Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall knock it out of the park in this acerbic comedy from first-time feature director Adamma Ebo. A modern-day, fictional film very much in the vein of ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’, it chronicles the fall and attempted rise of a disgraced Georgia megachurch preacher. […]
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Samaritan
Sylvester Stallone (yep, he’s still kicking it at age 76) stars in this superhero flick about a long-ago crusader living in anonymity in the fictional Granite City… until a precocious kid discovers his true identity. Good timing, because a local bad guy is starting to wreak havoc. It’s not a […]
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Me Time
Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg star as life-long friends in this tired Netflix comedy from writer-director John Hamburg, who brought us the clunkers ‘Meet the Fockers’ and ‘Along Came Polly’, among others. Hart is the responsible stay-at-home dad, and Wahlberg is the wild party man-boy, so naturally, the oil-and-water situation […]
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Spin Me Round
Every so often, you’ll trip on film that will make you say, out loud, to no one in particular, ‘What the heck was that?’. Such is the case with this bizarre, twisted Indie drama (attempting to be a comedy) about an Olive Garden-esque manager (Alison Brie) who wins a spot […]
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Look Both Ways
If you know Lili Reinhart at all, it’s from her turn as Betty on the hit teen show ‘Riverdale’, but based on her sparkling work in this largely silly and ultimately forgettable Netflix rom-com, she may have a bright and lasting career in front of her. Playing like a modern-day […]
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The Princess (documentary)
She was one of the most recognized faces in the world and lived perhaps the most-ever scrutinized life, so you would think there wouldn’t be much left to be discovered about Princess Diana. You would be wrong. Director Ed Perkins’ fascinating narrator-less documentary tracks her existence from the beginning of […]
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Back to the Drive-In
Documentarian April Wright follows up her 2013 film ‘Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie’ with a return visit to the now-fading bit of nostalgic Americana, looking at how a dozen or so theaters across the country navigated the post-pandemic times. While certain to serve as a […]
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Day Shift
The always-on Jamie Foxx stars as lone-wolf vampire hunter Bud in the directorial debut of longtime stunt coordinator J.J. Perry (‘The Fast and the Furious’, ‘John WIck’). Supremely stylized to match ifs SoCal locale, the film is a bloody good time, particularly once Bud is reluctantly paired up with a […]
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I Love My Dad
This black comedy stars Patton Oswalt as Chuck, a father who catfishes his son Franklin (James Morosini) after being cut off and feeling like he has no other way to stay in touch. Based incredibly on Morosini’s real life, it’s often cringe-inducing (obviously), especially as Franklin starts falling for the […]
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