If you’re looking for an actor to play a gruff action man who can’t seem to catch a break, there are certainly worse options out there than Gerard Butler. Over the better part of the last decade, he has become…
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Lord, give me strength. From the first minute of “The Idol,” the already controversial music-based television series from HBO Max (sorry, Max), it’s clear that creators Abel Tesfaye (formerly known as The Weeknd), Sam Levinson, and Reza Fahim want to…
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Darkest Of Lies, written and directed by Kelly Schwarze, begins with military veteran turned sculptor Travis (Christopher Brown) and his wife, lawyer Rochelle (Hailee Lipscomb), moving into a new house. Their life in New York became too much for them……
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While some might call Jessica Hausner's new flick about eating disorders at an elite school audacious, there is not much boldness in Club Zero once you get past a couple of truly disgusting scenes. Led by Mia Wasikowska as the…
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If there is any director who you can see one frame of their work and identify their style, it's Wes Anderson. Obsessed with rich and colorful palettes, symmetry, detailed sets, and costume design, Anderson's films often look like they've been…
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An English lieutenant, an American cowboy, and a mixed-race Chilean sheepherder venture into the inhospitable limits of the Tierra de Fuego region at the southernmost tip of the South American continent—the ends of the Earth, some might call it. Under…
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Why watch a movie when you know there’s a better version out there and it’s readily available on streaming platforms? This is especially true regarding Disney’s live-action feature, The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall and written by David Magee. Controversy…
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There is no dialogue. There are no humans. The story takes place in colorful New York City, specifically the East Village, and features animals living anthropomorphic lives. The lead character is a dog, simply named Dog. He spends his nights…
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NOW ON VOD! Prepare for tales of midnight adventures from those who weathered the neon storm in Colin J. Felger’s zippy rock documentary Falling Higher: The Story of Ampage. Standing tall after remaining active for an impressive 45 years, the hard…
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Michel Gondry’s new film “The Book of Solutions,” playing in Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, centers on the torturous life of being a creative filmmaker and begins at the heart of the matter: Marcc(Pierre Niney) is in…
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After a devasting loss, a young woman tries to snap back into reality through a dangerous arms deal in writer-director Ryan J. Smith’s Talking to Ghosts. Nina Holland-Smith plays Ciara, who recently lost her child in utero. Time has passed, and…
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Of King Henry VIII’s six wives, his final marriage to Catherine Parr is perhaps the most ignored. The others are rife with tragedy: there are the two he detested the most that he bent the will of God to legalize…
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