Category: Drama
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Hawke stellar in THE WEIGHT
This film transports the audience to The Great Depression and is a riveting story with relatable characters. That’s all great but Ethan Hawke is the feather in THE WEIGHT’s cap.
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THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING will make you feel everything
THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING isn’t exactly a great title… but it’s a great movie! Matthew McConaughey returns to the (live-action) silver screen for the first time in over half a decade, and he does so with a vengeance. And, of course, there’s the incredible debut performance of Angelina LookingGlass, who steals the second half…
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McConaughey stellar, LookingGlass a discovery in AMZIAH KING
McConaughey should be applauded for his strong return, LookingGlass should be applauded for bursting onto the scene with an unforgettable performance and Patterson should be applauded for sticking to his vision.
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Is THE ODYSSEY Christopher Nolan’s best movie?
Taking a nearly 3,000-year-old literary work and turning it into a modern-day masterpiece is something only Christopher Nolan could do. THE ODYSSEY is a masterclass in filmmaking, so let’s talk about it…
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THE ODYSSEY is everything filmmaking should be
The grand scale, the epic stories, the deep characters, the large sweeping (real) landscapes. This is why we go to the movies.
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PRESSURE, the D-Day movie about weather
We’re not sure what the pitch meeting was like, but we know that PRESSURE is an incredible movie. So, we’re reviewing PRESSURE, the historical drama about how a meteorologist (played by Andrew Scott) was critical in turning the tide of World War II for the Allies on the beaches of Normandy. Look, D-Day has been…
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COUTURE a must-watch for cancer patients/survivors
The side characters have something to say too but they’re so severely overshadowed that they become obstacles in the way of what you’re there to experience.
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GIRLS LIKE GIRLS stellar example of coming-of-age genre, relationships
From social awkwardness to grief to vulnerability to abandonment to falling in love to heartbreak, da Costa nails it, regardless of the emotion the character calls for.
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This is the best movie nobody will see (until it hits streaming)…
TUNER quickly became one of our favorite films of the year. Leo Woodall, Havana Rose Liu, and Dustin Hoffman’s performances are great, Daniel Roher’s direction is top-notch, and the story is compelling. Unfortunately, it’s directly competing with THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, DISCLOSURE DAY, PRESSURE, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, BACKROOMS, POWER BALLAD, and THE BREADWINNER, all…
