Léa Seydoux Shines in Story of Love and Loss

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Léa Seydoux Shines in Story of Love and Loss

This review was originally part of our 2022 Toronto International Film Festival coverage. Mia Hansen-Løve has a way of making even the most introspective, quiet stories feel grandiose. Take, for example, last year’s Bergman Island, in which a pair of…

Downs & Cravalho Carry Tepid But Entertaining Dramedy

Home Movie Reviews Darby & The Dead Review: Downs & Cravalho Carry Tepid But Entertaining Dramedy With a stellar leading pair who make the most of the screenplay, Darby and the Dead has enough to keep audiences moved and laughing…

Will Smith’s Emancipation | The Movie Blog

Emancipation is a 2022 American dramatic historical action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and co-produced by and starring Will Smith as an enslaved man in Louisiana in the 1860s who escapes his plantation. The film, written by William N.…

‘Blood’ Review: By-the-Books Vampire Tale

For many decades, vampire stories were focused mainly on the cursed existence of these creatures, doomed to wander the nights alone for all eternity, deprived of their humanity. However, while an agonizing eternal life remains at the center of vampire…

Laura Moss’ “Frankenstein” Riff Is Alive, Thanks To Judy Reyes’ Stunning Performance [Sundance]

Working parents trudging through the muck of their personal lives and neverending responsibilities tend to make the same mistake: They forget about their children. Laura Moss’ debut film, “birth/rebirth,” forgets the child, too, but for her purposes, this is a…

Atrabilious | Film Threat

Somebody has been putting something in the drinks served up in Atrabilious, the ambitious feature by 18-year-old writer/producer/director William Atticus Parker. Steven (Leon Addison Brown) is grieving over the passing of his son Neil (Brandon E. Burton), who died with his…

A Reigniting of Beacon Hills’ Beating Heart

Home Movie Reviews 'Teen Wolf: The Movie' Review: A Reigniting of Beacon Hills' Beating Heart 'Teen Wolf: The Movie' marks a metamorphosis to adulthood for the central characters. Image via Paramount+ It's fair to say that when Teen Wolf: The…

Taylor Russell Is A Standout In Haunting, Lukewarm Drama

Home Movie Reviews Bones & All Review: Taylor Russell Is A Standout In Haunting, Lukewarm Drama Often languid, and surprisingly haunting, Bones and All isn’t always strong, but it excels in its exploration of human connection. Bones and All, directed…

‘The Pod Generation’ Review; Emilia Clarke & Chiwetel Ejiofor Are Having A Baby In A Thoughtful But Flat Comedy/Drama [Sundance]

“We can’t live in the past!” Rachel (Emilia Clarke) tells her husband Alvy (Chiwetel Ejiofor). “Things are evolving!” She should know; she spends her days creating AI companions and coordinating automation (her latest big triumph appears to be a combination…

Viral Story Adaptation Loses the Point

Near the beginning of Cat Person, from Booksmart co-writer Susanna Fogel, we are shown a quote from Margaret Atwood that says, “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” For the…

Michael Madsen Is a Cult Leader in Rushed Thriller

A cult that brainwashes people to murder each other in exchange for a promised eternal life. A young girl who’s destined to become a sacrifice in a profane ritual. A violent man who breaks the spirit of his victims until…

Magazine Dreams | Film Threat

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Now here’s an absolute knockout. Writer-director Elijah Bynum’s sophomore feature Magazine Dreams may be one of the most enthralling films this year, with a central performance that will be hard to beat come award season. The story…

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