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“West Side Story” to be sitting pretty on top – Weekend Box Office Forecast
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the 1961 classic West Side Story releases in theatres tonight in the domestic market, with a big question mark on the mature film market, is there any chance for the epic musical? So far in 2021, Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights failed to impress with a rock bottom $11.5 million…
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La La Land (2016) – Movie Review
5/5 Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to the 2014 masterpiece Whiplash shows what massive potential the early career filmmaker has, the romantic drama film explores dreams and where that can take someone in their life through Mia, a wannabe actress who is tired of failed auditions and working as a barista, and Sebastian, a bitter Jazz piano…
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House of Gucci (2021) – Movie Review
4/5 stars Ridley Scott’s latest epic film comes in the form of Lady Gaga vehicle House of Gucci, which is the true story of Patrizia Reggiani and her plot to murder her husband Maurizio Gucci, grandson of Guccio Gucci. After The Last Duel flopped hard earlier this year Scott mentioned millennials being unable to keep…
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Florence + the Machine’s High as Hope is a dazzling standout.
Florence + the Machine’s fourth project features lead single ‘Hunger’ which starts with the impactful gut punch “At 17, I started to starve myself.” The belting vocals of the chorus add to the emotional stakes and rawness the song portrays with Florence Welch’s performance sounding powerful, all over a swelling piano and lively percussion. ‘Big…
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Freaky (2020) – Movie Review
Christopher Landon’s Freaky is a step up from Happy Death Day in terms of gore and bloodshed and remains a high quality comedy horror that borrows the Freaky Friday premise for a body swapped slasher flick which has lots of really cool kills. The movie is written quite well save for the slight cringe dialog…
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Mank (2020) – Movie Review
David Fincher’s Mank is a black and white beauty, filmed to look like an old Hollywood picture. The cinematography is stunning from Erik Messerschmidt and the production and set designers Donald Graham Burt (Gone Girl, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Jan Pascale (Argo, Sicario). The film jumps out of the screen and makes…
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Review
Jingle Jangle is a perfect choice for Christmas, the music is joyful and the cast is delightful. It is like a Christmassy version of The Greatest Showman (2017). One of the most impressive things about Jingle Jangle is the set design, which feels very warm and rich. The main stand out for me is the…
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Netflix’s Holidate Review
John Whitesell’s latest film Holidate is a colourful and fun pic that is at it’s best when we are with Kirsten Chenoweth (Aunt Susan) or Frances Fisher (Elaine) are on screen.
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“The Call of the Wild” and “Brahms: The Boy 2” too slow for “Sonic”
In first this upcoming weekend, Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog which had an amazing holiday weekend with $58 million for the three-day and $70 million for the four-day. This weekend, don’t expect a big drop this weekend because the audience is eating this movie up. A 45% drop brings the blue hedgehog to $31.9 million for…
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1917 (2019): A One-Shot Wonder
Directed By Sam Mendes Cast: George McKay, Dean Charles Chapman, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth. Plot Summary: Two soldiers are assigned a task to race against the clock where they must sneak through enemy territory in order to deliver a message that will stop an attack on 1,600 men in a deadly trap set by the…
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