Author: John Spry
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“Pearl” (2022) Horror Running Time: 103 minutes Written by: Ti West and Mia Goth Directed by: Ti West Featuring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro and Alistair Sewell Pearl: [yelling in distress after being rejected] “No, I’m a star! Please, I’m a star! Please, somebody help me! Please help me! Help me!” Critical Commentary “Pearl” is a 2022…
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“Magpie Murders” (2022 – Present) Television Six Episodes Created by: Anthony Horowitz Featuring: Conleth Hill, Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan and Ian Lloyd Anderson Sue: “You must know that feeling when it’s raining outside and the heating’s on and you lose yourself, utterly, in a book. You read and you read and you feel the pages slipping through your fingers until suddenly there…
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“Triangle of Sadness” (2022) Drama Running Time: 147 minutes Written and directed by: Ruben Östlund Featuring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Burić, Iris Berben, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin, Jean-Christophe Folly, Amanda Walker, Oliver Ford Davies, Sunnyi Melles and Woody Harrelson The Captain: “’How people perceive themselves is nothing that interests me.. There are very few that are gonna look in the mirror and say: The…
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“Stargate” (1994) Science Fiction Running Time: 121 minutes Written by: Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich Directed by: Roland Emmerich Featuring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson and Viveca Lindfors Colonel Jonathan “Jack” O’Neil: “Give my regards to King Tut, asshole.” Critical Commentary Released in 1994, “Stargate” is a science fiction adventure film directed by Roland Emmerich. It serves as the introduction to the Stargate…
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Trailer: “The Witcher Season 3″ (2023) Netflix has premiered the final trailer for the third season of its big-budget fantasy drama “The Witcher” based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski. The new season will be split into two with the first five episodes to arrive on June 29th, while the remaining three episodes appear four…
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Television/Comedy Eighteen Episodes Created by: Paul Feig Featuring: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Becky Ann Baker, Joe Flaherty and Busy Philipps Neal Schweiber: “The dance is tomorrow. She’s a cheerleader, you’ve seen Star Wars 27 times. You do the math.” “Freaks and Geeks” is a highly acclaimed television series that originally aired in 1999 and has since gained…
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Trailer: “Insidious: The Red Door” (2023) Sony Pictures and Blumhouse have released the second and final trailer for the horror sequel “Insidious: The Red Door”. Marking the fifth overall film in the franchise, it follows on from the events of 2013’s “Insidious: Chapter 2” as opposed to the third and fourth one, which served as…
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Ahead of its opening on Friday, Paramount Pictures has released a final trailer for “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”. The film is set in the 1990s and is described as a globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduces a whole new faction of Transformers – the Maximals – to join them as allies in the…
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“Private Hell 36” (1954) Running Time: 81 minutes Drama Written by: Collier Young and Ida Lupino Directed by: Don Siegel Featuring: Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger and Dorothy Malone Lilli Marlowe: “Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamed I’d meet a drunken slob in a bar who’d give me fifty bucks and we’d live happily ever after.” Critical Commentary “Private…
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“Plunder of the Sun” (1953) Drama Running Time: 82 minutes Written by: Jonathan Latimer Directed by: John Farrow Featuring: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina and Francis L. Sullivan Julie Barnes: “You stood me up because you think I’m a tramp.” Al Colby: “I don’t think you’re a tramp.” Julie Barnes: “Yes you do… cuz I am. I’m a tramp and everybody knows it; Julie…
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“City That Never Sleeps” (1953) Drama Running Time: 90 minutes Written by: Steve Fisher Directed by: John H. Auer Featuring: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Marie Windsor and Paula Raymond Sally ‘Angel Face’ Connors: “When I first came to this town I was gonna be – oh, there were a lot of things I was gonna do. Become famous. But…
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“Hollywood Story” (1951) Drama Running Time: 77 minutes Written by: Frederick Brady and Frederick Kohner Directed by: William Castle Featuring: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark and Jim Backus Larry O’Brien: “They only made silent pictures here?” John Miller: “The first ones and the best ones. Ever since 1915, Mr O’Brien. Why, this street has been everything from Klondike Gulch to…
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“Jennifer” (1953) Drama Running Time: 73 minutes Written by: Bernard Girard and Richard Dorso Directed by: Joel Newton Featuring: Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Robert Nichols and Mary Shipp Critical Commentary “Jennifer” is a film noir directed by Joel Newton, and Lupino plays the lead role of Agnes Langley, a woman who suffers from a split personality disorder. The…
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“Beware, My Lovely” (1952) Drama Running Time: 77 minutes Written by: Mel Dinelli Directed by: Harry Horner Featuring: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan and Taylor Holmes Howard Wilton: “You think I’m funny?” Ruth Williams: “Not particularly.” Howard Wilton: “I don’t like being laughed at.” Ruth Williams: “Well, aren’t you the bundle of nerves! Listen, you. I don’t see many men around polishing floors. It’s a…
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“The Enforcer” (1951) Drama Running Time: 85 minutes Written by: Martin Rackin Directed by: Bretaigne Windust Featuring: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel and Everett Sloane D.A. Martin Ferguson: “You think you can shut people up by killing them, but you’re wrong. Maybe not in the courtroom but they’ll be talkin’ to you, Mendoza! At night when you’re trying to sleep!” Critical…
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“Appointment with Danger” (1950) Drama Running Time: 104 minutes Written by: Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff Directed by: Lewis Allen Featuring: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert and Paul Stewart Earl Boettiger: “What’s the matter with you? You got a face a foot long.” Joe Regas: “You look as if you just lost your best friend.” Al Goddard: “I’m my best friend.” Joe Regas: “That’s what I…
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Drama Running Time: 104 minutes Written by: Walter Doniger Directed by: William Dieterle Featuring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre Toady: “I am here, free as the wind, fountain of extraordinary knowledge, splendidly corrupt and eager to be of profitable service.” Critical Commentary “Rope of Sand” is a film-noir adventure movie released in 1949, directed by William Dieterle. Starring Burt…
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Warner Bros. Pictures and Mattel Film have released a new third trailer for the live-action “Barbie” movie – one showcasing much more of the story. In the film, a doll living in ‘Barbieland’ is expelled for not being perfect enough and sets off on an adventure in the real world. Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) directed…
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Drama Running Time: 113 minutes Written by: Terry George and Jim Sheridan Directed by: Jim Sheridan Featuring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley and Kenneth Cranham Maggie: “I do have a mind of my own, Danny. I know very well I might be losing it, but I do have a mind of my own.” Critical Commentary “The Boxer” is a 1997 film directed…
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Final Trailer: “The Flash” (2023) Warner Bros. Pictures has released the final trailer for the Andy Muschietti-directed “The Flash” film. The clip confirms the return of Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth alongside showing off more of the plot. Tickets for the film are on sale now ahead of its release next month. Worlds collide in…
