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Project Power Review

Director: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Starring: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Colson Baker, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, Allen Maldonado When I first saw the trailer for Netflix’s Project Power, I was surprised to see the cast consisting of Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon Levitt. The award-winning actors coming together in an action thriller…


5.8

The Old Guard Review

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Starring: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling, Van Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor Let me make it very clear. When I first heard that Netflix and Charlize Theron were teaming up to make what is basically a superhero movie, I could not wait to see it….


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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga Review

Director: David Dobkin Starring: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Pierce Brosnan Right, let me start off this review by letting you know that I am a huge fan of Eurovision. However, I really tried not to let my love of the campest and most incredible song contest in the world cloud my judgement. If…


8.5

All The President’s Men Review

Director: Alan J. Pakula Starring: Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that All the President’s Men is a movie more preoccupied with the procedural side of the Watergate scandal than digging into any palpable emotional value. After all, we don’t get much insight into the personal…


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The Host Review

Director: Bong Jong-ho Starring: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung With Parasite Bong Joon-ho garnered international acclaim and popularity, even conquering the Academy Awards which have historically been elusive to foreign language films. Despite its unprecedented success Parasite was, in the context of its directors’ career, simply another evolutionary step….


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Extraction Review

Director: Sam Hargrave Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli and David Harbour There’s a new movie which has landed on Netflix this week. I’m not sure if you’ve heard of it. It’s called Extraction. I know. Extraction does sound like a movie that would star Bruce Willis and…


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Bloodshot Review

Director: David S.F. Wilson Starring: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce Bloodshot is the latest movie starring Vin Diesel and it has been made available on demand early due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, there’s one big question that needs answering: is it worth watching even from the comfort of…


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The Hunt Review

Director: Craig Zobel Starring: Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton and Hilary Swank I’ve been thinking a lot about Blumhouse Pictures and Universal Pictures’ new horror/black comedy movie, The Hunt ever since watching the thing. It’s such a strange movie that I found myself sitting in my seat in the cinema…


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The Invisible Man Review

Director: Leigh Whannell Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen When I first heard Universal Pictures and Blumhouse were partnering up on a The Invisible Man reboot, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit suspicious. We’ve seen so many of these horror movie reboots over the years, and I…