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Tiffany Haddish and Oscar Isaac Sizzle in The Card Counter
On the cinematic tip, Paul Schrader invokes some really cool sound and camera tricks ranging from intense sound heart beats, breathing and chaotic heavy metal infused within a hallway scenes…
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Pray Away Pulls the Curtain Off Conversion Therapy
Exodus, which started in 1976, was a ministry notorious for claiming to assist those wanting to move away from homosexuality. At the end of the day, all they really accomplished…
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Really Love is Beautiful and Realistic Cinematic Portrait of Black Love
Relationships are complicated. One that feel the moon, feel the stars honeymoon phase dissipates and the rose colored glasses come off you begin to see each other for who you…
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LA’s First Couple of Helicopter Reporting is Revisited with Whirlybird
In addition to the Simpson footage, these pioneers of helicopter reporting, Zoey Tur, (known then as Bob) nabbed numerous monumental moments in L.A. history, including the 1992 riots. This intense…
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Rebecca Hall Owns Every Moment in The Night House
The Night House is an acting tour de force for Rebecca Hall, who illustrated earlier this year with her critically praised Sundance hit "Passing," that her multi-hyphenate talent runs deep.…
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Dylan and Sean Penn Triumph in Complex Daddy Daughter Drama Flag Day
Dylan Penn is beguiling, strong and resilient as Jennifer Vogel. Her performance is absolutely stunning to watch as she embraces every nuance and every luminous moment with a committed veracity…
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Matt Damon’s Best Role as Devoted Dad in Stillwater is Gut Wrenching
The performance of Damon, Camille Cottin (Virginie), Abigail Breslin (Allison) and Lilou Siauvaud (Maya) are so layered and complicated that collectively and individually they break your heart into a million…
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Nine Days is an Oddly Brilliant Look into Our Souls
Written and directed by Edson Oda in his directorial debut, Nine Days will make you contemplate your existence in this world and how you view it. Sprinkling characters throughout that…
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Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill Podcast Blows Lid off Weinstein Allegations
The whole thing feels like a film noir doc where your stomach stays in knots and one's insatiable curiosity is continuously kept on the line from one episode to the…
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Reid Miller is Stupendously, Heartbreaking in Joe Bell
With a plethora of producers including Jake Gyllenhaal and Drew Brees and based on a true story, Good Joe Bell left my heart tattered and eyeswelling up into a unsuspecting ugly cry…
