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‘Expendables 4’ Review: Action-Packed Farewell with Humor Resembles ‘Meg 2: Part 2’

‘Expendables 4’ Review: Action-Packed Farewell with Humor Resembles ‘Meg 2: Part 2’

Sequels, and sequels of sequels, have trouble differentiating themselves from their brethren from time to time. But Expendables 4 (or Expend4bles, as this fourth and final entry in the mercenary-based action series has been marketed), indisputably takes the cake for recycling previously used material

September 22, 2023
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Rob Marshall’s Live Action Adaptation of Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Receives Positive Reviews Above and Below the Sea

Rob Marshall’s Live Action Adaptation of Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Receives Positive Reviews Above and Below the Sea

Disney’s attempts to reinvent their animated classics as live action versions has

August 23, 2023
‘Mountains’ Review: Monica Sorelle’s Impressive Directorial Debut at Toronto Film Festival Portrays Touching Story of Haitian Family in Miami

‘Mountains’ Review: Monica Sorelle’s Impressive Directorial Debut at Toronto Film Festival Portrays Touching Story of Haitian Family in Miami

Watching Mountains, which just made its international debut as part of the

September 18, 2023
FilmmakerFocus’s Doc Talk Podcast: Exploring the Turbulent Documentary Market and the Academy Branch’s Bias Towards Popular Filmmakers

FilmmakerFocus’s Doc Talk Podcast: Exploring the Turbulent Documentary Market and the Academy Branch’s Bias Towards Popular Filmmakers

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…,”

September 20, 2023
‘Club Zero’: Anorexia Takes Over School in Jessica Hausner’s Disturbing Cannes Film Festival Entry

‘Club Zero’: Anorexia Takes Over School in Jessica Hausner’s Disturbing Cannes Film Festival Entry

Bleak, clean spaces arranged in ominously geometrical order: Jessica Hausner’s eye for

August 23, 2023
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Review – Miles Morales’ Destiny Unfolds in a Vibrant and Intricate Web

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Review – Miles Morales’ Destiny Unfolds in a Vibrant and Intricate Web

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is a film that is as visually stunning as it is philosophical. After the first chapter of Miles Morales’

August 23, 2023
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Nanni Moretti’s ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’ receives mixed reviews at Cannes Film Festival

Nanni Moretti’s ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’ receives mixed reviews at Cannes Film Festival

Nanni Moretti returns to the film-within-a-film format with a fitfully funny new comedy that, this time, offers two films-within-a-film (plus a surreal

August 23, 2023
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Anita Pallenberg, Former Paramour of Rolling Stones’ Members, Shines in Her Own Right in ‘Anita’ – Cannes Review

Anita Pallenberg, Former Paramour of Rolling Stones’ Members, Shines in Her Own Right in ‘Anita’ – Cannes Review

Were it not for a chance encounter with the Rolling Stones in 1965, we might remember Anita Pallenberg as an exceptional actress

August 23, 2023
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“The Delinquents” at Cannes: Rodrigo Moreno’s Bank Heist Comedy Fails to Deliver Genre Expectations

“The Delinquents” at Cannes: Rodrigo Moreno’s Bank Heist Comedy Fails to Deliver Genre Expectations

Whether it’s the flat white lighting and washed-out color grading that gives The Delinquents the look of a ‘70s TV serial, or

August 23, 2023
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Anurag Kashyap’s Mumbai Thriller ‘Kennedy’ Receives Enjoyable Grim Review at Cannes Film Festival, Hindered by Excessive Detail

Anurag Kashyap’s Mumbai Thriller ‘Kennedy’ Receives Enjoyable Grim Review at Cannes Film Festival, Hindered by Excessive Detail

Uday Shetty is an angry man, consumed by his desire to kill the man who killed his son. Actually, Shetty has an

August 23, 2023
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HBO’s ‘Succession’ Finale: A Brutal and Beautiful End to the Satirical Series Showcasing Pure Palace Intrigue

HBO’s ‘Succession’ Finale: A Brutal and Beautiful End to the Satirical Series Showcasing Pure Palace Intrigue

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s Succession series finale. , In the end, heavy is the sycophant head that wears

August 23, 2023
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Bert Kreischer Stars in Hilarious Action Comedy ‘The Machine’

Bert Kreischer Stars in Hilarious Action Comedy ‘The Machine’

The Machine is loud, gross, obnoxious and overbearing. It’s also disarming, quick-witted, fast moving and becomes increasingly funny as it ends up

August 23, 2023
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‘Elemental’ Pixar Animation Impresses Visually, But Overwhelmed by Sentimentality at Cannes Film Festival

‘Elemental’ Pixar Animation Impresses Visually, But Overwhelmed by Sentimentality at Cannes Film Festival

What has fallen flat at Pixar? This is the innovative animation studio that pushed all before it in the first decade of

August 23, 2023
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Josh O’Connor Explores Italy’s History in Alice Rohrwacher’s Enigmatic New Film ‘La Chimera’ at Cannes

Josh O’Connor Explores Italy’s History in Alice Rohrwacher’s Enigmatic New Film ‘La Chimera’ at Cannes

A Chimera is something one tries to achieve but alas, never manages to find. It is the heart and soul of a

August 23, 2023
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“The Old Oak” Impresses at Cannes Film Festival with Powerful Social Parable of Strength, Solidarity, and Resistance

“The Old Oak” Impresses at Cannes Film Festival with Powerful Social Parable of Strength, Solidarity, and Resistance

What could well be Ken Loach’s final film has as much fire and fury as his debut Poor Cow did in 1967,

August 23, 2023
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