Movie Reviews

A Real Pain was written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, who also stars as David Kaplan, alongside Kieran Culkin, who plays Benji Kaplan.  David and Benji are cousins.  Following the death of their grandmother, they’ve decided to use some of the money she left them to go on a

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In the opening scene of Rebel Ridge, an African American man is biking when he’s knocked off the road by a cop car.  The man is Terry Richmond, and he’s on his way to post bail for his cousin.  But the cops seize all the bail money cash that Terry had in his backpack, cl

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Hit Man was directed and co-written by Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, Boyhood), who wrote the script with Glen Powell (Hidden Figures, Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters), who stars as the titular hitman.  That hitman is Gary Johnson, a quiet and unassuming high scho

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Woman of the Hour is Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut; Ms. Kendrick also stars as Cheryl Bradshaw, a young woman struggling to become an actress in 1978.  Cheryl’s agent gets her booked to be a contestant on The Dating Game.  Unbeknownst to her (or anyone else), one of

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In the opening minutes of Self Reliance, we meet Tommy (Jake Johnson), a single man living a solitary life.  He works out, he goes to work and sits in front of a computer, he eats meals alone.  But his lonely routine is interrupted when a limo pulls up beside him one day and Andy Sa

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Here is directed by Robert Zemeckis, reuniting with his Forrest Gump stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.  The entire film takes place in a single room in a house in suburban New Jersey, and we move backwards and forwards through time, following the lives and struggles of the different

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It’s 1986, and high school kid Brian David has finally worked up the nerve to ask out his crush, Melody Barnegat, on a date.  They’ll go see the 4:30 showing of the movie Bucklick, which is an adaptation of Melody’s mom’s favorite book series.  Brian’s

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