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  • The TIFF Report, Vol 2

    The TIFF Report, Vol 2

    His Three Daughters Director: Azazel JacobsCast: Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, Natasha Lyonne, Jay O. Sanders, Jovan AdepoSynopsis: A tense, captivating, and touching portrait of family dynamics surrounding sisters who converge after their father’s health declines.Thoughts: When I hear the words “film festival,” tight-quartered dramas dealing with fractured family dynamics are often the type of motion

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  • Movie Review ~ Boston Strangler

    Movie Review ~ Boston Strangler

    The Facts: Synopsis: Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city’s most notorious serial killer.Stars: Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, David Dastmalchian, Morgan Spector, Bill Camp, Chris CooperDirector:

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  • Movie Review ~ Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    Movie Review ~ Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    The Facts: Synopsis: When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. Stars: Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts Director: Jason

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    Synopsis: The story follows a family moving to a small town, where they learn more about who they are and the secrets of the town itself. Release Date:  July 10, 2020 Thoughts: In 2016, Paul Feig tried to do something different in continuing/rebooting the Ghostbusters franchise.  Reducing that effort to just being the ‘female Ghostbusters’

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  • Movie Review ~ Widows

    The Facts: Synopsis: Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Widows

    Synopsis: Set in contemporary Chicago amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except debts left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Release Date: November 16, 2018 Thoughts: Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ The Post

      Synopsis: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events. Release Date: December 22, 2017 (limited) January 12, 2018 (wide) Thoughts: At the Oscars last year, buzz began to build around a

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  • Movie Review ~ Gone Girl

    The Facts: Synopsis: With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent. Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Carrie Coon, David Clennon Director: David Fincher Rated:

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Gone Girl

    Synopsis: A woman mysteriously disappears on the day of her wedding anniversary. Release Date: October 3, 2014 Thoughts: I’ve yet to meet a David Fincher film or marketing campaign I haven’t liked and it appears as though Gone Girl will be no different. From the clever poster to this simple first trailer for the drama/thriller

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