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MAGPIE Review: Daisy Ridley Delivers Knockout Performance in Marital Neo-Noir

When Daisy Ridley (Sometimes I Think About Dying, The Marsh King's Daughter, the Star Wars sequel trilogy) last appeared on screen in Young Woman and the Sea earlier this year, she was literally and figuratively swimming for her life. She's...

Toronto 2023 Review: REPTILE Slowly and Deliberately Sheds Its Neo-Noir Skin

Finally, a pop crime procedural that leans into the frustration of dealing with real-estate agents and kitchen renovations. All jests aside (but seriously, the frustration is real) Grant Singer's debut film, a Netflix original, bucks the recent trend of the...

Review: ZONE 414, Derivative, Uninspired Sci-Fi/(In)Actioner

Travis Fimmel, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz and Guy Pearce star in the science fiction thriller, directed by Andrew Baird.

Review: REVENGE Fearlessly Subverts the Subgenre

There is one inviolable rule of the rape-revenge genre: the revenge must be complete. Other than that, all bets are off. French director Coralie Fargeat takes this to heart in her feature debut, Revenge, and she does not disappoint her...

Review: RINGS, Or, Samara, What Have They Done to You?

Darkly stylish and occasionally moody, Rings mostly lies flat on the screen, daring anyone to pay attention. Featuring not one but two different sequences before the main title appears, the filmmakers tip their hand early, in favor of the loud...