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‘Scream’ Movie Review

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This fifth installment in the “Scream” series is a slasher/horror movie about slasher/horror movies. Its title is simply “Scream”. If you’re wondering why it’s not “Scream 5” or even “5cream”, well, there’s a joke about halfway into the film that answers that question. It’s one of the sharper self-aware moments in a script that’s packed […]
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‘Last Night in Soho’ Movie Review

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Edgar Wright is a director known for breaking the genre conventions of comedy, romance, action, thriller and even “end of the world” films. This time he twists-up the “coming of age” story AND horror with “Last Night in Soho”. Thomasin McKenzie had her breakthrough moment opposite Ben Foster in 2018’s “Leave No Trace”. She followed […]
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‘Hard Luck Love Song’ Movie Review

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“Hard Luck Love Song” is based on a country music song. The script doesn’t just borrow a line here or there. Nearly all the major story points match lyrics from singer/songwriter Todd Snider’s 2006 ballad “Just Like Old Times”. And the film’s unconventional nature doesn’t end there. The first half hour or so is basically […]
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‘Supernova’ Movie Review

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“Supernova” is writer/director Harry Macqueen’s second film. He brings together two acting heavyweights — Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci — for this heavy, set in the UK drama. Firth’s Sam (a celebrated pianist) and Tucci’s Tusker (a successful author and astronomy aficionado) have been a couple for a long time. They decide to take a […]
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‘Greenland’ Movie Review

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“Greenland” is one of 2020’s most epic movies – in the true sense of that word. Gerard Butler plays John Garrity, a civil engineer building skyscrapers in Atlanta. John’s relationship with wife Allison (Morena Baccarin) is a bit rocky. They have a seven-year-old son (Nathan) who’s fascinated with the latest nature-related obsession dominating the TV […]
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’18 to Party’ Movie Review

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Writer/director Jeff Roda’s “18 to Party” is set in 1984 in Upstate NY. A group of 8th graders have gathered together outside a local club, hoping to get in. They all have different personalities and represent various cliques. Some are more “popular” than others. Some have more confidence than others. What they each seem to […]
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‘The Life Ahead’ Movie Review

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“The Life Ahead” is the first movie appearance in a decade for legendary actress Sophia Loren. It’s also her third collaboration with son Edoardo Ponti, the film’s co-writer/director. “The Life Ahead” is based on the 1975 novel, The Life Before Us by French author Romain Gary. This adaptation is set in Italy. It’s a gentle, […]
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‘Love and Monsters’ Movie Review

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Actor Dylan O’Brien raced through “The Maze Runner” trilogy. Now he follows that up with a starring role in Paramount’s post-apocalyptic action/adventure romantic comedy (with some drama too), “Love and Monsters”. O’Brien plays Joel Dawson. For the past seven years, the 24-year-old has been living in an underground bunker with a dozen fellow survivors. Joel […]
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‘Then Came You’ Movie Review

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Former talk show hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Craig Ferguson star in this rom-com for the AARP set. “Then Came You” is also the title of the 2018 indie rom-com starring Gen-Zers Maisie Williams and Asa Butterfield. Title is the only thing these two movies have in common. Gifford also wrote the screenplay and the […]
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‘Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story’ Movie Review

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“Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story” is a rare documentary that’s based on a book (which Mollie Gregory wrote in 2015.) Yes, reading about the history of female stunt performers may be interesting and informative. But this story needed to be told in a film. And it is the content — interviews and archival clips — […]
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