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‘It Was Just An Accident’ Review: Jafar Panahi’s Film Shines a Light on The Difference Between Justice and Revenge

The gift Iranian writer-director Jafar Panahi has given to us all is no accident. Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident uses a very simple scenario to ask unanswerable questions about what makes a person good. It does this by offering four people a chance many dream of: the …

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‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Movie Review: Fame, Depression, and a Stylistic Blur of Misfires

Hurry Up Tomorrow is directed by Trey Edward Shults (It Comes at Night), a filmmaker who here collaborates with Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Reza Fahim (The Idol) on the screenplay. Starring Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin), with Tesfaye himself playing a fictionalized version …

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‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Movie Review: So Excellent It’s Hard to Believe

Some years ago I went to Arles for the annual photography festival and discovered that, on Saturday nights, the local bullfighting school put on a show in the Roman amphitheatre. I paid my ten euros and watched three young matadors in training kill their bulls while the locals treated this …

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‘Bullet Train Explosion’ Film Review: Visually Sharp, Strong Direction, Narratively Safe

Bullet Train Explosion marks Japan’s return to one of cinema’s most intense rail thrillers, nearly fifty years after the release of Junya Sato’s classic The Bullet Train. This legacy sequel is directed by Shinji Higuchi (Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman) and penned by Kazuhiro Nakagawa and Norichika Ōba. While the concept …

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Interview: Writer and Director Tolga Karaçelik on ‘Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer’

Tolga Karaçelik is a name well known to international audiences and soon to be United States audiences as well. Psycho Killer: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer is a black comedy and the writer/director’s fouth film. It’s his latest after the Sundance-lauded …

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‘Reacher’ Review – Season 3, Episode 8: Unfinished Business

And now, man without fear, he must face the final curtain: except of course it isn’t. Like James Bond (RIP), Reacher will return. The zeitgeist can be guessed at and striven for, but it cannot be faked and it cannot be bought, because the audience never knows what truly speaks …

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‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Film is a Spectacular, Cinematic Dance Through Blues and Horror

Ryan Coogler knew just what audiences were missing and delivered a euphoric cinematic experience as he has answered our prayer for original filmmaking with the spectacular whirlwind known as Sinners. Taking us on a dance with one or more devils and a journey through 1930s Southern US history with a …

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8 Black Mirror Episodes You Should Watch If You’ve Never Seen It Before

Black Mirror, the hit dystopian anthology series, recently went into its seventh outing. Starting out humbly on Channel 4 in the UK, created by dead-pan funny guy Charlie Brooker, the show went onto new heights after he sold it to Netflix. The Americanisation of the show hasn’t landed well with …

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This is a review of the spy movie, The Amateur.

‘The Amateur’ Movie Review: Can Revenge Heal Grief?

I consider James Hawes’ feature directorial debut, One Life, one of the most memorable films of its release year. Based on the director alone, expectations for his sophomore effort were already high. Add to that The Amateur being a spy thriller starring Rami Malek – whose career-best performance remains his …

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‘Severance’ Review and Recap – Season 2 Episode 10: Cold Harbor

Throughout season 2, Severance has consistently been the most streamed show on Apple TV+, even outpacing Ted Lasso. No doubt the finale, Cold Harbor, will be one of the most streamed episodes of the season as Ben Stiller brings this season to its compelling conclusion.  Throughout Season 2, there has been a push …

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‘The Agency’ Season 1 Review: Secrets and Intrigue in Fassbender’s CIA Thriller

Media like James Bond and Mission Impossible deliver a sleek, action-packed adventure in the spy genre. However, what many would consider the best spy material does things differently. Instead, more thought-provoking spy-fare focuses on the process and tradecraft. Films like Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy, and A Most Wanted Man are …

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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Movie Review: A Satire of Social Media

Society’s infatuation with social media has grown and evolved over the years. What started with sites connecting long-distance/old friends (looking at you, Facebook) has morphed into something else. The culture constantly compares itself, making it hard for the younger generation to grow without feeling bad about themselves. Such a methodology …

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‘Reacher’ Review – Season 3, Episode 7: L.A. Story

It’s a new dawn on Reacher. This is the first episode of the entire show in which Reacher (the splendid Alan Ritchson) goes west of the Mississippi! While Neagley (Maria Sten) lives in Chicago, Reacher’s previous adventures have kept him in Georgia, Arkansas, New York City, Maine, and now Massachusetts. …

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‘September 5’ Movie Review: A Period Piece Relevant for the Current Moment

Unusually, September 5 faced one main question before its release: why has it been made? Well, since the last presidential inauguration, we have our answer. September 5 is one of those biopic-style (but not a documentary) re-enactments of tragic real-world events. Here the disaster is at the 1972 Munich Olympics, …

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Borderline Movie Review

‘Borderline’ Film Review: Samara Weaving and Ray Nicholson Shine in a Familiar yet Fun Thriller

Samara Weaving has become a recurring presence in horror, thriller, and action flicks with a touch of dark humor. From The Babysitter to Ready or Not, along with Guns Akimbo and Azrael, the Australian actress has cemented herself as a modern-day final girl, embracing roles that balance stylized violence and …

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‘Reacher’ Review – Season 3, Episode 6: Smoke on the Water

Well. If we thought the previous episode of Reacher was plot heavy, in Smoke on the Water all those plot points have babies, meaning there’s an entire family tree of stuff going on that, thanks to the spoiler restrictions from Amazon, reviewers cannot reveal. It’s understandable since so much modern-day …

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