Movie Review: ‘Women Talking’ is Lacking the Right Director
Director: Sarah Polley Writers: Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews Stars: Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley Synopsis: Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. In 2009,…
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‘Babylon’ review: razzle dazzle meets rock debauchery in Old Hollywood epic
Damien Chazelle’s party-starting paean to the Silent Era certainly packs a punch In a recent interview, Margot Robbie described her new film Babylon as “overwhelming”, “insane” and “ridiculous”. The good news is that’s all true… which is also the bad news. Damien Chazelle’s…
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Tár review – Cate Blanchett dazzles as monstrous maestro
The genius of Todd Field’s superb Tár comes from the way the film-making echoes the treacherously seductive and mercurial nature of its central character. Lydia Tár (an electrifying Cate Blanchett) is a dazzling talent: a world-class conductor and composer with a towering…
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Meme-Worthy Robot Horror M3GAN Is A Surprise Smash With Critics
There’s a lot more to Gerard Johnstone’s new movie than just those dancing memes. The minute the first trailer for M3GAN – the new comedy-horror film from the minds behind films like Saw, Malignant, The Conjuring and American Horror Story – debuted…
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France review – Léa Seydoux’s celebrity journalist becomes the story
A hardened news reporter is forced to reassess her life in Bruno Dumont’s watchable if laboured media satire This blunt media satire from Bruno Dumont stars Léa Seydoux as a French celebrity TV journalist whose life becomes part of the news cycle…
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Troll (2022) Netflix Movie Review – A big, popcorn-munching thriller that’s crying out for a cinema release
A big, popcorn-munching thriller that’s crying out for a cinema release Troll is a great film released at the worst time of year. This is a sizzling summer blockbuster through and through, and plays out, in its simplest form, as…
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever movie review (2022)
Peter Farrelly’s glib and superficial “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” has the nerve to give several of its characters speeches about how war is nothing like what we see on television or in movies, embedded in a movie that’s about…
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Hocus Pocus 2 review: A Bette-middling Disney sequel
The reviews (both good and bad) of the spooky Salem-set sequel now streaming on Disney+. Almost 30 years after the release of 1993’s Salem-set spookfest “Hocus Pocus,” Disney has released its sequel, “Hocus Pocus 2,” on Disney+, reuniting the Sanderson sisters just…
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Lou (2022) movie review & film summary
When I told my wife that I had to watch “An Allison Janney Action Movie” for a review this week, she was a little startled (although interested in the concept, to be fair). I’m all for unexpected casting, and the…
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Don’t Worry Darling Review: Olivia Wilde Delivers The Sexy, Pulpy Goods
In a sane world, before Hollywood got swallowed up by IP fever and every piece of mainstream entertainment became part of the ongoing (primarily online) cultural war, Don’t Worry Darling would be ‘just a movie.’ I don’t know or care if Florence…
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