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Jan 8, 2025 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Justin Bower
The Greatest Showman soundtrack features soaring anthems and emotional ballads. Here’s a list of all The Greatest Showman songs ranked from worst to best. Micheal Gracey knows how to direct musicals. In 2017, he took the world by storm with The Greatest Showman. Now he returns to the musical biopic realm with Better Man, the audacious story of Robbie Williams.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Justin Bower
Listen Carefully is best when it attempts to tell a deeper story about personal growth, but its eerie lesson falls flat due to poor writing and direction. Writer & Director: Ryan Barton-GrimleyGenre: Horror, Psychological ThrillerRun Time: 82′Global Release Date: December 16, 2024Where to Watch: on Digital HDWhat happens when your wife wants a night on the town and you’re expected to care for your infant daughter?
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Justin Bower
Young Werther is hilarious, heartfelt, and tense. Strong acting is bolstered by a good script, though there are some poor pacing and directorial choices.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Justin Bower
The American Question is a very timely documentary which approaches a stressful topic with hope and honesty, documenting various experiences of American life. Director: James KicklighterGenre: DocumentaryRun Time: 90′U.S. Release: October 29, 2024U.K. Release: TBAWhere to Watch: on digital & VODTo Guy Seemann, a former political journalist who also worked in the United States Senate, America is on a dangerous trajectory of increased polarization.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Georgi V. Petkov |Keeley Brooks |Megan Fisher |Justin Bower
Azazel Jacobs’ calm and contained family drama His Three Daughters will break your heart and gently glue its pieces back together. Director: Azazel JacobsGenre: DramaRun Time: 101′Release Date: September 6, 2024 in select US theaters; September 20, 2024 on NetflixHis Three Daughters feels comparable to an intimate theater production, weaving family ties together on the backdrop of a tragedy waiting to happen off-stage.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Megan Fisher |Justin Bower |Claire Fulton |Christopher Rhine
Ingmar Bergman’s miniseries Scenes From a Marriage is a complex, emotionally violent examination of love and marriage.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Justin Bower |Claire Fulton |Christopher Rhine |Clotilde Chinnici
Bill (2024) balances dark comedy with horror, producing a well-acted short film carried by Deana Taheri’s lead performance, yet its ending is somewhat anticlimactic. Director: Emily DhueGenre: Horror, ComedyRun Time: 10′Bill (2024) Release Date: TBALilith (Deana Taheri) lights a candle, illuminating the meal she labored over for her husband, Bill (Yianni Sines).
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | CK Anderson |Roberto Ortiz |Philip Bagnall |Justin Bower
Xavier Dolan’s miniseries The Night Logan Woke Up sees him returning to familiar themes with a visually stylish, well-performed melodrama. Director: Xavier DolanNumber of episodes: 5 U.S. Release: October 18, 2023 on NetflixU.K. Release: November 1, 2024 on Studiocanal Presents“Truth is like the sun. It casts light on everything, but refuses to be seen,” – Victor Hugo.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Roberto Ortiz |Philip Bagnall |Justin Bower |Alise Chaffins
What is it about paranormal phenomena that intrigues us so much? Perhaps it’s that we’ve had experiences we don’t understand and we look to the supernatural to give our lives more meaning. Or maybe we’d like to believe that something exists outside of our own reality, and that there’s a whole world out there left for us to discover.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Roberto Ortiz |Philip Bagnall |Justin Bower |Alise Chaffins
Robert Zemeckis’s Here explores time, memory, and the hidden histories within a single home, blending innovative visuals with contemplative storytelling. Director: Robert ZemeckisGenre: DramaRun Time: 104′AFI Fest: October 25, 2024U.S. Release: November 1, 2024U.K. Release: January 17, 2025Where to Watch: in theatersHere is an ambitious journey into the life and memories of a single home.
