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Tag: Searchlight Pictures

  • Sundance Newbie Chronicles

    Sundance Newbie Chronicles

    Indie Cinema’s Biggest Event Let’s Go to Sundance! Greetings, fellow film enthusiasts! After an exhilarating time at TIFF, I found myself succumbing to a severe case of festival fever, and there seems to be no remedy in sight! From January 17 – 22, I’ll be in Park City, UT, immersing myself in one of the

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  • Movie Review ~ All of Us Strangers

    Movie Review ~ All of Us Strangers

    The Facts: Synopsis: As a screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor, he discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died 30 years before.Stars: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire FoyDirector: Andrew HaighRated: RRunning Length: 105 minutesTMMM Score:

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  • Movie Review ~ Rye Lane

    Movie Review ~ Rye Lane

    The Facts: Synopsis: Two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes and potentially restoring their faith in romance.Stars: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Karene Peter, Benjamin Sarpong-Broni, Malcolm Atobrah, Alice Hewkin, Simon Manyonda, Poppy Allen-QuarmbyDirector: Raine Allen MillerRated: RRunning Length:

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  • Movie Review ~ The Menu

    Movie Review ~ The Menu

    The Facts: Synopsis: Young couple Margot and Tyler travel to a remote island to eat at Hawthorne, an exclusive restaurant run by celebrity chef Julian Slowik, who has prepared a lavish molecular gastronomy menu where food is treated as conceptual art, but his approach to cuisine has some shocking surprises for the wealthy guests.Stars: Anya

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  • Movie Review ~ See How They Run

    Movie Review ~ See How They Run

    The Facts: Synopsis: When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on a case of murder in London’s West End, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their perilStars: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris

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  • Movie Review ~ Fresh

    Movie Review ~ Fresh

    The Facts: Synopsis: The horrors of modern dating seen through one young woman’s defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend’s unusual appetites.Stars: Sebastian Stan, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Charlotte Le Bon, Andrea Bang, Dayo OkeniyiDirector: Mimi CaveRated: RRunning Length: 114 minutesTMMM Score: (7/10)Review:  Right away, the woman should be wary of the man she

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ Antlers

    31 Days to Scare ~ Antlers

    The Facts: Synopsis: In an isolated Oregon town, a high school teacher and her police officer brother become convinced one of her students is harboring a deadly supernatural secret. Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Cody Davis Director: Scott Cooper Rated: R Running Length: 99 minutes

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  • Movie Review ~ The Night House

    Movie Review ~ The Night House

    The Facts: Synopsis: Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, a widow is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her and begins to uncover his disturbing secrets. Stars: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin Director: David Bruckner Rated: R Running Length: 107 minutes TMMM Score: (8.5/10) Review: 

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  • Movie Review ~ Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    The Facts: Synopsis: During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America’s history lost—until now. Stars: Stevie Wonder,

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  • Movie Review ~ Nomadland

    The Facts: Synopsis: A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the Western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. Stars: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Angela Reyes, Carl R. Hughes Director: Chloé Zhao Rated: R Running Length: 107

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