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Movie Review: Evan Ari Kelman’s “Barron’s Cove” Is A Sharp, Ensemble-Driven Take On Revenge And Its Aftermath

James McDonaldJuly 21, 2025July 21, 2025

After his son is tragically killed, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician, the father of the kidnapped boy.

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4K Ultra HD™ Review: “Smile 2” Is A Sequel That Forgets What Made The Original So Scary

James McDonaldJanuary 13, 2025January 13, 2025

About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.

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Movie Review: “Smile 2” Is A Sequel That Forgets What Made The Original So Scary

James McDonaldOctober 17, 2024October 17, 2024

About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.

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“Smile 2” Smirks Into Theaters October 18

Irish Film CriticUpdated on September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

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Watch The Official Trailer For Elegance Bratton’s “The Inspection”

Irish Film CriticAugust 24, 2022August 24, 2022

In Elegance Bratton’s deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the …

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Movie Review: “Little Fish” Is A Silently Detonating Emotional Picture Depicting The Fears Of Pandemonium And Demonstrating The Tragedies Of Memory Loss

Dianne ChungFebruary 1, 2021January 12, 2021

  A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.

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Movie Review: “El Chicano” Flounders, Much Like Its Titular Anti-Hero

James McDonaldUpdated on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

  A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

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Movie Review: “We The Animals” Marks Another Masterful Example Of Nostalgic Cinema

Alex SavelievAugust 17, 2018August 17, 2018

[yasr_overall_rating]   Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.

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