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‘The Photograph’ challenges audience to look beyond the frame and love completely
By Douglas Davidson February 15, 2020 Writer-director Stella Meghie’s (Everything, Everything) new film, The Photograph, is a romantic drama depicting two love stories (one in the past, one in the present) connected by a picture. That description just scratches the surface of Meghie’s tale which...
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Wes Anderson releases trailer for ‘The French Dispatch’ due out this summer
By CLTure News February 12, 2020 Wes Anderson’s follow-up to 2018’s Isle of Dogs, is a story about a foreign outpost of an American newspaper; the stories from the paper’s final issue, and the quirky editorial staff. The French Dispatch, co-written by Jason Schwartzman, Roman...
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‘Birds of Prey’ is as eclectic and scatterbrained as its narrator, Harley Quinn
By Zach Goins February 8, 2020 Four years ago, trailers for Suicide Squad promised the world a raunchy, hardcore and eclectic supervillain team-up movie. There was only one problem: the end result was something else entirely. Simply put, it was one of the year’s worst...
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Our favorite music documentaries on Netflix
By Zach Goins February 8, 2020 Listening to music is one thing, but witnessing how it’s made and what goes into the creative process is another– and Netflix gives music lovers plenty of opportunities to go behind the scenes with some of the world’s most...
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‘Bad Boys for Life’ has all the feels of a ’90s buddy comedy and it might be the best of the trilogy
By Jonathan Shuping January 17, 2020 In the spring of 1995, producing behemoths Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop) tapped a little known music video director named Michael Bay to helm their latest action blockbuster, Bad Boys. It was a haymaker of a...
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With a career performance by Adam Sandler, ‘Uncut Gems’ might be the best thing you’ll see at the box office this winter
By Zach Goins December 25, 2019 Think of Adam Sandler. What comes to mind? A certain genre of low-brow comedy filled with plenty of shouting and fart jokes, right? As true as that may be, Uncut Gems will make you reconsider every preconceived notion of...
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‘The Rise of Skywalker’ provides a convoluted, but fun conclusion to the ‘Star Wars’ saga
By Zach Goins December 20, 2019 This review does not contain spoilers for the plot of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Early in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren reconstructs the Darth Vader-esque helmet he shattered in 2017’s The Last Jedi. This...
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Melina Matouskas’s directorial debut and Lena Waithe screenplay, ‘Queen & Slim’ will shake audiences to the core
By Douglas Davidson November 29. 2019 Director Melina Matouskas’s directorial debut, Queen & Slim, is a devastating drama about a couple thrust into the spotlight after a traffic stop gone wrong. The screenplay from Lena Waithe (The Chi) from a story she co-created with James...
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‘Knives Out’ is an incredibly satisfying, edge-of-your-seat thriller that breathes new life into the murder mystery genre
By Zach Goins November 29, 2019 Heading into 2019, Knives Out was one of my most anticipated films of the year. After seeing what writer-director Rian Johnson was capable of doing with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, many were ready to go all in on...
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The highly anticipated Gorillaz documentary will play for one night only on December 16!
By CLTure News November 27, 2019 (updated) The highly anticipated Gorillaz’ feature documentary Gorillaz: Reject False Icons, will premiere in movie theaters internationally for one night only on December 16, shown in 27 countries and 600+ cinemas around the world, including AMC Carolina Pavilion 22...
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