13 November
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THE CROWN Season 4 Creator: Peter MorganStarring: Olivia Colman, Gillian Anderson, Emma Corrin, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O’Connor, Tobias Menzies The hit Netflix drama about The Royal Family continues to show its strength as it tackles the early 1980s in its fourth season. We see how they and the people of Great Britain were forever changed under the rule of Margaret Thatcher (Anderson), the country’s first female Prime Minister. At the same time, Queen Elizabeth (Colman) and Prince Phillip (Menzies) are focused on the line of succession at the throne. Their eldest, Prince Charles (O’Connor), is unmarried, and despite the strong feelings he has forRead More →

10 November
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HILLBILLY ELEGY Director: Ron HowardStarring: Gabriel Basso, Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Owen Asztalos Amy Adams and Glenn Close are a dream team together. Both are phenomenal actresses, but I wish their new film Hillbilly Elegy lived up to their potential. It is based on the memoir from J.D. Vance played as an adult by Gabriel Basso. J.D. grew up in the Appalachia region but has tried to overcome the hardships his family faced and is now attending Yale Law School. Just as he’s set for an all-important job interview, he learns his mother, Bev, played by Amy Adams has suffered aRead More →

09 November
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THE LIFE AHEAD Director: Edoardo PontiStarring: Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Francesco Cassano  Legendary screen icon Sophia Loren is back in the new film The Life Ahead. The film centers on a 12 year old boy named Momo played by newcomer Ibrahima Gueye. He’s a Senegal refugee now living in Italy who steals a bag of candlesticks from an elderly woman named Madame Rosa, played by Sophia Loren. Madame Rosa has spent a lifetime taking in kids in off the street whose mothers were drug addicts or street workers. Their paths meet again when Madame Rosa agrees to take in Momo, and there they forgeRead More →

15 October
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THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Writer/Director: Aaron SorkinStarring: Eddie Redmayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mark Rylance, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch Aaron Sorkin is best known for high-powered courtroom dramas and politically charged stories like A Few Good Men, The West Wing, and The Newsroom. His latest, The Trial of the Chicago 7, is now streaming on Netflix and couldn’t come at a better time. A legal battle between peaceful protestors and an aggressive Chicago police force is what is at stake. No, it’s not 2020 but rather the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The peaceful protestorsRead More →

03 October
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“THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR” CAST INTERVIEWS To binge or not to binge? That is the question posed to the cast of The Haunting of Bly Manor. I sat down with the ensemble of your newest Netflix obsession to talk about on-set scares, character twists, and an E.T. face mask. If you loved The Haunting of Hill House, you will love the follow up from creator Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep). Check out my interviews with Henry Thomas, Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, T’Nia Miller, Amelia Eve, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and Amelie Bea Smith. **Click SUBSCRIBE for more interviews and reviews** Here’s the interviewRead More →

24 September
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ENOLA HOLMES Director: Harry BradbeerStarring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Shaw, Frances de la Tour Millie Bobby Brown is making her leap from the quiet Eleven in Stranger Things to being the kid sister to Sherlock Holmes in Enola Holmes. Enola Holmes is the younger sister to Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes and now finds herself following in her brother’s footsteps. It’s the morning of her 16th birthday, and their mother (Helena Bonham Carter) goes missing. Enola hasn’t seen her brothers in years, but their mother’s disappearance doesn’t provide for a warm family reunion either. Enola slips out from underRead More →

15 September
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THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME Director: Antonio CamposStarring: Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgård, Eliza Scanlen, Sebastian Stan, Jason Clarke, Riley Keough, Mia Wasikowska, Haley Bennett One of the best aspects of having a new movie streaming on Netflix is the ability to rewatch a head-scratcher and dissect it whenever you want. You may feel a need to do that with The Devil All the Time. It’s a multi-generational ensemble film featuring Tom Holland at its center. He stars as Arvin Russell who grew up an orphan after the tragic deaths of his parents. His dad (Bill Skarsgaard) was a WWII vet whose PTSD and reformedRead More →

15 September
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ANTONIO CAMPOS INTERVIEW – “THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME” Director Antonio Campos’ new film The Devil All the Time boasts a stellar ensemble with Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Eliza Scanlen, Sebastian Stan, and Bill Skarsgård. It’s streaming on Netflix September 16, and I sat down with Campos to talk about: working with family, the benefits of streaming on Netflix over a traditional theatrical release, and working remotely during a pandemic. **click SUBSCRIBE for more reviews and interviews**Read More →

10 September
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I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS Writer/Director: Charlie KaufmanStarring: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis, Guy Boyd  Charlie Kaufman seems to confound moviegoers with each of his movies making us question what’s real, what’s fictional, and what it all means in the end. These Kaufmanisms are on full display in his latest, I’m Thinking of Ending Things. The phrase “I’m thinking of ending things” is mentioned multiple times in voiceover from Jessie’s Buckley’s character. She’s credited as Young Woman but is also referred to as Lucy and Louisa. She’s on a road trip to meet her boyfriend’s parents despite the fact she’s thinking of ending thisRead More →

23 July
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THE OLD GUARD Director: Gina Prince-BythewoodStarring: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts,  Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry Melling Charlize Theron has proven time and time again that she’s a jack of all trades. Any genre, any style. Her latest film, The Old Guard continues to be trending on Netflix. Theron is the leader of a group of immortal assassins. Her character, Andy, dates back many centuries but thanks to regenerative powers can survive any attack on her. Her team gets premonitions of a marine with powers like their own. Andy rescues Nile, played by Kiki Layne, and tries to protect her and the rest ofRead More →