“Suncoast” is based on writer/directors’ Laura Chinn’s own family tragedy. It’s a coming-of-age story about a teen named Doris who has to take care of her dying brother when her mother, Kristine (Laura Linney), is at work.
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Category: Reviews
Argylle Movie Review
February 1, 2024
(updated February 1, 2024)
Published by JMcNaughton
“Argylle” is an action-packed spy thriller, where the only one without multiple undercover identities is Alfie – the Scottish Fold cat. As the movie trots across the globe, there are mysteries uncovered and sinister plots revealed. All these twists and turns come at a break-neck pace. But there is a goofy sense of fun so that it all works out in the end.
The Underdoggs Movie Review
January 25, 2024
(updated January 25, 2024)
Published by JMcNaughton
Streaming on Prime Video – January 26, 2024
“The Underdoggs” is a typical rehash of the down-on-their-luck sports team given a second chance by a famous sport legend who is in a legal jam. In this case, the emphasis is on ‘hash’, and ‘ganja’ and ‘weed’ and other smoke-able entities. This Hard R-rated comedy is right up the wheelhouse of the star – Snoop Dogg.
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I.S.S. Movie Review
Though I.S.S. isn’t the biggest disappointment I’ve ever had at the theaters, it surely wasn’t as good as I had expected it would be nor as exceptional as the trailers made it out to be.
Zone of Interest Movie out in Phoenix 1/19/24
In case you didn’t know, the term for the film’s title came from the area surrounding Auschwitz. The Germans labeled the 15 square miles that bordered the concentration camp the Zone of Interest. It’s the perimeter or boundary between the security monitoring setup and the external network.
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The Teachers’ Lounge Movie Review
Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a young math and gym teacher, new to this school and new to the job as a whole. What you can tell right away is that she seems to be a bit in over her head.
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Driving Madeleine Movie Review
Freud’s Last Session Movie Review
C.S. Lewis was the writer of the children’s imaginative series The Chronicles of Narnia. “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in 1950 marked the beginning of the series and the most popular of the set. Fame was also chatting about Christianity during WWII on the BBC. That’s not what this movie is about and the subject isn’t mentioned until the movie’s end in post-script.
The Crime is Mine (Subtitled) Movie Review
The beginning has us in Paris, France. We see a young blonde actress, Madeleine Verdier, played by Nadia Tereszkiewicz, walking out of a beautiful estate after some screaming and indications of a fight. The music by Philippe Rombi is astounding.
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