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‘The Truth’ Review

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Legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve delivers the top female performance of 2020 to date in the “The Truth”. If you’re a long-time fan of the Oscar nominee (and two-time Cesar Awards winner), and if you enjoy movies about the making of movies, then put this on your MUST list for 4th of July Weekend viewing. […]
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‘And We Go Green’ Review

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Outside of cheering on my Philadelphia Eagles, I’m not what you would call an avid sports fan. But I clearly understand and feel the effects of the lack of live sports over the past several months. Thankfully, there’s a documentary debuting on Hulu this week that gets both casual and diehard sports junkies back on […]
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‘The High Note’ Review

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There’s a simple way to explain the plot of “The High Note”. It’s “The Devil Wears Prada” set in the contemporary music world. Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”) takes-on the Miranda Priestly role. Ross plays 11-time Grammy-winning superstar diva Grace Davis. Dakota Johnson steps into the Anne Hathaway role as Maggie. She’s been Grace’s personal assistant […]
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‘Hope Gap’ Review

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“Hope Gap” is already a part of motion picture history. This relationship drama was released in select theaters by Roadside Attractions on March 6th. It was showing in 132 locations when the movie theater shutdown was ordered a week and a half later, instantly eliminating the remainder of its run. Now, Roadside & ScreenMedia are […]
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‘Resistance’ Review

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Marcel Marceau: Performing Artist. Iconic Mime. Emmy winner. Famous talk show guest. Nazi Resistance Fighter? Yes, it’s all true. The new IFC drama “Resistance”, available on VOD, stars Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg as a young Marceau. It’s the late 1930s in the north of France. Marceau works at his father’s butcher shop. But he […]
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‘Taylor Swift: Miss Americana’ Review

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Taylor Swift is one of the biggest American success stories of this century. Some performers make a big initial splash and gradually fade into the background. Others flash brightly very quickly and then disappear entirely. But Swift has maintained her lofty status as a shining star of American pop culture — through good times and […]
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‘The Report’ Review

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9/11 docudramas have been met with both praise and controversy. “The Report” focuses on the highly controversial issue of the torturing of prisoners in the name of national security. And it deserves praise for its gripping and raw depiction of a true-life, U.S. political battle between the top agencies in the land. Adam Driver gives […]
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‘Harriet’ Review

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Popular recording artist Cynthia Erivo has already won a Tony, a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy for her performance and contributions to the 2016 Broadway revival of “The Color Purple”. She only needs an Oscar to reach the coveted EGOT status. Erivo’s lead performance in “Harriet” could put her on that track. This historical biopic […]
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‘The Lighthouse’ Review

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If nautical nonsense be something you wish, then “The Lighthouse” is a must-sea. This latest dramatic thriller from co-writer/director Robert Eggers (“The Witch”) is one of the most bizarre movie experiences of 2019. Four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe could very well walk the plank, er – red carpet, again for his performance as salty, old […]
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‘The Current War’ Review

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“The Current War” debuted at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Its editor and distributor at the time was none other than Harvey Weinstein. A few weeks later the Weinstein scandal broke. All of the studio’s films yet to be released went into limbo. One of them – “The Upside” with Kevin Hart and Bryan […]
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