Sinners Movie Review
They tap into their friend's system and pull people from the local town to help with the various jobs to get the joint off the ground. There is a real sense of camaraderie among the crew but there is also no doubt the twins are fully in charge. They also enlist the help of Sammie (Miles Caton) the son of a preacher man who plays a mean blues guitar.
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The film is shot with atmospherics at the forefront and the colours are warm and saturated. Music plays an important ...
The Amateur Movie Review
When his beloved wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan) is tragically murdered, it brings something out in Heller that many never even imagined. Few saw the determination he possessed to avenge the death of his wife and he is allowed to train in the black arts. Even then he is still treated with a level of disdain that proves completely unwarranted.
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Once in the field he uses this dismissal to his advantage. Being underestimated plays to his strengths and lacking the brawn ...
Dog Man Movie Review
The story is completely bonkers as it involves stitching a dog’s head to a human cop’s body to create a super cop. The only problem is they forgot to inform the budding Doctor Frankenstein of the particulars and the title character can only communicate via barking.
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If the dog is the good guy, you have to know the baddie will be a cat and in this case, it’s Petey voiced by Pete Davidson. This malevolent feline is a perfect fit for the slacker ethic that ...
A Working Man Movie Review
This time, the story has a veneer of depth. Levon Cade (Statham) is a skilled construction worker who sticks up for the little man. His past military background is shrouded in mystery but clues are given. He is also a doting father who is homeless while he funnels all of his available cash reserves into the legal battle to keep custody of his daughter Merry (Isla Gie).
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When his contractor boss Joe (Michael Peña) needs his help to find his daughter Jenny (Arianna ...
Disney’s Snow White Movie Review
With some or all of the politics out of the way, what do we have with the new live-action remake of the 1937 classic? Trying to outdo the original hand-drawn version was never going to happen as it is one the most beautifully drawn works of art in the world, Every frame of that film is a masterpiece and trying to do that in the present day and paying the animators their proper due would have exceeded the $270 million spent on this version.
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What we have is a modern ...
The Alto Knights Movie Review
Into this world of titans, steps Barry Levinson with The Alto Knights and frankly it’s all a bit of a mess. Some of the calamities come from concepts that don’t connect and storytelling that lacks that visceral edge. Concept-wise having Robert De Niro play the two main leads with only bad make-up to distinguish between the two doesn’t work at all. It also causes a bit of confusion as to who is whom.
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Storytelling-wise, even though it is based on a true story ...
Silent Zone Movie Review
Cassius (Matt Devere) is the perfect Bear Grylls type for the coming apocalypse, all outfitted with weapons a plenty and great survival instincts. Earlier on he saves Abigail (Luca Papp) from her mother and younger brother after they turn into zombies. We then catch up with them a decade later as their survival skills are almost fully developed.
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Cassius lives with casual cruelty and isolation quite easily while Abigail still yearns for the human connection. This ...
Black Bag Movie Review
It all starts with a submerged storyline and while you feel an undercurrent of skulduggery nothing obvious rises to the surface for quite some time. It might even be a tad tardy for those who desire overdriven onscreen action from the go as the genre is often known for those big loud openers. Soderbergh is such an established auteur and he plays to his strengths here including his usual star-studded cast.
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You get several James Bond alumni like Pierce Brosnan (the ...
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. Movie Review
Born into a well-off and large family in Germany (in a city now part of Poland), his father Karl, was a psychiatrist and neurologist and his mother Paula was a teacher. Dietrich was a very intelligent child and ultimately became a theologian. Not all the members of his family agreed with his decision. At 21 years old he completed his Doctorate of Theology from Humboldt University in Berlin.
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As played by German actor Jonas Dassler, he is presented as the perfect ...
Hard Truths Movie Review
Pansy Deacon is a depressed and anxious woman trapped in a loveless marriage and suffering deep scars from childhood trauma. She is played with absolute conviction by Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Her husband Curtly (David Webber) is emotionally stilted and can barely mumble more than a few words at a time. Her son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett) is also scarcely conscious and shuffles through his young life.
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Pansy is so relentlessly unpleasant to everyone she meets, if it was ...
