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Hindsight Is 2020 When Ari Aster’s “Eddington” Arrives In Theaters July 18

Irish Film CriticApril 14, 2025April 14, 2025

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: In “Beau Is Afraid,” Beau’s Fears Aren’t Unreasonable, Anyone Experiencing His World Should Be Scared As Hell At Every Turn

Mildred AustinApril 21, 2023April 21, 2023

  Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

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Blu-ray Review: Ari Aster’s Sunny Nightmare “Midsommar” Will Hit You In The Solar Plexus

Alex SavelievUpdated on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

  A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown’s fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

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Movie Review: “Midsommar” Is Weird, Trippy And Makes No Sense But Somehow Still Entertains

Malika HarrisUpdated on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

  BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD  

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Ari Aster’s Sunny Nightmare “Midsommar” Will Hit You In The Solar Plexus

Alex SavelievJune 28, 2019June 28, 2019

  A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown’s fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

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Movie Review: The Brightly Lit Swedish Nightmare Of “Midsommar”

Daniel PappasJune 26, 2019June 26, 2019

  A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown’s fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

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Movie Review: “Hereditary” Transcends The Horror Genre And Then Throws It All Away

James McDonaldJune 8, 2018June 8, 2018

[yasr_overall_rating]   When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

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Movie Review: Toni Collette Shines In “Hereditary” Where Mourning Turns To Sinister Domestic Terror

Eamon TracyJune 7, 2018June 7, 2018

[yasr_overall_rating]   When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

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