Category: Drama
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Jessie Buckley, Jacobi Jupe send HAMNET into the Best Movies of 2025 category
Sure, some years are better than others, but great movies come out every year. But in very few years has a film had the emotional impact HAMNET had in 2025. Even if it’s not your favorite genre, your soul needs to see Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET. Paul Mescal is great as William Shakespeare, but Jessie Buckley…
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IS THIS THING ON? a raw look at marriage, divorce
SPOILER-FREE PLOT SUMMARYAfter many years married to each other, Alex (played by Will Arnett) and Tess Novak (Laura Dern) have decided to split up. As to not disrupt their traditional get togethers, they’ve managed to keep it from their closest friends but the time has come to go their seperate ways. Tess, a former Olympic…
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JAY KELLY packs an emotional, reflective punch
SPOILER-FREE PLOT SUMMARYThrough the death of a mentor, highly decorated and universally-adored actor Jay Kelly (played by George Clooney) starts to wonder if his career in Hollywood was worth missing out on his kids’ lives. Meanwhile, his youngest daughter, Daisy (Grace Edwards), is heading to Europe with some friends before she starts college and her…
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THE THING WITH FEATHERS director Dylan Southern wants to honor Max Porter’s book
When you’re making a movie based on a novel, the audience is expecting a faithful adaptation. So when director Dylan Southern was writing the screenplay for THE THING WITH FEATHERS, he had original author Max Porter involved throughout the process. We sat down with Southern and talked to him about the efforts he made, the…
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Crowe award-worthy in NUREMBERG
SPOILER-FREE PLOT SUMMARYWith Adolf Hitler dead, Supreme Commander of the Air Force Hermann Göring (played by Russell Crowe) is the highest-ranking government leader of Nazi Germany. Curiously, he purposely drives into a crowd of allied soldiers and surrenders. Once in prison, Göring meets Dr. Douglas Kennedy (Rami Malek), an American psychologist assigned to ensure Göring…
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Dwayne Johnson at his best in THE SMASHING MACHINE
For almost two decades, Johnson has basically played himself in movies. But, in THE SMASHING MACHINE, he has control, depth and a more diverse acting range than anything he’s shown before.
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Spike Lee’s HIGHEST 2 LOWEST has highs and lows
There’s an awful lot to like about Spike Lee’s newest film HIGHEST 2 LOWEST. Unfortunately, there’s also a lot to dislike about it. Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright are spectacular — especially when they’re on the screen together — but A$AP Rocky might’ve been a casting misstep. So let’s talk about it…
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Everyone who needs to see EDDINGTON won’t
The film shows us — if we’re listening — that we’re all human with real struggles, real sacrifices and real mistakes. It’s a shame that the people who need to see EDDINGTON, won’t.
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Celine Song delivers again with MATERIALISTS
MATERIALISTS will take you on a tour of perspectives and leave you with a gift of reflection.
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If you love spy movies, you’ll love BLACK BAG
Director Steven Soderbergh has given us some incredibly fun (and well-made) films over the past few decades. Everything from OCEAN’S ELEVEN to ERIN BROCKOVICH to TRAFFIC to MAGIC MIKE, Soderbergh’s routine leaves audiences cheering in one fashion or another, with BLACK BAG, that holds true. With an incredible cast of Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa…
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