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The Lodge (Movie Review)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: Following the suicide of their mother, two kids find themselves trapped in a remote lodge over their Christmas holiday with their father’s girlfriend (Riley Keough) who also happens to be the sole survivor of a religious cult. REVIEW: THE...

Review: The Lodge

Posted 6 years ago

  Previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage.  PLOT: Following the suicide of their mother, two kids find themselves trapped in a remote lodge over their Christmas holiday with their father’s girlfriend (Riley Keough) who also happens to...

Review: The Report

Posted 6 years ago

This is a repost of our Sundance 2019 review.  PLOT: Daniel Jones (Adam Driver), an ambitious Senate staff working for Senator Dianne Feinstein (Annette Bening), is put in charge of an investigation into the CIA’s controversial Detention and Interrogation Program,...

Little Monsters (Movie Review)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: Dave (Alexander England), a boorish man-child, tries to impress his nephew’s gorgeous teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o) by helping her chaperone a petting zoo field trip which, to his eventual dismay, turns out to be next door to a...

Review: Memory: The Origins of Alien

Posted 7 years ago

Previously reviewed at Sundance 2019.  PLOT: An in-depth examination of the origins of Ridley Scott’s seminal 1979 classic and it’s enduring legacy as modern day mythology. REVIEW: MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN is the latest from documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe....

Review: Don’t Let Go

Posted 7 years ago

NOTE: DON'T LET GO originally played Sundance under the title RELIVE. Apparently the film has been re-edited since then – this review reflects what originally played at Sundance.  PLOT: After his beloved niece (Storm Reid) is brutally murdered, a cop...

Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon

Posted 7 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's Sundance 2019 coverage.  PLOT: Brittany (Jillian Bell) decides to change her life by losing weight and training for the New York City Marathon. REVIEW: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON has an admittedly simple...

Review: Blinded by the Light

Posted 7 years ago

Originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage.  PLOT: Javed (Viveik Kalra ), a Pakistani teen growing up in Thatcher-era Britain, has his life changed when he discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen. REVIEW: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT made...

Review: The Nightingale

Posted 7 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage.  PLOT: In 1820’s Tasmania, Clare (Aisling Franciosi), an Irish convict working as an indentured servant to an army officer (Sam Claflin), eagerly awaits the day her sentence will be over,...

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