Miami Film Festival GEMS 2024
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Miami Film Festival GEMS (2024) The Brutalist Review- A Film That’s Trying To Show The American Dream, But Instead Ends Up Being Anti-American
I’ve been watching movies for around fifty years now, and I’ve been a film critic for about ten of those years. The main thing is I’m a huge fan of cinema in general of any kind. When I hear a… Continue reading
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Miami Film Festival GEMS (2024) Nightbitch Review- A Film Dealing With Maternal Instincts At Their Most Basic Nature
Mireille Heller is a writer/director who has made some very good films in recent years including A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood about Fred Rogers starring Tom Hanks, Diary of a Teenage Girl about an awkward girl coming of age… Continue reading
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Miami Film Festival GEMS (2024) Unstoppable Review- Another Inspirational Sports Biopic With Great CGI And A Terrific Performance From Jennifer Lopez
I’m a sucker for a good sports film. I just love the inspirational nature of so many true sports stories. I’ve seen hundreds of them over the years. Unstoppable is just another one in a long line of sports films… Continue reading
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Miami Film Festival GEMS (2024) September 5 Review- A Whip Smart Script And High Tension Make This One Of The Best Films Of The Year
Steven Spielberg made a film about twenty or so years ago about the hostage and subsequent murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich, Germany Summer Olympics. The first ever filmed by television cameras and beamed to the United… Continue reading
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Miami Film Festival GEMS (2024) Maria Review- A Crowning Achievement For Lorrain’s “Tormented Woman Trilogy” & Jolie Gives The Performance Of Her Career
Pablo Lorrain has made a trilogy of films focusing on three very influential and important people in the world at the time of their existence. The first two were Jackie, starring Natalie Portman as Jaclyn Kennedy Onasis and the second… Continue reading
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Miami Film Festival GEMS (2024) A Real Pain Review- A Road Trip Film Through Poland Turns Into A Story About An Annoying Guy I Didn’t Like Very Much
Jesse Eisenberg is a prolific actor who’s done some great work in The Social Network, Now You See Me, Zombieland, and now his latest A Real Pain which he also wrote/directed. He has found an interest in directing lately with… Continue reading
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