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Priscilla
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Sofia Coppola skillfully unmasks the relationship between Elvis and Priscilla with Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi breathing life into a fairytale life gone left.
Posted Nov 05, 2023
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American Fiction
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Jeffrey Wright straddles the lines of comedy and drama as American Fiction turns out to be a political statement on tropes giving us the familial love story we didn't know we needed.
Posted Oct 29, 2023
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Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Audiences will be inspired, enlightened and educated about a man we all thought we knew and is simply Maxine's Baby boy. Bekele and Ortiz don't shy away from personal moments making its subject seem less of a superstar hero and just simply human
Posted Oct 29, 2023
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Stamped From the Beginning
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Myths and Stereotypical ideology is shattered by Roger Ross Williams while educating the masses that what's wrong with Black people is absolutely nothing. It's powerful from a truth sayer director who never holds back on the truth regardless what form.
Posted Oct 27, 2023
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Quiz Lady
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Sandra Oh and Awkwafina compliment each other's strength effortlessly making Quiz Lady absolutely hysterical with a dark realistic edge leaving siblings and parents all over the globe holding up a mirror to themselves for the truth that lies underneath.
Posted Oct 27, 2023
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Leave the World Behind
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Razor sharp dialogue, direction and performances from Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Mya'la make this psychologically impactful thriller a triumph
Posted Oct 26, 2023
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Bobi Wine: The People's President
(2022)
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Carla Renata
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Bobi Wine proves that have a viable, powerful voice alongside showing up and showing out is worth the struggle and pain everytime if it means being on the right side of history.
Posted Oct 22, 2023
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Nyad
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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After 52 hours, 200,000 strokes, five attempts and 35 years, Diana Nyad showed the world a life well lived like a diamond which is just a lump of coal that stuck with it, illustrating that women are more than just the sum of their parts.
Posted Oct 21, 2023
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Killers of the Flower Moon
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Clocking in at over three hours, Scorsese masterfully accomplishes sharing history and atrocities of the Osage Native Americans with needlepoint precision. Lily Gladstone is quiet fire and powerful as Molly Burkhart.
Posted Oct 20, 2023
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The Mission
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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When blind ambition and an out of control ego merge, the results are deadly. Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss expertly share how the insatiable need to post can lead to more than followers.
Posted Oct 16, 2023
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The Burial
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Jaime Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones are as good as it gets and a cinematic treat only enhanced by supporting performances from Jurnee Smollett and Mamoudou Athie
Posted Oct 16, 2023
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No One Will Save You
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Kaitlyn Dever jumps feet first and flourishes into a new genre with Angelina Jolie, Sigourney Weaver energy in this amalgamated sci-fi psychological horror thriller masterfully plotted by Brian Duffield
Posted Oct 16, 2023
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Silver Dollar Road
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Raoul Peck once again hits audiences in the face with more atrocities befallen Black American at the hands of those individuals hell bent on greed, money and taking what doesn't belong to them for the own personal gain. Bravo!
Posted Oct 16, 2023
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The Equalizer 3
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Washington and Fuqua give audiences what they want and need with some action sequences that will ring in your brain for days. Denzel is back baby!
Posted Sep 18, 2023
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A Haunting in Venice
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Branagh gives Poirot vulnerability and depth while handing us a visual feast in his latest Agatha Christie murder mystery
Posted Sep 18, 2023
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The Deepest Breath
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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The Deepest Breath took MY Breath Away and inspired in ways I didn't see coming. Laura McGann is a cinematic magician!
Posted Sep 05, 2023
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Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Whether you are a racing fan or not, Gran Turismo is a exhilarating peek into an unfamiliar world initiating fans of Mardenborough and the world of racing together under one roof for the experience of a lifetime.
Posted Aug 26, 2023
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Blue Beetle
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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The Reyes family are the heart and soul of Blue Beetle. George Lopez's Mexican Doc Brown, Adriana Barraza's revolutionary Nana and Susan Sarandon as a villain are fire! This film leaves the sweetest sting ever!
Posted Aug 22, 2023
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Haunted Mansion
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Despite a few missteps here and there, Disney's The Haunted Mansion is a welcomed, entertaining addition to the summer blockbuster schedule while providing a healing lesson along the way. Yet, asking if grief paralyzes or empowers those left behind.
Posted Jul 28, 2023
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Oppenheimer
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Oppenheimer at its core is more about how humanity has little regard for the future and its consequences making it the must see film of 2023. Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon and Emily Blunt are stupendous
Posted Jul 20, 2023
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Barbie
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Barbie is overblown fun with a feminist twist
Posted Jul 20, 2023
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Tom Cruise takes the franchise to new heights with breathtaking - soul snatching stunts. Hayley Atwell steals the show...literally
Posted Jul 20, 2023
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Joy Ride
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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JoyRide is exactly what its title suggest taking the audience on the raunchiest, most fun filled girls trip EVER coupled with non-monolithic characterizations from Hollywood
Posted Jul 20, 2023
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The League
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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A beautifully thorough glide into the history of the Negro Baseball League from the people who know it best, while adding another unknown chapter of Black history into the zeitgeist.
Posted Jul 20, 2023
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Lana Condor inhabits the right amount of awkward, playfulness and vulnerability to Ruby, while bringing all the emotions that come with wanting to hide being different instead of embracing one uniqueness.
Posted Jun 30, 2023
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Every Body
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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An unapologetic look into the intersex community from all vantage points makes this doc educational, informational and lays the truth out for all to marvel and absorb with humanity and empathy
Posted Jun 30, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Pheobe Waller Bridge and Harrison Ford make the last adventure worth the wait, while humanizing a character we have seen as bigger than life. Making Indiana Jones human with losses, loves and age was wonderful to witness
Posted Jun 30, 2023
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The Perfect Find
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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The Perfect Find is a warm and lovely, mostly predictable romantic comedy with solid performances with the lesson swirling that age may be nothing but a number as in the end love prevails. Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers sizzle
Posted Jun 20, 2023
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Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Beautifully capsulated chronicle of a fashion rebel whose mismatched stylings and happy clothes have defined some the most legendary projects ranging from Devil Wears Prada to Emily in Paris !
Posted Jun 20, 2023
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Surrounded
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Surrounded is a wonderful modern western breaking down how when cultures clash, the road to forgiveness and understanding requires a bridge that may never get crossed. Letitia Wright and Jaime Bell are superbly matched
Posted Jun 20, 2023
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Extraction 2
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Is Extraction 2 worth the wait? Hell to the yeah!!! Hemsworth slays from first frame to last https://wp.me/p2v8yf-618 2
Posted Jun 20, 2023
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Asteroid City
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Between the star studded cast, razor sharp dialogue and wild premise, Asteroid City will have Anderson fans applauding and others scratching their heads trying to make sense of the avant-garde cinematic ride
Posted Jun 17, 2023
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Flamin' Hot
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Very inspiring tale with wonderful performances from Jesse Garcia and Annie Gonzalez
Posted Jun 16, 2023
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Elemental
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Infused with just as bright and bold colors as the characters themselves, at its core Elemental is a story about relationships while glaringly illustrating how our surface differences are almost always obsolete when it comes to penetrating the hear
Posted Jun 16, 2023
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The Blackening
(2022)
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Carla Renata
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The manner in which Oliver, Story and Perkins weave and bob through horror and culture tropes results in a horror comedy that will have audiences laughing out loud and talking to the screen.
Posted Jun 16, 2023
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The Flash
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Ezra Miller is razor sharp and Sasha Calle inhabits Supergirl with a zest and fervor letting the audience know that 'girl' may be part of her name, but she is super in every sense of the word. Despite the controversy, The Flash is great summer fun!
Posted Jun 16, 2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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The scene stealer was Jessica Drew voiced by the hilariously gifted Issa Rae. Rae's addition to the franchise alongside Academy Award-winner Daniel Kaluuya ) is pure magic and massively entertaining. Visually stunning animated kaleidoscope of color
Posted Jun 01, 2023
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Past Lives
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Celine Song's directional debut is like an emotional boomerang centered within young love and pining for the one person you feel destined to for eternity. Greta Lee and Teo Yoo have a chemistry that permeates even without dialogue
Posted Jun 01, 2023
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You Hurt My Feelings
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Nichole Holofcener took every couple's nightmare and turned it into a dramedy that is smart, poignnant and will make you think twice the next time you ask a question you really don't want the answer to. Julia Louis-Drefus and Tobia Menzies are fire!
Posted May 27, 2023
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Fast X
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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This franchise never disappoints on the heart stopping stunts, fight sequences and star power. This time the new faces, in addition to the core four, are Rita Moreno as Abuelita and Jason Momoa as Dante who steal the show.
Posted May 27, 2023
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White Men Can't Jump
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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White Men Can't Jump 2.0 is hilarious, it doesn't quite strike lightning like the original, but still equals to a fun evening with the fam kicking off the summer box office.
Posted May 27, 2023
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Love to Love You, Donna Summer
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Roger Ross Williams and Summer's daughter Brooklyn Sudano provide an insightful look into the sound and iconic Queen of Disco - Donna Summer with heart, honesty and respect for a talent taken far too soon
Posted May 27, 2023
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The Little Mermaid
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Even though this live action remake has a few missteps, Halle Bailey is magical as Ariel . Alongside Melissa McCarthy as a deliciously delectable Ursula, together they make returning "under the sea" entertaining and fun for a whole new generation
Posted May 26, 2023
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Michael J. Fox is a survivor and an inspiration despite the world swirling around him. The same person who worked days shooting Family Ties and evenings at Back to the Future - doesn't know what giving up is and thank goodness for us he never will.
Posted May 21, 2023
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The Mother
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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It's the chemistry between Lopez and Lucy Paez that really makes this film work. Paez holds her own while simultaneously breaking your heart every single time she hits the screen. Mostly formulaic, Lopez' action star vibe is welcomed anytime!
Posted May 13, 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Chukwudi Iwuji as The High Evolutionary commands the screen and upstages everyone on it each and every time he appears with mad scientist vibes disguised as compassion making him more than compelling to watch. Oh yeaH! That soundtrack is absolute fire!
Posted May 13, 2023
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Book Club: The Next Chapter
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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The sequel is a vibe...period and proving that it really does get greater later especially when Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen are involved. Not to mention they flipping validating the men and not vice versa
Posted May 13, 2023
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Chevalier
(2022)
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Carla Renata
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Kelvin Harrison, Jr. is a force to be reckoned with. With each and every role he inhabits a brand new chapter of his talent in unveiled and his portrayal of Chevalier is no different. In fact, it's his best role to date
Posted May 13, 2023
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Tetris
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Drama, Intrigue, Politics and Financial Greed makes Tetris a memorable film from start to finish! Who know a video game would've caused such global tension
Posted May 01, 2023
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Mafia Mamma
(2023)
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Carla Renata
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Lukewarm script, fun for mob movie fans with hilariously strong performances from Toni Collette, Sophia Nomvette and Monica Belluccii! This is my kind of mob flick
Posted Apr 26, 2023
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