Talk to Me review – terrific creepy-hand horror offers a blast of wild punk energy
Talk to Me, RackaRacka film-makers Michael and Danny Philippou let rip in their feature debut about suburban teens and an occult craze The Philippou brothers, Michael and Danny, are young film-makers from Adelaide who started as production runners on Australian horror…
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The Machine review – standup comedian makes for limp movie star
The Machine, Bert Kreischer turns a famous routine into a full-length movie with some surprising visual style but a lack of laughter If you’re going to put a standup comedian into a big, climactic fight scene, it better be really…
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The Mother Review: Netflix’s misses a clear chance to make Jennifer Lopez an action star
Ask any great screen fighter, and they’ll tell you: Movie fighting is much more like dancing than like real fighting. Bruce Lee was famously a champion cha-cha dancer, Patrick Swayze successfully transitioned from dancer to action star, and scores of movies…
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‘Air’ movie review: Ben Affleck shoots Matt Damon into MVP territory
Armed with a phenomenal cast, Ben Affleck deftly directs this tale of Nike’s basketball division trying to sign a young Michael Jordan, in what would be a game-changing move for the worlds of sport, shoes and athletic marketing When Air was first…
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Cocaine Bear: The True Story Trailer Reveals What Really Happened
The recent horror-comedy mashup, Cocaine Bear, was a breakout hit at the box office earlier this year, raking in $64 million off of a $30 million budget. However, as bizarre as the movie was, it was actually inspired by a true…
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Murder Mystery 2 review: Adam Sandler’s Netflix comedies are slowly getting better
Murder Mystery 2 isn’t one of his best movies of all time, but it shows how far Happy Madison has come Viewers tuning into Netflix on March 31 for Murder Mystery 2, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, can reasonably expect certain things, since the…
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Moving On (2023) movie review & film summary
Bette Davis famously owned a pillow with the adage “old age ain’t no place for sissies” stitched across it. This truism is at the heart of writer/director Paul Weitz’s “Moving On,” which stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as Claire…
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We Have a Ghost review – supernatural Netflix caper needs more spirit
We Have a Ghost, A so-so attempt to recall kids’ films of the 80s struggles to find its own personality amidst its many influences One of the hardest big screen losses during the quick shuttering and slow reopening of cinemas…
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Cocaine Bear review: A B-movie about a drug-crazed bear
The action comedy ‘Cocaine Bear’, directed by Elizabeth Banks and featuring Ray Liotta in his final role, has “gonzo potential” but “loses momentum” and is “strangely timid”, writes Nicholas Barber. In 1985, a US drug dealer threw 40 packages of…
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‘Shotgun Wedding’ review: Jennifer Lopez’s altared state
The action-comedy comes on way too strong in its opening 20 minutes, introducing an all-star cast in gratingly overstuffed scenes, featuring a surfeit of fast-paced, amped-up chatter. But once the plot kicks in and the characters separate (and settle down),…
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