fifth…

Channing Tatum Shines In Absurd True Story

True stories that get turned into movies often seem unbelievable — hence why they make such good movies — but the tale behind Roofman is truly something that sounds so absurd, I myself might not have believed it all had…

Spike and Denzel Deliver Don’t Disappoint

From the visionary mind of Spike Lee comes Highest 2 Lowest, a modern reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low. Set in New York City, the story follows David King, a powerful music mogul whose world unravels when a kidnapping…

‘The Choral’ Review: Ralph Fiennes Gives an Amazing Performance in an Uneven WWI Story

The Choral takes place in 1916 in a quaint little town in Yorkshire, England. World War I is raging, and with the dwindling number of men in the small town of Ramsden, the local choral society must recruit from the…

Dwayne Johnson Will Bring You To Tears In Benny Safdie’s Solo Directorial Debut [Venice]

One would not imagine needing a tissue at the final holding card of a Benny Safdie martial arts movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a heavy layer of prosthetics and shaggy toupée. And yet, “The Smashing Machine” beautifully concludes…

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