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Movie Review :: Bugonia is unhinged and brilliant

October 29, 2025Brandon Benitez Leave a Comment

A gripping, chaotic psychological thriller that showcases career-best performances from Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, Bugonia, Comedy, Crime, Emma Stone, Focus Features, Jesse Plemons, Sci-Fi, Stavros Halkias

Disney’s Cruella is bloody brilliant

May 27, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Dare I say ‘Cruella’ is a cinematic masterpiece?… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Comedy, Crime, Cruella, Emily Beecham, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mark Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Walt Disney Pictures

The Croods: A New Age is a sequel much better than the first

January 1, 2021Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The script is a lot tighter which allows for the story to have a natural flow… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Adventure, Animation, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Comedy, DreamWorks Animation, Emma Stone, Kelly Marie Tran, Leslie Mann, Nicolas Cage, Peter Dinklage, Ryan Reynolds, The Croods: A New Age, Universal Pictures

The Favourite is a delightfully dark comedy that lets its stars shine

December 2, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Favourite’ isn’t nearly as weird as I’d feared, and it’s a decent historical piece too… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Comedy, Emma Stone, Fox Searchlight, History, James Smith, Jenny Rainsford, Joe Alwyn, LGBT, LGBT+, Mark Gatiss, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Battle of the Sexes brings back the 1970s in style

October 1, 2017Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

‘Battle of the Sexes’ shows that even as times change, some things stay the same… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough, Austin Stowell, Battle of the Sexes, Bill Pullman, Biography, Elizabeth Shue, Emma Stone, Fox Searchlight, Jessica McNamee, LGBT, LGBT+, Sarah Silverman, Sport, Steve Carrell

La La Land is a spellbinding, melancholy, modern romance musical

December 16, 2016Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘La La Land’ tells a story you’ve heard before but in a very memorable way… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Callie Hernandez, Emma Stone, Finn Wittrock, Jessica Rothe, John Legend, Josh Pence, La La Land, Musical, Romance, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, Sonoya Mizuno, Summit Entertainment, Tom Everett Scott

Magic in the Moonlight is Woody Allen failing to charm you by force

May 17, 2015Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Magic in the Moonlight’ isn’t Woody Allen at his best, but it’s hardly his worst… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Catherine McCormack, Colin Firth, Eileen Atkins, Emma Stone, Erica Leerhsen, Hamish Linklater, Jacki Weaver, Jeremy Shamos, Justin Ritter, Magic in the Moonlight, Marcia Harden, Simon McBurney, Sony Pictures Classics
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HOTCHKA MOVIE REVIEWS

✦ IN CINEMAS ✦

    MERCY   ★★✩
    THE HOUSEMAID   ★★★
    BUGONIA   ★★★
    CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE   ★★★
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER   ★★★
    ELEANOR THE GREAT   ★★✩
    A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY  ★★✩
    HIM  ★✩✩
    THE BALTIMORONS   ★★✩
    NE ZHA II  ★★★
    WEAPONS   ★★★
    BAD SHABBOS  ★★★
    THE NAKED GUN  ★★✩
    THE FANTASTIC FOUR  ★★★
    OH, HI!   ★★✩
    ALL REVIEWS
★✩✩ Avoid    ★★✩ Matinée    ★★★ Must See

✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    I HAVE TO KILL MY NEIGHBOR  ★★★
    A LITTLE PARK MUSIC  ★★★
    HOME MAKEOVER NIGHTMARE  ★★✩
    KIDNAPPING MY OWN DAUGHTER  ★★★
    A SEASON TO BLOSSOM  ★★✩
    DON'T TRUST THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS  ★★✩
    PICTURE PERFECT SISTER-IN-LAW  ★★✩
    THE MAN IN THE WINDOW  ★★★
    A ROYAL SETTING  ★★✩
    THE LITTLE BOY WHO WENT MISSING  ★★✩
    WHO COULD KILL A SWEET OLD LADY?  ★★✩
    I KILLED HIM IN MY SLEEP  ★★★
    TWO FOR TEE  ★★★
    MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN  ★★✩
    THE SEEMINGLY PERFECT FAMILY  ★★✩
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