Tag: film
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Coogler, cast deliver in SINNERS
Set in the 1920’s South, twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) escaped the slave trade and made a name for themselves during Al Capone’s reign in Chicago. They’ve taken what they’ve learned — and earned — and come back home to Clarksdale, Mississippi, in order to buy a building and…
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BOB TREVINO LIKES IT births a star in Ferreira
A live-in caregiver Lily Trevino (played by Barbie Ferreira) gets cheated on by her boyfriend and has a fallout with her selfish father Bob (French Stewart), leading her down a lonely spiral. She’s been conditioned to believe that everything bad that happens in other people’s lives are her fault thanks, in large part, to her…
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LOVE HURTS doesn’t know what it wants to be
There’s a serious crisis of identity with LOVE HURTS and the performances can’t save it.
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Wahlberg makes FLIGHT RISK watchable
A desk agent with the US Marshal Service, Deputy Madelyn Harris (played by Michelle Dockery), is back in the field for the first time in years escorting a key witness in a high profile case. Once she secures Winston (Topher Grace), the informant who’s trying to hide in the Fairbanks area of Alaska, they board…
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DEN OF THIEVES 2 unnecessarily complicated
Los Angeles Sheriff Nick O’Brien (played by Gerard Butler) sees a news report of a diamond heist at the Antwerp airport in Belgium and notices some similarities to unsolved cases in Southern California. After doing some digging, he realizes the burglary was, in fact, led by Donnie Wilson (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), the very man he’s…
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2024 MCFCA nominations announced
The Music City Film Critics’ Association has announced its list of nominations representing the best of film in 2024. MCFCA members voted for up to three films (except Best Picture) in each category that, among other criteria, were screened in a theater between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Members’ ballots were due at…
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Original BAD BOYS still the benchmark
The only thing tha makes Bad Boys memorable is the chemistry between Smith and Lawrence.
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REVIEW: The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023)
Every once in a while a film comes along and a performance is so good that you can’t imagine anyone else in the role. Daisy Ridley fits that bill here.
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REVIEW: Past Lives (2023)
As 12 year olds, Na Young (played by Seung Ah Moon) and Hae Sung (Seung Min Yim) are classmates in South Korea. Young’s family decides to immigrate to Canada, breaking apart the budding friendship and developing love interest. Over a decade later, Young (now played by Greta Lee) lives in New York City and has…
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