Director Ari Aster Starring Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne Rated MA Score 5.5/6 After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets. I’ve never thought of myself as very big fan of the horror genre, though that being said I wont…
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Drama Movie Reviews
The Little Mermaid
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Director Blake Harris & Chris Bouchard Starring Poppy Drayton, William Moseley, Armando Gutierrez Rated PG Score 4/6 A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid. Alright, I might have to review the 1989 Disney animated movie after this, but I guess we will…
47 Metres Down
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Director Johannes Roberts Starring Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine Rated M Score 3/6 Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive. The only reason I was…
The Cobbler
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Director Tom McCarthy Starring Adam Sandler, Melonie Diaz, Steve Buscemi Rated M Score 1/6 A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way. The unfestival director saved something that could be described as being a little cruel…
Circle
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Director Aaron Hann & Mario Miscione Starring Allegra Masters, Aimee McKay, Ashley Key Rated M Score 5/6 Held captive and faced with their imminent executions, fifty strangers are forced to choose the one person among them who deserves to live. This is a kind of interesting movie and a rather interesting choice as a movie…
Serena
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Director Susanne Bier Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans Rated MA Score 1.5/6 In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton’s timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena. Okay, movie number 3 in the Unfestival. For those of you who are interested Serena was adapted from a 2008 book of the same…
Strays
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Director Steven Tandy Starring Ella Crotty, Brandon Humphrey & Jackson Kay Score 5/6 STRAYS focuses on the new relationship between two young outcasts, Riley and Ruby, who meet after a chance encounter. Despite being victims of circumstance and their environment, they attempt to make a connection and give each other hope. However, they soon get…
Bullet Head
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Director Paul Soulet Starring John Malkovich, Adrien Brody, Antonio Banderas Rated MA Score 3/6 Three career criminals find themselves trapped in a warehouse with the law closing in and an even worse threat waiting inside – a nigh unstoppable killer dog. If you did not want to watch this one it would be perfectly understandable…
Brawl in Cell Block 99
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Director S. Craig Zahler Starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson & Udo Kier Rated R Score 3/6 A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly. I’ll admit it, I usually don’t watch a lot of movies starring Vince Vaughn. In the past he has struck me as the…
Molly’s Game
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Director Aaron Sorkin Starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner Rated M Score 6/6 The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. This is based on a true story that you might not have heard about unless your one of…