fromthefourthrow
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News of the World Review
News of the World is one of the only holdouts that the filmmakers decided they would still release the film on its original release date. With acclaimed director Paul Greengrass and two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks attached, this was a… Continue reading
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The Midnight Sky Review
George Clooney has been hit-or-miss over his directing and acting career. I guess you could say a lot of actors and directors have a similar problem. By his early success in his career, he has been able to keep making… Continue reading
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Review
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is the latest film based on an August Wilson play, produced by Denzel Washington, who directed Fences in 2016. Whereas Fences had multiple locations, this film was pretty much set in one location in multiple rooms of a sound studio. Most… Continue reading
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Another Round Review
Thomas Vinterberg is the writer-director of Another Round. This isn’t the first time he’s worked with actor Mads Mikkelsen. He previously directed him in The Hunt in 2012. That said, the two films are very different from one another. Four high school teachers… Continue reading
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Wonder Woman 1984 Review
The DC Extended Universe has gotten larger and larger since its inception back in 2015. It’s not as big as the MCU, but there are enough films to determine if this experiment worked. With Wonder Woman, it started turning the table… Continue reading
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Let Them All Talk Review
Steven Soderbergh has had quite a career as a director over the last three decades. He worked with dozens of the industry’s biggest stars. A few of them have even won Oscars and Emmys for their roles in his films.… Continue reading
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The Prom Review
The musical genre has been one of the great hits over the decades, but lately, it has been one of the misses. Netflix has jumped into the musical genre with their latest film The Prom. The film is full of A-list… Continue reading
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Nomadland Review
Chloe Zhao is a hot commodity in Hollywood these days, so much that she got offered to do a big-budget Marvel movie. But before she hit the big time directing an MCU film, she did low-budget indies, such as Songs My… Continue reading
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Mank Review
It has been widely said over the decades that Citizen Kane is the greatest film of all time. Rumors of its origins have been spreading around Hollywood and the country for decades. This story has been one that has been criticized because… Continue reading
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Ammonite Review
Francis Lee usually writes and directs character studies that focus on small people and small places. He takes these people and places and puts a microscope on them. Normally, nobody would care about the subject matter, but his deft hand… Continue reading
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