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“Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” / Review : The Fame Finds People and Won’t Let Them Go

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a wave of film projects telling the personal stories of celebrity women such as ”This Is Paris,” “Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil,” “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry,” “Framing Britney Spears,” “Pamela, A Love Story,” “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” and now “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me.”…

‘XO, Kitty’: A Rollicking Dramedy About Teenage Romance in Seoul

XO, Kitty, which premiered as a Netflix series this week, is a charming and rollicking dramedy about cross-cultural romance. It’s a worthy spinoff of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, which debuted in 2018 to popular and critical acclaim. To All the Boys, it should be remembered, introduced viewers to the romantic dalliances of…

Fast X : Video Review / Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 31

Check out more of our video reviews and interviews on our YouTube channel. Video Review Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 31 Film Critic : Matthew Schuchman In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk…

The Mother / Review : This Film Does Not Miss A Beat

A delightful Mother’s Day Weekend presentation – Netflix’s “The Mother” meticulously directed by: Female Director Niki Caro (She won BAFTA Children’s Award for her breakout film “Whale Rider“) The film does not miss a beat with exciting car chase scenes in humid Cuba (actual location was Gran Canaria, Spain)  and Snowmobile battle scenes in snowy Alaska…

Film Review: Paul Schrader’s Crime Thriller Master Gardener Flourishes with Important Social Commentary

© 2022 MASTER GARDENER US LLC. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Securing redemption through a painful sacrifice, particularly after traveling on a long self-destructive path, is a powerful recurring theme that drives many of the protagonists in Oscar-nominated writer-director Paul Schrader’s films. In his new social crime thriller, Master Gardener, he crafted the titular main…

Knights of the Zodiac / Review : A Savior for Anime and Manga Fans or Not?

For more than two decades, adapting manga or anime into live-action cinema has been a particularly winding road for American studios to follow. “Dragonball Evolution,” “Speed Racer,” “Ghost in the Shell” and “Death Note” to name a few. All of these tanked at the box office and were slammed by critics. Even though some of…

Film Review: ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Offers a Humorous and Sentimental View Into the Actor’s Life with Parkinson’s Disease

Not allowing misfortune to shrink their feelings of self-worth, especially after garnering long-lasting success as a larger-than-life public personality, isn’t an easy feat for many Hollywood stars. But Michael J. Fox has long used humor to contend with the Parkinson’s diagnosis he received during the height of his career in the 1980’s and ’90s, which…

Review: The Rise and Fall of “Blackberry”

I know so many people think 15-20 is such a tremendous time span, that they consider the early 2000s, ancient. But in the scheme of things, it really isn’t so long ago. online pharmacy buy doxycycline online with best prices today in the USA But in that stretch of time, the way people interact with…

Book Club: The Next Chapter, Clichés Exterminate The Promising Debate On Gendered Ageism

Life and art have a vigorous osmosis. Filmmaker Bill Holderman exemplified this with his directorial debut: the 2018 romantic comedy Book Club. The entertaining flick showed how the readings of four friends, during their monthly book club, would affect their personal lives. The success of this cinematic guilty pleasure has lead to a sequel, Book…

Love Again / Review : A Film for the Hallmark Channel at Best

When a loved one passes away, friends and relatives offer condolences and comfort with their tears, hugs, and the sharing of memories. But once the funeral is over — and the friends and relatives have left — the grieved person is left to enter a deep, dark and strange world where the loss of an…

Polite Society / Review : “This Film is Fire !”

It’s still Spring but Focus Features comes out with full punches with this Summer like Action Flick “Polite Society.” Mind you, there is nothing polite about this film. It’s full of curse words, raw catfights with full on punches and rudeness that would make your Mother cringe, But mind you this film is FIRE !…