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BRUTON Review
Bryan Bruton lands in prison after an unfortunate accident, where he discovers that through hard work, he can find a way to escape. This happened in real life, and Bruton does a great job serving as a biopic that gives us the full scale of the story. Prison break stories can feel a little been there done that, but being a true story adds a level of intrigue that still makes the story exciting. The film does a good job with the set up, letting us get an inside look at who Brya
Andy Funke
Aug 123 min read


MOTOR CITY Review
Let me be honest with you about Motor City. It is exactly the kind of film I wanted to love. A dialogue free crime thriller set in 1977 Detroit, all needle drops and muscle cars and Alan Ritchson being enormous in slow motion. On paper this is everything. In practice it is a film that keeps reminding you of better films while failing to become one itself. The premise is pure pulp. Ritchson plays John Miller, an ex-con with a beautiful girlfriend and a very bad enemy in the fo
Guy Roditty
Jul 292 min read


LEVIATHAN Review
Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov) is a down-on-his-luck mechanic living in a small seaside town in Russia. He lives with his second wife, Lilya (Elena Lyadova); and his son Romka (Sergey Pokhodaev). The town's corrupt Mayor Vadim (Roman Madyanov) is plotting to seize the beautiful land where Kolya's house sits. The town plans to reimburse him far less than what he is owed, and he calls his old friend Dmitry (Vladimir Vdovichenkov), who has found great success as a lawyer in Moscow,
Drew Sullivan
Jun 83 min read


TUNER Review
Niki (Leo Woodall) is a piano tuner with perfect pitch. He works with a good family friend and father figure Harry (Dustin Hoffman), and together they drive around tuning pianos. He suffers from hyperacusis, causing him to have incredible sensitivity to loud noises, keeping him from playing the piano, which he has an incredible gift for. While on the job he meets Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu) and quickly becomes infatuated with her. Along the way, he realizes his hyperacusis give
Drew Sullivan
May 73 min read


NORMAL Review
Ulysses (Bob Odenkirk) comes to Normal, Minnesota to be the interim sheriff, shortly after the town's previous sheriff died. After learning more about the town and meeting the people in it, including Mayor Kibner (Henry Wrinkler), Ulysses starts asking a lot of questions, suspicious of the story about how the sheriff died. He soon finds out that the town isn't as normal as it seems. The film itself, however, makes this clear right away by opening on a scene of the Yakuza send
Andy Funke
Apr 193 min read


THE CHRISTOPHERS Review
Departing from his most recent entries of a spy thriller and a ghost story, director Steven Soderbergh brings to life the world of two very different artists in his new film, The Christophers. From threatening to retire from directing to popping out three films in just over a year is impressive for any director, but doing three completely different genres proves why Soderbergh is one of today’s modern classic directors. A black comedy, The Christophers does a fantastic job of
Willow Steele
Apr 163 min read


CRIME 101 Review
Despite its good reviews and word of mouth, I had missed Bart Layton's Crime 101 when it was in theaters earlier this year. It's not alone; it was simultaneously at the cinema with Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die , and I never made it out those few weeks to see that, either. My loss, I suppose, but at least it did not take long for the former flick to hit Hulu for streaming purposes. (As of this writing, the latter picture is only available as a rental, and it's still $20 just
stewworldorder
Apr 64 min read


THE RIP Review
Within the Miami-Dade County police department is a specialized unit known as the TNT (Tactical Narcotics Team). Before we even get introduced to the members of the TNT, we see the unit lead, Captain Jackie Velez (Line Esco) get murdered in cold blood. It just so happens that there are rumors the TNT is housing dirty cops who, when busting a drug house, will wind up robbing the house and reporting far less cash than what was actually on-site. So it is only natural that Intern
Jason Broadwell
Jan 174 min read
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