On Generosity: Our Review of ‘Bring Them Down’

Theatrical ‐ February 07, 2025
On Generosity: Our Review of ‘Bring Them Down’

Bring Them Down, Christopher Andrews’ feature length narrative debut, shows the beautiful Irish hills and mountains. Looks deceive here, but for the most part they only do so for a second before driving down towards misery. Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott play two Irish sheep farmers, both aware of the discord between their bellicose fathers. […]

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Facing the Future: Our Review of ‘The Birth of Sake’ on OVID

What's Streaming? ‐ February 05, 2025
Facing the Future: Our Review of ‘The Birth of Sake’ on OVID

Erik Shirai’s The Birth of Sake‘s first act shows a lot of cleaning which, understandable for obvious reasons. It is, after all, capturing the behind the scenes process of brewing the traditional Japanese beverage. The process doesn’t just involve the brewery’s all male crew, as it depicts these brewers’ lives at home with their families. […]

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Relationships: Our Review of ‘Slow’ (2023) on MUBI

Mubi ‐ February 02, 2025

Slow sometimes shows its two protagonists, Lithuanians Dovydas and Elena, living their lives and their artsy, cool professions. But for the most part, and because this is a love story, the film captures them together. They discuss a lot of things, explaining the kind of people whom they were before their fateful work related meeting. […]

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Hoping For Justice: Our Review of ‘I’m Still Here’ (2024)

Theatrical ‐ January 31, 2025
Hoping For Justice: Our Review of ‘I’m Still Here’ (2024)

In 1970, the Paiva family rented a house in Rio de Janeiro, a house where their friends often visited. Many of those friends were like minds politically, bruising on topics like a situation that involves prisoner releases. The house is also subject to crank calls from those asking for their patriarch, Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello).  […]

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We Need To Talk About Our Relationship: Our Review of ‘Paying For It’

We Need To Talk About Our Relationship: Our Review of ‘Paying For It’

Life never stays still, even in our relationships… It’s so rare to see a film like Paying For It that successfully has some real world conversations about the nature of relationships, sex, intimacy and how it’s evolving without hitting it’s audience over the head with a rubber mallet of unnecessary exposition. Paying For It is […]

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A Little Lost In Translation: Our Review of ‘Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ January 30, 2025
A Little Lost In Translation: Our Review of ‘Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force’

The one thing that truly never gets lost in translation in the language of cinema is the art and the power of the spectacle… In this second installment,  Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force certainly continues the scope and saga the franchise, it has moments that let itself down as well. The narrative has […]

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ENTER FOR A CHANCE AT DOUBLE PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF ‘LOVE HURTS’!!!

No matter how hard you try, you can’t break up with your past. This Valentine’s Day, Oscar® winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Loki) rockets into his first major leading man role as an unlikely hero, a seemingly mild-mannered realtor with a dark secret that he is desperate to leave behind. Spoiler alert: He […]

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‘Prime Target’ – Talking with Stars Leo Woodall and Quintessa Swindell

Apple TV +, Interviews ‐ January 30, 2025

Math nerds alert! The new Apple TV+ series Prime Target mixes math and action into one thrilling ride. In new conspiracy thriller Prime Target, SAG Award winner Leo Woodall stars as Edward Brooks, a brilliant young math postgraduate who is on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in […]

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Worst Enemies: Our Review of ‘Three Monkeys’ on OVID

What's Streaming? ‐ January 30, 2025

Hacer (Hatice Aslan), a Turkish woman, wonders about the source of the drops of blood on her floor. As it turns out, they’re from her troubled son Ismail (Ahmet Rıfat Şungar), arriving from wherever he was at. These characters belong within Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkeys, about a family that just can’t catch a break. […]

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For The Kids: Our Review of ‘Dog Man'(2025)

Movies, Theatrical ‐ January 29, 2025
For The Kids: Our Review of ‘Dog Man'(2025)

Can man’s best friend be the city’s greatest hero? Spinning off in the Captain Underpants universe and based on the graphic novel series of the same name; Dog Man is an often frenetic but ultimately family friendly affair that will delight the younger fans in your household and generate enough smiles and giggles from the […]

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