Category Archive: Movie Reviews

Noirvember Review: ‘D.O.A.’

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Every November fans of classic cinema celebrate one of the great genres of filmdom, the film noir. These beloved films ensure fans get their fill of; gritty streets, tough detectives, mysterious femme fatales,… Continue reading

Indie Memphis 2018: ‘Tyrel’

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The latest film from writer/director Sebastian Silva has been compared frequently, if unjustly to last year’s smash hit Get Out.  In all fairness Silva had begun work on his latest film Tyrel long… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Grinch’ (Second Opinion)

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Director: Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams, Cameron Seely, Angela Lansbury Plot: On the outskirts of fantasy village Whoville lives The Grinch, a mean-spirited individual who wants… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Outlaw King’

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Plot:  The epic tale of one Scotland’s legendary heroes, Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine).  Out-manned and outmatched, Robert nevertheless rallies the Scottish people in an effort to free his country from the tyranny… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Widows’

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Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodrigues, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Garret Dillahunt, Lukas Haas Plot: When… Continue reading

Noirvember Review: ‘Detour’

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Every November fans of classic cinema celebrate one of the great genres of filmdom, the film noir. These beloved films ensure fans get their fill of; gritty streets, tough detectives, mysterious femme fatales,… Continue reading

Indie Memphis 2018: ‘Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes’

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With this month being Noirvember, it is understandable that filmgoers will be looking for a heist film. But Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes, which held it’s premier at the Indie Memphis… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Grinch’

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Plot:  The Whos in Whoville are deep in the midst of preparing for Christmas, where the mayor has decreed that the celebration needs to be three times as extravagant as ever before.  Finally… Continue reading

Movie Marathon: ‘Creed’

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Kinda dropped the ball in the output there…rest assured I was watching Creed, the seventh film in the Rocky franchise. Quite the diversion this one, with the focus shifting onto Apollo Creed’s son Adonis. I expected… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes of Grindelward’

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Director: David Yates Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, William Nadylam, Jude Law, Johnny Depp Plot: Newt Scamander travels to Paris under… Continue reading