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Movie Review: MICKEY HARDAWAY

MICKEY HARDAWAY movie poster | ©2024 Indie Rights

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rashad Hunter, Ashley Parchment, Stephen Cofield Jr., David Chattam, Dennis La White, Gayla Wilson, Samuel Whitehill, Sean Alexander James, Christopher M. Cook Writer: Marcellus Cox Director: Marcellus Cox Distributor: Indie Rights Release Date: August 9, 2024 (theatrical, Amazon Freevee) MICKEY HARDAWAY is an artful if uneven portrait of a young Black artist in Los Angeles. Writer/director Marcellus Cox has given his protagonist an unexpected trajectory. Mickey (Rashad Hunter) is born into a working-class family, but his problems are not with the lure of street life. He couldn’t care less about that. Instead, it’s the fact that […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TRAP

TRAP movie poster | ©2024 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, Alison Pill Writer-Director: M. Night Shyamalan Distributor: Warner Bros. Ever since writer-director M. Night Shyamalan broke out with his classic 1999 thriller THE SIXTH SENSE, he’s struggled to maintain the simplistic beauty of that Bruce Willis starrer. His subsequent films either leaned too heavy into a last act twist (that worked depending on the viewer – UNBREAKABLE, SIGNS) or were so pretentious the film was virtually unwatchable (THE HAPPENING anyone). Thankfully, the last decade has brought Shyamalan back to earth and has focused him. THE VISIT took him out […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE BEAST WITHIN

THE BEAST WITHIN movie poster | ©2024 Well Go USA Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Caolinn Springall Writers: Greer Taylor Ellison & Alexander J. Farrell Director: Alexander J. Farrell Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment Release Date: July 26, 2024 THE BEAST WITHIN begins with the onscreen proverb, ““There are two wolves inside of us … they are always at war.” We then see a woman in old-time garb searching in the forest for “William.” This ends badly. Then we’re in the present, or thereabouts. An English family – Noah (Kit Harington), his wife Imogen (Ashleigh Cummings, of NOS4A2), their young daughter Willow (Caolinn Springall) and Imogen’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DOCTOR JEKYLL

DOCTOR JEKYLL movie poster | ©2024 Hammer

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Robyn Cara, Morgan Watkins, Jonathan Hyde, Simon Callow, Lindsay Duncan Writer: Dan Kelly-Mulhern, based on the novella THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson Director: Joe Stephenson Distributor: Hammer Films Release Date: August 2, 2024 (theatrical and VOD) Since “Jekyll and Hyde” has long been an expression, there’s a plot twist we anticipate from the start in DOCTOR JEKYLL, the latest of many films (and TV shows and stage plays and musicals) based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND […]Read On »


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Movie Review: #AMFAD: ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD

#AMFAD: ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD movie poster | ©2024 Cineverse

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jade Pettyjohn, Jennifer Ens, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Michaela Russell, Julian Haig, Justin Derickson, Cardi Wong. Jack Doupe-Smith, JoJo Siwa Writers: Josh Sims & Jessica Sarah Flaum, story by John Baldecchi, Jessica Sarah Flaum, Josh Sims Director: Marcus Dunstan Distributor: Cineverse Release Date: August 2, 2024 (theatrical, digital, VOD) #AMFAD: ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD is one of those slashers that throws a few notable genre plots into a blender. Fortunately, the end result is pretty good in terms of what the filmmakers are going for, even if we do have to accept that most of the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE movie poster | ©2024 Marvel/Disney

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew McFadyen Writers: Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza Director: Shawn Levy Distributor: Disney/Marvel Release Date: July 26, 2024 For those who enjoy the core tenets of Marvel’s DEADPOOL movies – nonstop crude verbal humor and violent assaults on both bodies and the fourth wall – DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE offers virtually nonstop entertainment. Those who are at least mildly conversant with the characters will remember […]Read On »


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Movie Review: STARVE ACRE

STARVE ACRE movie poster | ©2024 Brainstorm Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, Erin Richards, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder, Melanie Kilburn, Arthur Shaw, Roger Barclay Writer: Daniel Kokotajlo, based on the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley Director: Daniel Kokotajlo Distributor: Brainstorm Media Release Date: July 26, 2024 (theatrical and VOD) Based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s 2019 novel, STARVE ACRE is set in contemporary northern England. It begins with a poem, “The Dandelion,” by Neil Willoughby, which we observe is actually an invocation for a kind of devil. We’ll find out more about the poem’s author by and by. Meanwhile, university professor Richard (Matt Smith), his […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LAST BREATH

THE LAST BREATH movie poster | ©2024 RLJEFilms

Rating: R Stars: Kim Spearman, Jack Parr, Alexander Arnold, Erin Mullen, Arlo Carter, Julian Sands Writer: Nick Saltrese, story by Alexander Prendergast and Nick Saltrese Director: Joachim Hedér Distributor: RLJE Films Release Date: July 26, 2024 There is no point in comparing a movie to anything it isn’t trying to be in the first place. Shark movies, therefore, generally shouldn’t be held up against, say, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but rather JAWS. THE LAST BREATH isn’t JAWS (not much is), but it’s decent enough. For novelty, it takes place mostly in and around the sunken wreck of the WWII […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MIDNIGHT TAXI

MIDNIGHT TAXI movie poster | ©2024 Slated

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ladi Emeruwa, Charlotte Price, Eddie Eyre, Amerjit Deu, Miki Davis, Nathan Turner, Tom Gordon Writers: Bertie Speirs & Samantha Speirs Directors: Bertie Speirs & Samantha Speirs Distributor: Slated Release Date: July 23, 2024 (VOD, digital) In MIDNIGHT TAXI, we meet licensed London cab driver Eddie Carter (Ladi Emeruwa). Eddie works nights, which suits him. He’s good at his job, has “the knowledge” (the memorization of the placement of every street in London required of all licensed cabbies), regularly cleans his vehicle, and is courteous to his fares. But Eddie suffers from sleep disorders and is permanently […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ODDITY

ODDITY movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films/Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Jonathan French, Steve Wall Writer: Damian McCarthy Director: Damian McCarthy Distributor: IFC Films/Shudder Release Date: July 19, 2024 (theatrical) ODDITY is a contemporary Irish horror film that uses multiple mythic ingredients for maximum effect. Dani Timmis (Carolyn Bracken) is alone in a huge, isolated manor. She seems unafraid as she chats on the phone to her husband, Dr. Ted Timmis (Gwilym Lee), who works at a mental hospital in the city. Dani has a tent and an automatic camera set up, hoping to capture images of ghosts. Dani also […]Read On »


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