Sasha Lane

Amanda Seyfried and Tom Holland in The Crowded Room © ed

The Crowded Room teems with personality

The Crowded Room is hard to talk about without giving away the secret it tries to hide for the first five of its ten episodes. I can tell you that it’s a fascinating, complicated psychological drama and well worth watching. […]

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Daisy Edgar-Jones in Twisters - photo by Melinda Sue Gordon

Twisters review: buckle up for the ride

Twisters is a decent action thriller about tornado chasers. It’s nail biting fun with lots of menacing special effects as long as you aren’t too nitpicky about the details. Willing suspension of disbelief helps you just enjoy the thrills and

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Alison Oliver in Conversations with Friends

Conversations with Friends: bring on the dysfunctional relationships

Conversations with Friends is a slow moving Irish tale based on a novel by Sally Rooney, who authored the very popular Normal People from a couple of seasons ago. Once again we have people desperate for love, but unable to

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Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons in Hearts Beat Loud

Review: Hearts Beat Loud

Hearts Beat Loud appears to be a simple story about a father and daughter as she prepares to leave for college. It seems simple, but it’s actually emotionally intricate and complex. Like some of the music in this film, it’s

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Chloë Grace Moretz in The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

There are many forms of cruelty. The self-righteous Christian cruelty that spouts slogans like “Jesus loves you” while making you hate yourself for being yourself is the topic of The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

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a scene from Mudbound

A Dozen Wonderful Films Directed by Women from 2017

I always preface these end of year lists with a disclaimer. I don’t see everything. I don’t subscribe to everything and I don’t go out to the theater weekly. Nobody is telling me what to see or paying me to

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Sasha Lane in American Honey

Watch This: Trailer for American Honey

American Honey is a young people’s movie. Nevertheless, it caught the attention of this elder. The film’s star, Sasha Lane, is Texas State college freshman without previous acting experience. According to the reviews from Cannes, she turns in an outstanding performance.

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