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Who Knew? THE SPARKS BROTHERS
It's also not your typical music biopic cause there's no surly ex-band members talking about how things went terribly wrong. Nope all ex-members only have the highest regard for both brothers and their experience with SPARKS on the whole. Peppered through are interviews with famous fans of the group, like Jane Wiedlin, Patton Oswalt, Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino and Jason Schwartzman. ..
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LAND
She already chucked her phone while still in the city and now she tells the cabin renter to have someone come get her car. He protests that she should have a way to leave in case of an emergency or to buy freakin groceries, but she’s determined to be in total isolation.
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Promising Young Woman
CANDY COATED AND CUNNING Little do they know she has taken on the secret identity of a feminist avenger! Nightly going to bars and clubs seemingly drunk and defenseless, testing men to see if they will protect a woman in an inebriated state or take full advantage. The next day her victims are accounted for in a notebook with a red or blue mark, of which the color coding is never clarified...
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HALF BROTHERS
The backstory involving their father’s journey and reasons for not having returned to Mexico is notable. It speaks to the tensions of the US/Mexico relationship and the dignity of immigrants. In many ways Half Brothers also celebrates and acknowledges the importance of telling stories of all races, not in as grand a manner, but in the perspective of Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians.
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Let Him Go
We get to see Superman’s parents from Man of Steel teamed up again. Diane Lane and Kevin Costner have locked in mature & sexy, both singularly and together. They’ve aged so gracefully and continue to be actors that can immediately pull you into a story. This story, written and directed by Thomas Bezucha (I looked at his IMDB and have never seen any of his other films) Adapted from a Larry Watson novel of the same name, is a Western, family drama, which heads into pulp/thriller territory. Margaret (Lane) and George (Costner) Blackledge own a horse farm. She breaks horses with their son James (Ryan Bruce) and George is a…
