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Flora and Son Review- A Mother and Son Story with Wonderful Musical Twist
John Carney is a director who made the breakout hit Once back in 2007 and it had the breakout hit song that won an Academy Award, Falling Slowly. Ever since he has infused music into his films. Sing Street was… Continue reading
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Cassandro Review- A Solid Indie Biopic with a Good Performance from Gael Garcia Bernal
Over the years there have been several films about wrestling, the one that comes to mind for me is The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke. There have also been a lot of documentaries about wrestlers like The Dark Side of the… Continue reading
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A Million Miles Away Review- An Inspiring True Story that Will Take You to the Stars
Biopics come in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes they come as inspirational sports films or musical films about famous singers and or innovators but occasionally they come as true stories masquerading as biopics. That’s the case with A Million Miles… Continue reading
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The Deer Hunter Retro Review- The Best Depiction of the Effects of War On A Soldier and Their Community Ever Put to Film
Michael Cimino is a director not a lot of people are familiar with. He has made a few films in his career of some note. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and Heaven’s Gate were known, but he directed one film that touched… Continue reading
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El Conde Review- A New and Different/Fun Outing For Pablo Larrain
Pablo Larrain is a director who has made two amazing films the last two times. Both films Jackie and Spencer have dealt with some form of royalty. Whether it be the wife of assassinated President John F. Kennedy or the… Continue reading
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A Haunting In Venice- A Lackluster Third Installment of the Hercule Poirot Trilogy from Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh has sneakily become a pretty prolific director lately with Belfast, which he won an Academy Award for Original Screenplay, and his Hercule Poirot Trilogy under his belt in recent years. A Haunting in Venice is the third in… Continue reading
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Se7en Review-A Noir that Became A Masterpiece in Years to Come For David Fincher
David Fincher has been a director who has dabbled in a lot of different genres in his career. He started out doing music videos before getting his big break on Alien 3, which didn’t turn out so well for him… Continue reading
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The Good Mother Review- A Good Cast Doesn’t Save This Boring Film
Hilary Swank has pretty much done it all in her career. She’s won two Academy Awards, been in successful television shows, Beverly Hills 90210, and been in big franchises like The Karate Kid. She was hard-pressed to have done something… Continue reading
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