This is a poster for a review of the movie Kung Fu Rookie.

‘Kung Fu Rookie’ Movie Review – A Fun and Enjoyable Homage to Jackie Chan

Acting as a true, unapologetically enthusiastic celebration of Hong Kong action icon Jackie Chan, Kung Fu Rookie (or Timuchin), is a fun homage to a significant figure in martial arts cinema. With Chan’s Karate Kid: Legends releasing in a few months and his classic Rumble in the Bronx celebrating its …

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This is a review of the science fiction movie Planete B.

‘Planéte B’ Review: Film Questions A Reality in Which Corporations and the State Control Free Choice

The cinematic format holds the privilege of imagining numerous variables of what the future may be like. The screen platforms artists to compose frames through camera lenses to reflect on the present and create a future through imagery. In this sense, the French director Aude Léa Rapin, who previously directed …

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My Everything Movie Review

‘My Everything’ Movie Review: Anne-Sophie Bailly’s Drama (Venice)

The empty nest is notoriously difficult for parents to deal with, but My Everything (Mon Inséparable) has taken a fresh angle to this ordinary dilemma: the adult son who’s ready to flee the coop has an intellectual disability. Joël (Charles Peccia Galletto) is in his late twenties/early thirties and lives …

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The Bohemian Movie Review

‘The Bohemian’ Movie Review: A Musical Biopic at its Most Sumptuous

Not much is known about Josef Mysliveček – the 18th-century composer at the center of writer and director Petr Václav’s lavish historical biopic The Bohemian – in the English-speaking musical world. It is known he was on good terms with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the two composers vied for recognition …

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The Shameless Movie Review - Cannes

‘The Shameless’ Review: When Love May Not Be Enough (Cannes)

Any description of The Shameless could make it sound like the most exploitative trash, so it’s stunning to realize that despite the grim setting, the exceptionally troubled characters, and the hopelessness of their situation, that it isn’t. This is a testament to the skill of writer-director (and Bulgarian-American) Konstantin Bojanov, …

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