Tag: Movie
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Anya Taylor-Joy, Corey Finely for Thoroughbreds
Star Anya Taylor-Joy and director Cory Finley are here to discuss Thoroughbreds. More about Thoroughbreds Childhood friends Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily is now a polished, upper-class teenager at a fancy boarding school; Amanda has turned into a sharp-witted outcast with an attitude.…
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Red Sparrow, Nostalgia
Jennifer Lawrence (like… almost ALL of Jennifer Lawrence) is back on the big screen this week in the spy film “Red Sparrow.” Also way too many famous people waste my time in the limited release “Nostalgia.” It’s easy to compare “Red Sparrow” to Charlize Theron’s “Atomic Blonde” (which I loved). In part because there frankly…
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Annihilation, Every Day
To say “Annihilation” is an adaptation is a loose definition of the word “adaptation.” The film is very much it’s own thing, which made it hard as a book reader to disconnect. “Annihilation” stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac. Meanwhile “Every Day” is about as faithful as a…
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Black Panther, Early Man
Ryan Coogler kicks ass and takes names with his Marvel directorial debut. Chadwick Boseman returns as T’Challa, and is joined by Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Forest Whitaker, and Angela Basset. Oh yeah and I guess Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis are there too… Wakanda Forever!…