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Mute – Review
The prime reason that drew me to watch this film was the bizarre premise it possesses (the film is #9 on our Top Ten Most Anticipated Films of 2018): a mute Amish man —who is also a bartender— finds himself going after gangsters in a futuristic Berlin while he searches for his missing girlfriend…wow. The […]
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Irreplaceable You – Review
Presenting the story of a young couple who find themselves being torn apart by the fragility of the human condition, Irreplaceable You sets a narrative standard that turns against itself and becomes part of the obstacles it faces to become memorable for the viewers. Labeling itself a “tearjerker,” the film does not get to that point, as […]
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Love, Simon – Review
Love, Simon is the young adult novel adaptation that we needed at this time. It is a film that does not ask you at the beginning to start with an open mind —it just takes you on the coming-of-age journey of Simon Spiers, a teenager that, like any other, is trying to find himself during […]
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The Strangers: Prey at Night – Review
To start off, I must admit that I was not aware that the film was a sequel coming out 10 years after its predecessor. Starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, the 2008 horror film The Strangers follows a couple’s dream vacation turned into a nightmare when a trio of masked murderers join their stay… and […]
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All the Money in the World – Review
Ridley Scott may not regularly be branded as one of the most visually stunning directors (though, some of his films surely are) nor does he have a distinct texture throughout his filmography much like Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese do. What I am confident in saying, though, is that the 80-year-old Englishman is the greatest […]
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Annabelle: Creation – Review
Annabelle: Creation entertains rising star Lulu Wilson who was a breakout in last year’s Ouija: Origin of Evil. The Annabelle films and Ouija films have more in common than just being current horror films. Even worse than the first Annabelle (29% on RT), Ouija was a colossal disaster (7% on RT). Universal and Blumhouse then […]
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