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Review: Manchester By The Sea

Posted 10 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2016 coverage. PLOT: A man (Casey Affleck) returns to his hometown following the death of his brother (Kyle Chandler) to take care of his teen-aged nephew (Lucas Hedges). REVIEW: Following the...

Trailer: Adrian Grenier and Angela Trimbur ignite a Trash Fire

Posted 10 years ago

Having made its world premiere at Sundance this past January, writer/director Richard Bates Jr.’s comedic psychological thriller TRASH FIRE is now set to receive a November 4th theatrical and VOD release, courtesy of Vertical Entertainment and Orion Releasing. The plot: ...

Review: Birth of a Nation

Posted 10 years ago

This review was originally posted at the Sundance Film Festival in January – long before the Nate Parker controversy. As such, it's not addressed in the review. PLOT: The true story of slave Nat Turner (Nate Parker) who led a...

Review: The Hollars

Posted 10 years ago

THE HOLLARS was previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's Sundance 2016 coverage. PLOT: A man (John Krasinski) returns home to help his family through a difficult time after his mother (Margo Martindale) is diagnosed with a brain tumor. REVIEW: It’s...

Review: Captain Fantastic

Posted 10 years ago

This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2016 coverage. PLOT: A man (Viggo Mortensen) raising his six kids away from society in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is forced to bring his family to the city for...

Movie Review: Carnage Park

Posted 10 years ago

This review first appeared during the Sundance Film Festival PLOT: A young woman (Ashley Bell) taken hostage by bank robbers is stalked in a deadly stretch of land by a psycho Vietnam vet (Pat Healy). REVIEW: While the news out...

The Blackout Experiments trailer is intense, sadistic

Posted 10 years ago

The trailer for the supposed documentary THE BLACKOUT EXPERIMENTS has just dropped. The THE GAME-esque story is played out in a quick succession of frightening, vicious images of pretty intense sadism to allegedly “real” people. My gut tells me this...

Review: Last Days in the Desert

Posted 10 years ago

  This was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage.   PLOT: Towards the end of his forty-day exile in the desert, Jesus Christ (Ewan McGregor) finds himself locked in a battle of wits over the souls of...

Review: Miles Ahead

Posted 10 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s Sundance 2016 coverage. PLOT: An ambitious Rolling Stone reporter (Ewan McGregor) looking to do a story on the reclusive Miles Davis (Don Cheadle) finds himself drawn-in by the troubled musician on a...

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