Tag: Focus Features
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Review: Armageddon Time, My Policeman, Causeway, and Decision to Leave
A roller coaster of a ride this week with a lot of lows but culminating in a high: Armageddon Time, My Policeman, Causeway, and Decision to Leave. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Armageddon Time: From acclaimed filmmaker James Gray, ARMAGEDDON TIME is a deeply personal story on the strength of family, the complexity of…
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Review: Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Don’t let the style fool you, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul has depths. We’re not sure we can say the same for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power YET, we’re just not sure how many ages to give it a chance for. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Honk for Jesus,…
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Review: Vengeance and My Old School
Listen on Apple Podcasts B.J Novak makes his feature directorial debut with Vengeance and still seems to be channeling Ryan the Temp (which is not a good thing here). Meanwhile Alan Cumming stars in the documentary My Old School about a fascinating Scottish mini-scandal. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Vengeance: Ben Manalowtiz is an…
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Review: Where the Crawdads Sing, Persuasion, Don’t Make Me Go, and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
An abundance of adaptations this week with Where the Crawdads Sing, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, John Cho in Don’t Make Me Go (the solo non-adaptation of the week), and the attempting to be fashion forward Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Where the Crawdads Sing: From the best-selling novel comes a…
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Review: Lightyear, Spiderhead, Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Cha Cha Real Smooth, and Brian and Charles
Lightyear heads to infinity but doesn’t push beyond a very basic story. Spiderhead is a web of hot mess. Emma Thompson gives her Emma Thompson best in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Cha Cha Real Smooth is a smooth and safe choice. Finally there’s the eccentric genuineness of Brian and Charles. Listen on Apple…
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Downton Abbey: A New Era, Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers, The Valet
There’s not much new about Downton Abbey: A New Era but that’s not unexpected. What was unanticipated was how delightful Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers is. Finally there’s the Eugenio Derbez vehicle The Valet. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Downton Abbey: A New Era: From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event…
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Review: The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Bad Guys, and White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Robert Eggers brings us his Viking epic The Northman. Nic Cage reaches peak Nic Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Crime doesn’t pay in the new animated film The Bad Guys. Speaking of criminal, there’s also the new documentary White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch. Listen on Apple Podcasts…
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Review: The Power of the Dog, Wolf, and Try Harder!
Jane Campion brings us Benedict Cumberbatch in chaps in The Power of the Dog. George MacKay channels his inner canis lupus in Wolf. Finally get ready to relive your college admissions trauma through the students of Lowell High in the incredibly watchable Try Harder!. More about The Power of the Dog: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank…
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Review: Luca, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, and The Sparks Brothers
Pixar’s latest, Luca, is an Italian charmer. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek return in Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard but perhaps some franchises should stay dead. Finally, Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers will bring you into a club of cool kids music that you wish you’d been a member of long before. More about…