An hour into “Misericordia,” there is a scene so shocking that it might leave viewers’ mouths agape in disbelief. Only it is a mere conversation between two people. That exchange of words can be so profoundly disquieting and underscores Alain…
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Summary The Garfield Movie offers humor but lacks originality, overshadowing the main character with a bland story and better characters. Chris Pratt's voice performance is decent, but Ving Rhames steals the show as Otto. Despite an emotional father-son storyline, The…
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The Big Picture The Strangers ' "true story" claim is a stretch, but its eerie simplicity makes this home invasion film creepily effective. The tension and discomfort of The Strangers build up effectively, even if it falls into some classic…
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The Big Picture Fanny Bordenal shines as Emma in Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever , carrying the film with her touching performance and chemistry with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The lack of focus on Coster-Waldau and Bodnia hinders the potential for character depth…
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CANNES – For a moment, we thought Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” had overstayed its welcome. But, no, the “Revenge” director was just taking a breath before unleashing a wild and operatic ending for her Cannes Film Festival debut. A bold…
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Writer-director Alfred “Al” Padilla returns with a unique blend of comedy and thriller in Coney Island Cousins after a decade-long hiatus. The story kicks off with Val (Diana Sillaots) reuniting with her cousin Yulia (Upa Inspace) after a long separation.…
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CANNES – There is nothing wrong with a three-hour movie. There have been absolute masterworks longer than 180 minutes. It sorta helps, however, if the film is, well, a movie. After watching Kevin Costner’s 181-minute-long “Horizon: An American Saga –…
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Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Episode 2. The Big Picture Daniel struggles to navigate Louis and Armand's united front during the interview in Dubai. Louis and Claudia's arrival in Paris results…
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CANNES – Eduard Limonov was a complicated man. He was a poet, a novelist, and a political activist; at one point, a Russian dissident who lived in New York and Paris; he returned to his homeland to lead a fascist…
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Imagine a film where Cate Blanchett plays a version of Angela Merkel. And Charles Dance is a Joe Biden parody in full British accent. Now add Denis Ménochet as a boisterous French president carried around a damp forest in a…
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! The 12-minute short The Soul Trader, directed by Susan Dynner, is very fitting for the chic French Riviera experience at the 77th Festival de Cannes. A supernatural thriller starring Donna Mills, it harkens back to…
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NOW IN THEATERS! Just like it says in the song by The Obsessed, we are going to get stoned back to the Bomb Age with the gorgeous 4k restoration of the 1961 mind-blowing lost classic Time Of The Heathen, directed by…
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