97th Academy Awards Oscar Noms! Snubs and Surprises!

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Well it’s that time of year again: movie award season. While SAG, DGA, Independent Spirit, et. al. are respectable, the grand daddy of them all is of course the Academy Awards. After some… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘A Complete Unknown’

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Plot: Based on the 2015 book “Dylan Goes Electric” by Elijah Wald, director James Mangold’s newest musical biopic explores legendary folk singer and lyricist Bob Dylan (Timothee Chalamet). Beginning with Dylan’s arrival in… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Nosferatu’ (Second Opinion)

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Plot: A remake of the classic 1922 silent film from F.W. Murnau and inspired by Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” director Robert Eggers invites audiences into the realm of vampires. When solicitor and newlywed Thomas… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Conclave’

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Plot: After the Pope dies of a heart attack, the College of Cardinals gathers in Vatican City to elect a new Pontiff under the leadership of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes). With no… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Gladiator II’

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Plot: Sixteen years after the death of Maximus, Lucius (Paul Mescal) lives a humble life with his wife Arishat (Yuval Gonen) in the North African kingdom of Numidia under his assumed name Hanno.… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Nosferatu’

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Director: Robert Eggers Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson Plot: A newly-wed real estate broker is assigned to travel from Germany to meet a… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Anora’

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Director: Sean Baker Cast: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov, Darya Ekamasova, Lindsey Normington Plot: A Brooklyn stripper named Ani meets the son of a Russian oligarch… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Moana 2’

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Director: David G. Derrick, Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualalai Chung, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Awhimai Fraser, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Rachel House, Alan Tudyk… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Megalopolis’

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Plot: In an alternative United States, patrician families dominate the city of New Rome (a stand-in for New York City). These families lead a hypocritical life of decadence while claiming to live by… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Substance’

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Plot: On her fiftieth birthday, once-beloved movie star Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is dismissed from her long running television aerobics show due to her age. After a minor car accident briefly puts Elizabeth… Continue reading