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Movies and television shows about religious cults have become common over the last couple years, with their dystopian settings providing narrative fodder for various projects. The latest is the visually compelling but not that enthralling “The Oth...

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There’s no question about abortion being a hot button topic and one of the most divisive and controversial political agendas out there (the irony being that most of those who hold influential political clout will probably never face such adversi...

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There’s a lover's quarrel taking place in Benjamin Kasulke’s endearing romantic teen-comedy “Banana Split,” but not similar to the ones you’d see in a John Hughes flick. The spat revolves around the young and energetic April (co-writer...

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At times stuck inside its own headspace, and trying to be like an extended episode of “The Twilight Zone” - director Lorcan Finnegan’s ambitious, but entirely offbeat “Vivarium” runs circles around its premise, literally. 

But what works for “The Tw...

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Between “Hunters,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “The Song of Names” and now “Resistance” World War II, Jewish cultures and heritage have been at the forefront for moviegoers. Not to say some fi...

Like a cross between “Monty Python” and “Ghostbusters” - the Irish import “Extra Ordinary” attempts to tow the line between farce and slapstick comedy. It features Will Forte as a one-hit wonder singer (the song, “Cosmic Woman,” is a hoot) who made a deal with the devil...

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In Carol Mirabella-Davis’s directorial debut “Swallow” the tone is set from the beginning. We meet Haley Bennet as Hunter, the perfect, expendable housewife desperate to please her husband Richie (Austin Stowell). They live in a Barbie dream home com...

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Vin Diesel isn’t as fast or furious in the “Robocop” knock-off “Bloodshot” where he plays mercenary Ray Garrison on the frontlines of a scientific breakthrough. After he’s shot in the skull and left for dead by some cheesy, one dimensional villain,...