Director Carey Williams has an exceptionally powerful film on his hands with Emergency, the first great film I’ve seen at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Based on his short film (that also premiered at Sundance) …
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ReviewsScience Fiction
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Encounter’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesAfter a number of standout supporting roles over the last half a decade, Riz Ahmed‘s wiry unpredictability and genuine pathos he injects into his performances has seen him evolve into a leading man with an …
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Streaming MusicalsStreaming Reviews
‘Cinderella’ Is the Disaster You Knew It Would Be
by Jack Edgarby Jack EdgarAt one point in this 113-minute slog, Cinderella (Camila Cabello) asks another character with great distress, “But, but, but why??” And such is the question we all must ask ourselves after viewing what is nearly …
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Regina King makes everything better, doesn’t she? Lately, she’s been on another level, winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her beautiful performance in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and quickly moving on …
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Diverting from the bubbly, fun theatrics of the stage musical-turned-film Mamma Mia! and the engaging, nuanced study of one of Great Britain’s most polarizing prime ministers, in the form of a Margaret Thatcher biopic, The …
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Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and …
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Biopics, or biographical films, are often difficult to pull off. They are often polarizing, especially among those who are experts or fans of the subject. Bohemian Rhapsody was revered in many ways, but historians and …
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ReviewsScience Fiction
‘The Vast of Night’ Slowly Burns to a Big Finish
by Lisa Geurtsby Lisa GeurtsIn small-town New Mexico in the 1950s, teen switchboard operator Fay and radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency and they decide to investigate, which leads to them finding some terrifying history of their town …
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AMC appears to have found a potential ally, or overlord, in Amazon. After preliminary meetings between the two this week, AMC’s stock rose astronomically. As the theater slump continues, any news is good news to …
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DramaReviews
‘Selah and the Spades’ Marks Tayarisha Poe as a Director to Watch
by Nick Kushby Nick KushEvery generation has their favorite high school movie. From Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Booksmart, seeing whipsmart or daffy teenagers played mostly by actors in their 20s traverse the difficulties of growing has made for …
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Honey Boy tells the story of a young actor, Otis (Noah Jupe), and his unhinged relationship with his father James (Shia LaBeouf). The film alternates between two periods: 1995 and 2005. Very early on, we find …
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Rankings
The Best Movies of August 2019: Two Actresses Lead the Way in Star Turns
by Nick Kushby Nick KushAfter Hobbs and Shaw — the cinematic equivalent of an eight-year-old boy smashing toxically buff action figures together for two hours — opened in theaters, the rest of August was full of intriguing projects, many …
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Sometimes not getting into the screening you desire at a film festival can be a blessing in disguise. After missing out on seeing The Farewell at Sundance earlier this year, I rushed to find another …
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The streaming wars are in full swing as Disney and Apple prepare for the release of their own streaming services this fall. As such, each service is seemingly fighting for their lives, pulling in stars …
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Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts
Sundance Film Festival 2019 Wrap-Up (Another Bloody Movie Podcast)
by Nick Kushby Nick KushSundance 2019 was my first ever time attending the illustrious festival, and it certainly lived up to all the hype. After a week of running from screening to screening, living off of way too much …
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Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts
Let’s Talk About Suspiria (2018) [Another Bloody Movie Podcast]
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesLuca Guadagnino’s reimagining of Dario Argento’s 70s giallo horror classic Suspiria is a film that will inevitably be the subject of numerous video essays, analyses and think pieces. It is a film that will require multiple viewings …
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For some of you, this movie might not be a recent feature, since it was released about two weeks ago in limited release. But alas for us folks here in Singapore, it only started showing …
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Occasionally, there’s a movie that comes to theaters that gets panned by essentially everyone in journalism. Life Itself is the latest incarnation of that movie that you heard is terrible but never had any intention of seeing …