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A Scandinavian Folklore Spin on the Godzilla Formula
A Scandinavian Folklore Spin on the Godzilla Formula

Home Movie Reviews ‘Troll’ Review: A Scandinavian Folklore Spin on the Godzilla Formula While Troll might not be enough for viewers looking for something fresh, Roar Uthaug ultimately succeeds in developing a giant creature feature. Image via Netflix Thanks to…

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A Holiday Comedy Made For The Algorithm
A Holiday Comedy Made For The Algorithm

Home Movie Reviews The Curse Of Bridge Hollow Review: A Holiday Comedy Made For The Algorithm Many an algorithm movie has skated by on being just funny enough, but even in the forgiving arena of the all-ages holiday comedy, this…

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The Way of Water IMAX Review
The Way of Water IMAX Review

Nick Clement brings us his Avatar The Way of Water IMAX review. Jake Sully and Ney’tiri have formed a family and are doing everything to stay together. However, they must leave their home and explore the regions of Pandora. When…

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Get Ready to Fall in Love with a Robot
Get Ready to Fall in Love with a Robot

Looking at the night sky is both a peaceful and an overwhelming experience. Shooting stars, constellations, blinking lights that you realize are actually airplanes. It’s nearly impossible to fathom just how much is happening at all times in outer space.…

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Danielle Deadwyler Delivers A Visceral Performance In Chinonye Chukwu’s Urgent Pursuit Of Justice [NYFF]
Danielle Deadwyler Delivers A Visceral Performance In Chinonye Chukwu’s Urgent Pursuit Of Justice [NYFF]

About twenty minutes into “Till” — the 1955 story of Emmett Till’s brutal murder — a moment encapsulating this conventional, elegantly rendered biopic’s greatest asset arises. An anxious Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler), the mother of 14-year-old Emmett (she affectionately calls…

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Happiness (Baqyt) | Film Threat
Happiness (Baqyt) | Film Threat

Happiness (Baqyt) is an ironically fitting title for director Askar Uzabayev’s film. The drama is a brutally realistic tale about domestic violence against women in Kazakhstan households. In his fifth feature, the filmmaker has gone to lengths to portray the reality…

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Deborah Ayorinde Takes Charge in Compelling Family Drama
Deborah Ayorinde Takes Charge in Compelling Family Drama

TV shows that offer viewers exploratory passages through the lives of the rich and powerful are nothing new. We buy our tickets for their scandalous secrets, display of extravagance, dirty politics, and the family drama of it all. Prime Video’s…

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A Decent Conclusion to the H40 Trilogy
A Decent Conclusion to the H40 Trilogy

Halloween Ends is a decent but inconsistent final entry in David Gordon Green's H40 trilogy - inferior to Halloween (in every single way) but much better (in most ways) than Halloween Kills. 44 years after the original Halloween debuted in…

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The World’s Weirdest Museum? Viktor Wynd’s in London
The World’s Weirdest Museum? Viktor Wynd’s in London

There are not many things in this world that surprise me. Working in horror specifically I had an impression that I’d seen it all. Well, that was until I took a trip to Viktor Wynd’s Museum of Curiosities which is…

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Hollywood’s Golden Age at Its Very Best
Hollywood’s Golden Age at Its Very Best

It’s been 80 years since Casablanca was first released. One could argue that that’s a milestone moment for cinema in general. After all, few movies have been more treasured over generations, with such a legendary, almost mystical status. So reviewing…

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Ramy Youssef’s Comical, Rich Look At Muslim Family Life Is The Best One Yet
Ramy Youssef’s Comical, Rich Look At Muslim Family Life Is The Best One Yet

A wayward and callous Ramy (Ramy Youssef), after cheating on his new wife, Zainab (MaameYaa Boafo), with his cousin; thereby inflicting untold damage on everyone in his wake, sits in a car with a dog of an incarcerated friend in…

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The Invisible Extinction | Film Threat
The Invisible Extinction | Film Threat

I enjoy a documentary that dares to challenge conventional wisdom. Fat Fiction questions the facts surrounding the low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. To Which We Belong asserts that we’re fighting climate change on the wrong front, and we should be focusing our attention on the…

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