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Jennifer’s Body (2009) is directed by Karyn Kusama and stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, Kyle Gallner, and J.K. Simmons. With this weekend’s release of writer Diablo Cody’s Lisa Frankenstein (2024), I’ve decided to travel back to 2009 and review her first foray into the horror-comedy genre. The film follows two high…
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Argylle (2024) is directed by Matthew Vaughn and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, Catherine O’Hara, Ariana DeBose, and John Cena. The film follows Ellie Conway (Dallas Howard), the author of a popular book series that focuses on an international spy named Argylle. After encountering a man who…
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Miller’s Girl (2024) is directed by Jade Halley Bartlett and stars Jenna Ortega, Martin Freeman, Gideon Adlon, Bashir Salahuddin, and Dagmara Dominczyk. The film follows middle-aged literature professor, Jonathan Miller (Freeman), who becomes infatuated with a brilliant and beautiful student named Cairo Sweet (Ortega). When the relationship takes a less-than-academic turn, Miller and Cairo respond…
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The Color Purple (2023) is directed by Blitz Bazawule and stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Halle Bailey, H.E.R., Ciara, and David Alan Grier. The film is a musical remake of Steven Speilberg’s The Color Purple (1985) and follows the life of Nettie (Barrino & Mpasi),…
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023) is directed by Justine Triet and stars Sandra Huller, Milo Machado Graner, Swann Arlaud, Antoine Reinartz, Jehnny Beth, and Samuel Theis. The film follows writer Sandra Voyter (Huller) and her blind son, Daniel (Graner) after their husband/father, Samuel (Theis) dies after falling from the top floor of their secluded family…
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Past Lives (2023) is directed by Celine Song and stars Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and Joe Magaro. The film follows Nora (Lee), whose South Korean family immigrates to the United States when she is just a pre-teen. 12 years later, Nora’s childhood love interest, Hae (Yoo) reconnects with her through social media. The two become…
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American Fiction (2023) is directed by Cord Jefferson and stars Jeffery Wright, Erika Alexander, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Leslie Uggams, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Adam Brody, and Myra Lucretia Taylor. The film follows author Thelonius “Monk” Ellison whose novels consistently fail to find any commercial success. Fed up with what is seen by…
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I.S.S. is directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and stars Ariana DeBose, John Gallagher Jr, Pilou Asbaek, Chris Messina, Masha Mashkova, and Costa Ronin. The film follows American and Russian astronauts working toward common goals aboard the International Space Station. When a nuclear conflict between the two countries breaks out on Earth, both teams of astronauts are…
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The Book of Clarence (2024) is directed by Jeymes Samuel and stars LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Anna Diop, Omar Sy, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Micheal Ward, Nicholas Pinnock, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Alfe Woodard, Teyana Taylor, Caleb McLaughlin, David Oyelowo, James McAvoy, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film follows the story of a humble rule-breaker named Clarence (Stanfield). When Clarence…
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Sicario (2015) is directed by Denis Villeneuve and stars Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Daniel Kaluuya, Maximiliano Hernandez, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, and Julio Cesar Cedillo. The film follows a by-the-book FBI agent, Kate (Blunt) as she is recruited into a specialized government task force. The task force’s goal is to create chaos…
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