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Thursday, May 9

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Ravens Eye View: Rookie Film Review

Check out the tape and takeaways on all nine Ravens 2024 draft picks.

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THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY Review: Thrilling, Enjoyable Neo-Western

screenanarchy.com

Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, and Sierra McCormick star in a film by Francis Galluppi.

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'Time of the Heathen' Review: Righteous Fury From the 1960s

www.wsj.com

This little-seen 1961 film, written and directed by acting coach Peter Kass and now being rereleased in select theaters, is a chilling reckoning with both the bombing of Japan and the era’s civil-rights struggle.

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‘Gasoline Rainbow’ Review: Five Zoomers Hit the Road to Put Off Growing Up in an Endearing, Semi-Improvised Indie

variety.com

Everybody’s trying to get to the End of the World — or at least a party spot called that — in “Gasoline Rainbow,” a road trip independent feature that follows a group of zoomer besties on their fantastical send-off to adolescence. The Mubi…

Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger review – a delicious whirlwind tour

lwlies.com

A rousing personal journey with Martin Scorsese through the films made under the iconic banner of The Archers.

Worth the wait? The Beatles’ farewell film ‘Let It Be’ hits streaming 54 years later: review

nypost.com

Whether or not you’ve already watched the tedious-at-times “Get Back," The Beatles' farewell film "Let It Be" — now streaming on Disney+ — is only 80 minutes versus eight hours of your time.

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Spirited Away, London Coliseum review: I was enchanted by Miyazaki’s magic

inews.co.uk

A stage adaptation of the Studio Ghibli film is weird, stylish and wonderful

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Srikanth Movie: Review, Cast, Plot, Trailer, Release Date – All You Need To Know About Rajkummar Rao’s Film

www.latestly.com

Srikanth is directed by Tushar Hiranandani and produced by T-Series and Chalk N Cheese Films Production LLP. Ahead of the film’s release, here’s looking at some of its key details.

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Baofeng F22 Walkie Talkie 2 Way Radio Review

www.chungdha.nl

This is the Baofeng F22 walkie talkie is honestly the best bang for buck walkie talkie you can purchase for on film set use. Baofeng F22 cost just 20 bucks for one pair, so I bought two pairs which is enough for the camera team. What…

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‘Farming the Revolution’ Review: A Poetic Documentary About India’s Largest Protest

variety.com

Nishtha Jain’s “Farming the Revolution” — winner of the best international feature documentary prize at Hot Docs — captures the vast emotional scope of revolutionary movements. Chronicling the lengthy stand-off between Indian farmers and…

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Review: ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’A Solid Reboot In A Franchise In Desperate Need Of Evolution

2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes was a great film; all of the reboot franchise has been great since it began with 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and continued with the best one, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. But what ‘War’…

‘Spirited Away’ Review: Stage Version of the Oscar-Winning Animated Film Is Less Than the Sum of Its Impressive Parts

variety.com

Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 animated film “Spirited Away” won everything from the Oscar for Best Animated Feature to Berlin’s Golden Bear. That there’s an audience for a stage version was evidenced by its 2022 Tokyo run selling out in four…

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Reviews Are In For New “Apes” Film ‘Kingdom’

20th Century Studios has revived its ‘Apes’ franchise and now the reviews are in. With 79 reviews counted, the film stands at a very positive 86% (7.2/10) on Rotten Tomatoes. To put that in comparison, that’s behind the two Matt Reeves…

Wednesday, May 8

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I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF Review and free on YouTube

moviesandmania.com

I Was a Teenage Werewolf is a 1957 horror film about a hypnotherapist who uses a serum to transform a temperamental teenager into a lycanthrope. starring Michael Landon as a …

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ review: Man, these monkeys still kick ass

nypost.com

The film continues this damn dirty science-fiction franchise's reign as one of the best out there.

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KILL YOUR LOVER Toxic relationship body horror! Icky trailer and reviews

moviesandmania.com

Kill Your Lover is a 2023 horror film about a couple with a toxic relationship that turns him into a contagious monster! Written and directed by Alix Austin and Keir …

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Blu-ray Review: Bend Her Will (The Director’s Cut)

insidepulse.com

When Exploitation movies started in America, smart distributors marketed them as educational films. Decades ago, a guy went around filming people who had died in car crashes. He didn’t give us a movie of dead bodies and twisted on the…

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Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes review: A new hero rises in agreeable, dutiful blockbuster

www.avclub.com

As the Planet Of The Apes franchise has shown us for almost 60 years, its primates won’t stop evolving, and neither will its movies. Case in point: the saga of Caesar, brought to motion-capture life by Andy Serkis in three films released…

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‘Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes’ Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed As Reviews Emerge

heroichollywood.com

Is Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes a worthy heir to the throne? The Rotten Tomatoes score for the film paints high hopes ahead of its debut. After a near-decade long break from the franchise, fans were worried about how Kingdom of The…

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Blu-ray Review: Too Much Sleep

insidepulse.com

When you’re an independent filmmaker, there’s a major nightmare after you’ve finished the film and have a final cut. You would imagine that the nightmare is not being able to find a theatrical distributor. That’s just normal in the…