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Dec 20, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Megan Fisher
A list of 10 screwball comedies that will delight your eyes with the Art Deco sets, assault your ears with the witty, fast dialogue, and tickle your funny bone. A beautiful young woman in a gorgeous lamé gown and fur coat enters a pristine white Manhattan penthouse, but before she can make it through the door she trips and falls, high heels over head. What you are now picturing in your mind is a screwball comedy.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Megan Fisher
Know Your Place, the debut feature of Zia Mohajerjasbi, is a beautiful and poetic exploration of community, following a teenage Eritrean boy on a journey through Seattle. Writer and Director: Zia MohajerjasbiGenre: DramaRun Time: 117′U.S. Release: December 3, 2024U.K. Release: TBAWhere to Watch: On digital and on demandHome can extend far beyond the confines of four walls and a floor.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Sebastian Zavala |Philip Bagnall |Kathryn Miller |Megan Fisher
Klaudia Reynicke’s Queens (Reinas) is an affecting, thought-provoking family drama set in Lima, Peru, during a time of violence and terror. Director: Klaudia ReynickeGenre: DramaRun Time: 104′U.S. Release: November 29, 2024U.K. Release: TBAWhere to Watch: in select US theatersQueens (Reinas) is a film about family and the importance of truth.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Philip Bagnall |Kathryn Miller |Megan Fisher |Elliott Cuff
We interview Conclave producer Michael Jackman to discuss how to choose good films, avoiding trouble with the Vatican, and how to forget politics and have fun. Among the potential nominees of this year’s awards season, Conclave is possibly the most ambitious from a narrative point of view. It’s a thriller, a character study, and a metaphor all at once.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Kathryn Miller |Megan Fisher |Elliott Cuff |Roberto Ortiz
Hiccup, Astrid and Toothless are returning to the big screen, but this time, in live-action. Here is everything we know about the How to Train Your Dragon live action adaptation. Time to fly back to Berk. The highly acclaimed 2010 animated Dreamworks film How to Train Your Dragon, like many other animated features in recent years, is getting a live action adaptation.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Megan Fisher |Elliott Cuff |Roberto Ortiz |Branyan Towe
We interview star Yolonda Ross about her role in Absolution, working with Liam Neeson, getting her start as a background extra for SNL, and how music helps her acting process. At the beginning of Absolution, the new crime thrillerdirected by Hans Petter Moland, we are taken to a dingy Boston dive bar. Woman (Yolonda Ross) is immediately taken by Thug (Liam Neeson) after he punches out her loutish, violent boyfriend.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Wesley Hunt |Keeley Brooks |Georgi V. Petkov |Megan Fisher
Arcane Season 2picks right back up where the first left off, leading to a tense and emotionally resonant end to the storyline. Creators: Christian Linke & Alex YeeGenre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, SteampunkNumber of Episodes: 9Global Release Date: Act I on November 9, 2024, Act II on November 16, Act III on November 23. Where to Watch: on NetflixThe first season of Arcanewas a tough act to follow, but Arcane Season 2 manages to be a worthy follow-up.
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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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Oct 31, 2024 | 
loudandclearreviews.com | Emma Vine |Joshua Stevens |Megan Fisher |Branyan Towe
With exceptional performances and an intelligent, distinctive script, Heretic solidifies itself as one of the best horror films this year. Directors: Scott Beck & Bryan WoodsGenre: Horror, Thriller, Psychological Horror, Religious HorrorRun Time: 110′U.K. Release: November 1, 2024U.S. Release: November 8, 2024Where to Watch: in US theaters and in UK & Irish cinemasWhen I walked out of my Heretic screening, my initial reaction to A24’s religious horror was somewhat mixed.
