True love is when you value your lover’s happiness more than yours, and make his or her happiness your first priority. One such love story which depicts the essence of “true love” made its theatrical release on June 29, 2023.…
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There is something uniquely fascinating about David S. Goyer’s Foundation, one of many well-written science fiction shows on Apple TV+ that have proven to be their defining bread and butter, in how it very loosely adapts its source material. Drawing…
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In Warhorse One, the gripping premise of a gunned-down Navy SEAL Master Chief guiding a child to safety amidst hostile Taliban insurgents and the harsh Afghan wilderness holds immense promise for an emotionally charged and captivating story. However, the directorial…
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Though there is nothing more agonizing than re-litigating the disaster that was the closing chapter of the trilogy in the recent Star Wars films, the one thing that still must be said is that John Boyega deserved far better in…
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Isn’t it amusing how they named a horror movie after a popular song from Mary Poppins? Regardless of people’s opinions about the film itself, the title alone brings a sense of humor to it. Spoonful of Sugar, directed by Mercedes…
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Soaring onto the screen in 1966 with Ultra Q and the original television series, the Ultraman franchise boasts dozens of TV adaptations, comic runs, and almost 40 films. Shin Ultraman marks the 37th film and the third by director Shinji Higuchi. Like the legions of films before…
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TRIBUE TO TOM SIZEMORE! Tom Sizemore takes us to the seedy underbelly of boutique rehabilitation centers in Derek S. Orr’s comedy series Barbee Rehab. In the first episode, Sizemore attempts to recount his harrowing experience at Barbee Rehab to his…
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NOW ON VOD! When it comes to life, some people live on the sunny side of the mountain while others are in the sewer. Nowhere does this metaphor rise higher than director Mark Pellington’s intense adventure drama Survive. Written by Richard…
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AMAZON ORIGINAL REVIEW! In director Matteo Pilati’s romantic comedy, The Hottest Summer (L’estate Più Calda), the summer heat ignites passions and melts a few brain cells against the romantic Italian landscape. A small village along the southern coast of Sicily is experiencing…
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OAK CLIFF FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Documentarian Penny Lane steps out from behind the camera and becomes her next subject in Confessions of a Good Samaritan. We know Lane from documentaries like Our Nixon, Hail Satan!, and Listening to Kenny G. Yet, during the…
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Fremont is a hard movie to pin down. On the one hand, Babak Jalali's latest feature is uneventful, demanding audiences be patient if they want to understand the delicate portrait the filmmaker is painting. At the same time, Fremont overflows…
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I can recognize as readily as the next person the need for all subsets of society to have the proper representation in cinema. I also fear that representation itself is being used as a crutch for many filmmakers in an…
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