Venom: The Last Dance Movie Review
The stakes are high this time with the end of the world as we know it at risk. It’s all explained before the opening credits even roll and after the film’s end it still makes no sense but that’s part of the fun. Hardy who carries with him a reputation for achieving a certain level of seriousness is a lot of fun to watch as the ever-unwinding human caught with this unwanted passenger.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor relishes the chance to play military hard-man Rex Strick...
Hellboy: The Crooked Man Movie Review
Joining the fun is a new actor playing the big guy by the name of Jack Kesy who has the swagger and world-weary chat down pat. He is joined on the journey by scientist Bobbie Jo Song (Adeline Rudolph) and a Junior G-Man who is dispensed with almost immediately. When their monster in a box escapes, they end up wandering through the local lands trying to find it.
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The film is roughly split into two parts: the wandering part and the battle against the devil and his ...
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Movie Review
Reeve, who started his acting career in the theatre was plucked from relative obscurity by landing the role of Superman over a large number of Hollywood hopefuls including Neil Diamond! Landing this gig was a double-edged sword though and he suffered from being typecast as the man of steel for the rest of his active acting career. It forever limited him in the choice of acting roles offered to him.
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The fame that came from being the lead in Richard Donner’s film ...
The Black Mass Movie Review
Bundy was one of the US’s most prolific serial killers and the true number of his victims will never be known after his execution by electrocution in 1989 in a Florida State Prison at the age of 42. His intelligence and good looks were advantages to him in securing his victims but this film plays against that perception.
The Bundy character (called Patrick in this work) is played by Jeremy London as an awkward and socially inept person. His attempts at human connection always come up ...
Joker: Folie à Deux Movie Review
The story picks up after the events of the first film with Arthur Fleck AKA Joker tucked away in Arkham Asylum (which is now styled to look like Alcatraz Island). The system is trying to prove his competency to stand trial. He is treated quite questionably there, especially by a guard named Jackie Sullivan played by the always excellent Brendan Gleeson. While there he comes in contact with Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga).
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Their relationship provides the main thrust of the ...
My Old Ass Movie Review
Elliott (Maisy Stella of the TV show Nashville) is a girl in transition. She is finding her way in the world and many things remain undecided. Her sexuality is fluid as is her comfort to the life laid out in front of her. She dreams of leaving her hometown and bristles under the direction and limited opportunities afforded by its small population.
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Into this mix of conflicting emotions comes a night like no other. While tripping on mushrooms with her two best gal ...
2024 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival – Gloria! Movie Review
Teresa (Galatéa Bellugi) is a young servant girl at a musical school for orphans. She is mute but seems to love music, she also appears to be suffering from some sort of trauma. When she discovers a brand new pianoforte in a storeroom that was gifted to the school, she sits down and begins to tickle the ivories.
Teresa has real musical skills but they come out in a most peculiar way (for the times). When four other students hear her playing in the middle of the night they join forces to ...
2024 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival – Trust Movie Review
The basic story revolves around the life of a teacher named Pietro, played by Elio Germano. He appears to be a great teacher with a unique teaching method and is loved by all his students. That is the initial impression you are given, yet the addition of more information will tilt your perception of both his character and morality.
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This information comes via a large number of scenes that suggest much but confirm little. This technique at first is somewhat off-pu...
2024 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival – Comandante Movie Review
Salvatore Todaro (Pierfrancesco Favino - World War Z and Angels & Demons) was a real-life World War II veteran, who even though he was saddled with a severe back injury continued to serve in the Italian army. He was given command of the submarine Comandante Cappellini and asked to join the Battle of the Atlantic.
That battle, which was the longest continuous military campaign of the War was a horrendous campaign and led to an unimaginable number of casualties both civilian and ...
The Wild Robot Movie Review
Her software allows her to learn and eventually understand and communicate with the native fauna. After accidentally destroying a family's bird nest she becomes the sole protector of Brightbill (Kit Connor) and also befriends an outcast fox named Fink (Pedro Pascal). She remains an outcast herself and this creates a bond between the three.
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It speaks to the quality of the writing that these computer-generated characters are imbued with such emotional resonance that ...
