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You Gotta Believe Reviews Film Threat
You Gotta Believe Reviews Film Threat

Films about children’s baseball tend to be more often good than not. They usually have the formula of funny banter among teammates and coaches, an underdog story, a misfit team, and memorable characters. Ty Roberts’ film You Gotta Believe almost…

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A Commendable Atmospheric Indie Effort
A Commendable Atmospheric Indie Effort

Wishes of the Blue Girl is a mystery drama horror film that invites viewers into a world of eerie solitude and creeping dread. While the film presents an intriguing premise and delivers some genuinely unsettling moments, it ultimately struggles to…

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His Three Daughters Review | Flickreel
His Three Daughters Review | Flickreel

His Three Daughters revolves around grief, but it’s more about mending bridges and building new ones. Outside of sharing the same father, the titular three daughters have little in common. They didn’t even grow up together with a significant age…

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Danielle Deadwyler Isn’t Here For Sibling Foolishness [Telluride]
Danielle Deadwyler Isn’t Here For Sibling Foolishness [Telluride]

TELLURIDE- The third of three celebrated August Wilson plays to make it to the big screen over the past decade, “The Piano Lesson” is one that many would expect might be the most difficult to adapt. Luckily, Denzel Washington, who…

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Luke Wilson’s Unmemorable Sports Drama Never Knocks It Out Of The Park
Luke Wilson’s Unmemorable Sports Drama Never Knocks It Out Of The Park

You Gotta Believe stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear as the coaches of an underdog Little League baseball team. This rag-tag group makes it to the Little League World Series in this semi-uplifting sports movie based on a true story.…

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‘1992’ Review – A Thoughtful, Imperfect Thriller Anchored by Ray Liotta’s Final Performance
‘1992’ Review – A Thoughtful, Imperfect Thriller Anchored by Ray Liotta’s Final Performance

Prior to his tragic passing in 2022, Ray Liotta was a genuine titan who brought gravitas to every role. Whether playing supernatural baseball as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Phil Alden Robinson's Field of Dreams, representing half of a failed marriage…

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Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Face Death Together
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Face Death Together

After experimenting with short form in 2020’s The Human Voice and 2023’s Strange Way of Life, Pedro Almodóvar has finally delivered the first English-language feature in his illustrious career, The Room Next Door. The film might provide answers to what…

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A Mixed Bag of Comedy and Mystery
A Mixed Bag of Comedy and Mystery

Potsy Ponciroli‘s Greedy People is a comedy-mystery film that tries to balance the tricky act of blending humor with a murder investigation. The film boasts an impressive ensemble cast, including Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Tim Blake Nelson, among…

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Merchant Ivory Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Merchant Ivory Featured, Reviews Film Threat

NOW IN THEATERS! Stephen Soucy’s Merchant Ivory wraps the viewer in a blanket of cozy nostalgia while relating the history of the wonderful, elegant films of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory. The documentary, co-written by Soucy and Jon Hart, features interviews…

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Naomi Watts Shelters A Great Dane In This Bloated Drama [Telluride]
Naomi Watts Shelters A Great Dane In This Bloated Drama [Telluride]

TELLURIDE – How does a dog deal with death? How does a pet deal with the death of any of its human companions for that matter? That is the tantalizing question a character asks toward the beginning of Scott McGehee…

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Jude Law & Nicholas Hoult Explore The Evils Of Hatred In Gripping Crime Thriller
Jude Law & Nicholas Hoult Explore The Evils Of Hatred In Gripping Crime Thriller

The Order is about hate, though not quite in the way you'd expect. It seems an obvious theme, given the story follows a white supremacist terrorist cell and the FBI's effort to stop them, and some space is given to…

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A Gothic Horror that Fails to Haunt
A Gothic Horror that Fails to Haunt

Ouija Castle, directed by Louisa Warren and penned by Jasmine Ebony Thomas, arrives on the horror scene with a premise that tantalizes but ultimately falls short of its potential. The film, which centers around the dark aftermath of Princess Thalia’s…

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