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Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

Introduction In this post, we will consider the American drama entitled ‘Revolutionary Road’ which came out in 2008, and was directed by Sam Mendes. It features the characters Frank and April Wheeler played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. This melts the metal of their long awaited reunion after DiCaprio and Winslet’s Titanic in 1997. […]

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Troll Factory

Troll Factory

Synopsis With present-day Helsinki as the backdrop, Troll Factory centers on Elina Tervo (Krista Kosonen), an idealistic investigative journalist marked by her fierce dedication to truth. Elina has made a career for herself exposing corporate and governmental scandals, earning her accolades as well as powerful adversaries. Elina finds what seems to be the story of

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3 Body Problem

3 Body Problem

Netflix’s ambitious new 3 Body Problem sci-fi series might have started slow, but that doesn’t make it any less one of the streaming service’s most meaningful additions to its catalog of timeless original hit productions. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss took a huge risk by choosing to adapt Liu Cixin’s famously unadaptable book series Remembrance

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Fallout

Fallout

If you imagine screenwriter/filmmaker Jonathan Nolan spending hours playing Fallout 3, the 2008 video game of the year, then you have an idea of how much love went into adapting “the best video game franchise of all time.” It took him more than a decade — from The Dark Knight Rises to Westworld — before

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Sasquatch Sunset

Sasquatch Sunset

Sasquatch Sunset might be the most bizarre movie you ever see. The Zellner brothers, who are surrealists by trade, do a deep dive into Bigfoot legends with equal parts absurdity, heart and a dark commentary on man’s destruction of nature. There is no dialogue or three-act structure to speak of; rather, this cast grunts and

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parachute

Parachute

Writer/director Brittany Show (the Pitch Perfect films, Hairspray) pulls the creative ripcord in Parachute – her feature film debut behind the camera – and sticks the landing. The result is a refreshingly honest, compassionate, and thought-provoking story about addiction and codependency. Parachute is a beautiful achievement from Snow and some excellent indie filmmaking to boot.

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Omen

The First Omen

The First Omen, which recently premiered — although it is not to be confused with it because of its equal impact — this indie film that was called Omen (or Augure in French, which means ‘oracle’ or ‘soothsayer’) when it was originally named. A Congolese man who is doomed returns to his roots with his

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Challengers

Challengers

Sex is a profitable business. Sports are also a good business. What about retro EDM? It can\’t hurt. All this is part of Italian film director Luca Guadagnino\’s new erotic tennis drama Challengers. It is a raunchy feel-good movie that knows it is very good right from the beginning. Even before we see the iconic

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Arcadian

Arcadian

A father tries to protect his teenage sons in a world destroyed by an apocalypse and filled with terrifying creatures, this is the familiar premise of Arcadian: but it takes that idea and runs with it. I have to give credit where it’s due; Director Ben Brewer and screenwriter Michael Nilon manage to come up

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