The Girl In The Spiders Web (2018) - Film Review

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDERS WEB Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, New Regency Pictures, Pascal Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Cantillon Company, Yellow Bird Cast: Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Lakeith Stanfield, Sverrir Gudnason, Vicky Krieps, Stephen Merchant Director: Fede Alvarez Screenwriters: Jay Basu, Fede Alvarez, Steven Knight based on the novel by David Lagercrantz and characters by Stieg Larsson Producers: Eli Bush, Elizabeth Cantillon, Berna Levin, Amy Pascal, Scott Rudin, Soren Staermose, Ole Sondberg Executive producers: Bob Dohrmann, Anni Faurbye Fernandez, David Fincher, Line Winther Sky

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The Guilty (2018) - Film Review

The Guilty (2018) Cast Jakob Cedergren as Asger Holm Jessica Dinnage as Iben Omar Shargawi as Rashid Johan Olsen as Michael Katinka Evers-Jahnsen as Mathilde Jeanette Lindbæk as Vagtleder Nordsjælland Simon Bennebjerg as Junkie Laura Bro as Journalist Jacob Ulrik Lohmann as Bo Director Gustav Möller Writer Gustav Möller Emil Nygaard Albertsen Thriller 85 minutes       At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the first film that really started a buzz was from the relatively under-promoted World Dramatic Competition, Gustav Möller’s “The Guilty,” now finally opening in limited release. It’s eas

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First Man (2018) - Film Review

First Man (2018) Cast Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong Claire Foy as Janet Armstrong Corey Stoll as Buzz Aldrin Kyle Chandler as Deke Slayton Jason Clarke as Edward Higgins White Shea Whigham as Gus Grissom Christopher Abbott as Dave Scott Brian d'Arcy James as Joseph A. Walker Pablo Schreiber as Jim Lovell Patrick Fugit as Elliott See Cory Michael Smith as Roger Chaffee Director Damien Chazelle Writer (based on the book by) James R. Hansen Writer Josh Singer Cinematographer Linus Sandgren Editor Tom Cross Composer Justin Hurwitz Drama, History Rated PG-13 for some thematic content involving peril,

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On Her Shoulders (2018) - Film Review

On Her Shoulders (2018) Director Alexandria Bombach Producer Hayley Pappas Brock Williams Documentary 95 minutes Four years ago, Nadia Murad Basee Taha was a teenager living in a Yazidi farm community in the Sinjar district of Iraq when ISIL took over the town, murdered 600 people, and captured the women and girls as sex slaves. She escaped three months later and has spent most of the time since speaking out on what happened to her and her people. This month, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This award-winning documentary tells her story.  Director Alexandria Bombach understands that there are two stori

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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (2018) - FILM REVIEW

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)    Cast Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel Richard E. Grant as Jack Marc Evan Jackson as Llyod Joanna Adler as Arlene Ben Falcone as Alan Schmidt Director Marielle Heller Writer Jeff Whitty Writer Nicole Holofcener Cinematographer Brandon Trost Editor Anne McCabe Composer Nate Heller Comedy, Crime, Drama Rated R for language including some sexual references, and brief drug use. 107 minutes   Despite her brilliant energy and comic timing, Melissa McCarthy has starred in a number of not-so-great and forgettable movies—a streak that ends with Mariell

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Venom (2018) - FIlm Review

Venom (2018) Cast Tom Hardyas Eddie Brock / VenomMichelle Williamsas Anne WeyingRiz Ahmedas Dr. Carlton Drake / RiotReid Scottas Patrick MulliganMichelle Leeas Donna Diego Director Ruben Fleischer Screenplay Scott RosenbergJeff PinknerKelly Marcel Characters David MichelinieTodd McFarlaneMike Zeck Director of Photography Matthew Libatique Original Music Composer Ludwig Göransson Editor Alan BaumgartenAction, Horror, Science Fiction, ThrillerRated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for language. 112 minutes     Tom Hardy is notorious for giving it his all—for digging in deep, physic

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