In adapting Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell has been faced with a bit of a conundrum. On the other hand this is clearly a novel that is enormously significant to her, both personally and artistically. On the other hand, it’s a novel that challenges her taste for extremity and transgression, since it’s already one of the […]
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A pop star and one of her support team have an interpersonal conflict. So for the longest time Anne Hathaway was associated blockbusters in Hollywood, she’s done some indie work with films like Collosal but by and large she was in the big films. This seems to be an attempt to pivot towards art house. […]
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From stylized dresses to clingy egos, The Devil Wears Prada 2 pours like an expensive bottle of champagne full of delights.
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The story of pop superstar Michael Jackson — from his extraordinary early days in the Jackson 5 to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fuels a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world.
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COUNTDOWN ticks thru 101 bland minutes of science-fiction-minus monsters, a moon expedition story from 1967 (Brit release date) that opened in the US in ’68. While critics were intrigued and crowds got excited by Planet Of The Apes and were awestruck and/or baffled by 2001: A Space Odyssey, they weren’t enraptured by this realistic, down-to-Earth procedural […]
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In “Splitsville,” Carey, facing divorce, seeks comfort in his friends Julie and Paul, leading to chaos through an ‘open relationship’ experiment. The film blends humor with profound insights on love and heartbreak, showcasing characters in absurd yet relatable situations. Directed by Michael Angelo Covino, it highlights the irrationality of human instincts.
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“Funny how secrets travel…” The title page on a draft of the Lost Highway screenplay reads: “A 21st Century Horror Noir. A Graphic Investigation Into Parallel Identity Crises. A World Where Time Is Dangerously Out Of Control. A Terrifying Ride Down The Lost Highway.” When I saw Lost Highway for the first time in my […]
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A story told backwards in three distinct acts as we begin with the end of the world and find our way through the life of one man that can perhaps explain how it is we got here… (Really telling on myself as a Stephen King fan with my year-end Top Ten List, but I must […]
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Directed by: Jay Roach Written by: Tony McNamara Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Sunita Mani Rating: [4/5] Of the many tenets of marriage, sacrifice and selflessness comes as part of the arrangement. Instead of focusing on what works best for one individual, it widens to include another person and major decisions must meet the […]
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“Silencio.” Los Angeles, Hollywood California, the City of Angels, whatever you want to call it is an interesting place. The great filmmaker David Lynch (RIP) had this to say about Hollywood: “I love Hollywood. I love the dream of it.” He also said that: “When you’re there in LA, on some nights… you can feel […]
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This is not the film that future me will select to wait out the winter. Against the Ice is a cold, bitter, faithless test of patience and fortitude – and that’s just for the characters. Watching it is something like passing a shivering chihuahua on a bitterly frosty day and wondering if the little guy […]
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Year: 2026 Runtime: 105 minutes Directors: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson Writers: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson, Ursula Wills (based on a short story by) Actors: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan By Rosa Parra Directed by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, “Wicker”(2026) features Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, […]
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For my fifth film of the London Film Festival, I decided to go down the American independent movie route. Looking at the schedule, the general plot of Train Dreams stood out to me as something that could be interesting, but what clinched it as a film that I would watch at the festival is the […]
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“A dream is never just a dream.” In an enlightening article published a week before Christmas 2025, New York Magazine writer Lane Brown states that, “Stanley Kubrick’s movies have a habit of aging into new meanings, like monoliths that take time for us apes to figure out.” The enigmatic, maximalist director (2001, Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork […]
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Directed by: Simon Stone Written by: Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, Simon Stone Starring: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Art Malik, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kaya Scodelario Rating: [3/5] Whether from an abundance of resources or just a regular refusal to accept the defeat, the ultra wealthy continue to find ways to get whatever they want, no matter the circumstance placed before […]
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Billy Hayes, portrayed by Brad Davis, is an American university student apprehended while attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. Sentenced to four years initially, his punishment is extended to a daunting 30 years. Determined not to surrender to his fate, Billy collaborates with fellow inmates to devise an escape plan. Interestingly, the prison setting […]
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Hikari re-affirms her talent for creating uplifting and touching filmic experiences.
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A dark meditation on adolescence, cruelty, and the cost of belonging.
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Poor Things is a weird film with great acting where eventually I understood what the story is about!!! Real Rating: 3.5 Surgically Mutated Animals What I Like: -What really stands out in this film is the acting by Emma Stone, to see a person developing from a child to a free living person is astonishing […]
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Greetings again from the darkness. The concept is interesting and relatable. A woman undertakes the solving of a mystery, and in the process, learns a great deal about herself. Writer-director Rebecca Zlotowski w-d (OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN, 2022) and co-writers Anne Berest and Gaelle Mace have delivered a film that works on a couple of levels: […]
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