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  • Movie Review ~ Atlas

    Movie Review ~ Atlas

    Atlas Synopsis: A brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past.Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Sterling K. Brown, Simu Liu, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla, Mark StrongDirector: Brad PeytonRated: PG-13Running Length: 118 minutes Review: I probably

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  • The TIFF Report, Vol 3

    The TIFF Report, Vol 3

    Knox Goes Away Director: Michael KeatonCast: Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden, James Marsden, Suzy Nakamura, John Hoogenakker, Joanna Kulig, Ray McKinnon, Lela LorenSynopsis: When a contract killer is diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, he is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son.Thoughts:

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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 ~ Murder Mystery 2

    Movie Review ~ Murder Mystery 2

    The Facts: Synopsis: Full-time detectives Nick and Audrey struggle to get their private eye agency off the ground. They find themselves at the center of international abduction when their friend Maharaja, is kidnapped at his lavish wedding.Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Kani, Kuhoo Verma, Enrique Arce, Zurin Villanueva,

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  • Movie Review ~ Nocebo

    Movie Review ~ Nocebo

    The Facts: Synopsis: A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that confounds her doctors and frustrates her husband – until help arrives in the form of a Filipino nanny who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.Stars: Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier, Billie GadsdonDirector: Lorcan FinneganRated: NRRunning Length: 96 minutesTMMM Score:

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  • Movie Review ~ TÁR

    Movie Review ~ TÁR

    The Facts: Synopsis: Set in the international world of Western classical music, an exceptionally detailed portrait of a Promethean artist eventually hoisted on her own petardStars: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Mark StrongDirector: Todd FieldRated: RRunning Length: 158 minutesTMMM Score: (9/10)Review: The power is in the approach. Knowing Tár

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  • Movie Review ~ Cruella

    The Facts: Synopsis: Penniless and orphaned in London at twelve, four years later Estella runs wild through the city streets with her best friends and partners-in-(petty)-crime. When a chance encounter vaults Estella into the world of the rich and famous, however, she begins to question the existence she’s built for herself in London and wonders

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  • Movie Review ~ 1917

    The Facts: Synopsis: Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier’s brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap. Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Colin Firth,

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ 1917

    Synopsis: Two young British soldiers during the First World War, are given an impossible mission: deliver a message, deep in enemy territory, that will stop their own men, and Blake’s own brother, from walking straight into a deadly trap. Release Date:  December 25, 2019 Thoughts: Every year around this time it becomes pretty clear who

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  • Movie Review ~ Shazam!

    The Facts: Synopsis: We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s case, by shouting out one word – SHAZAM! – this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam. Stars: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer,

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