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'IF' review: Occasionally clever comedy lacks the emotion, ingenuity a great family film needs

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Bea (Cailey Fleming) can see other children’s imaginary friends, including Blue (voiced by Steve Carell) in “IF.”

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MUMMY DEAREST Reviews of mystery horror – free on Prime, Roku, Tubi and YouTube

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Mummy Dearest is a 2021 mystery horror film about a mother recently confined to a wheelchair who moves into her daughter’s home. Unfortunately, suggestions that the house is haunted and …

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - FIRST REVIEW: It's utterly stunning on the eye, decidedly loud on the ear, and a thousand-watt jolt to the spirits, says BRIAN VINER in Cannes

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which had its world premiere last night at the Cannes Film Festival , is an absolute blast from start to finish.

‘When The Light Breaks’ Review: Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Original And Specific Vision Of Grief – Cannes Film Festival

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In our first encounter with Una (Elín Hall) and Diddi (Baldur Einarsson) in the long dusk of a Reykjavik spring night, they are thinking only of the future. The immediate future: will they be able to sleep overnight together without…

'Man Ray: Return to Reason' Review: Cinema Experiments

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Opening in New York before a national rollout, a program of four 1920s short films by the avant-garde artist—in new 4K restorations and with contemporary scores by Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan—is by turns playful, abstract and mysterious.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Anya Taylor-Joy is tremendous as chase resumes

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Cannes film festival Taylor-Joy makes a fantastic action heroine, facing down a hilariously evil Chris Hemsworth in signature high-speed fights

'Furiosa' Review: The Mad Max Saga Reaches Deranged New Heights

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George Miller delivers a wild sci-fi odyssey like no other with 'Furiosa,' the dizzying prequel to 'Mad Max: Fury Road.' Read our review of 'Furiosa' out of the Cannes Film Festival.

‘When the Light Breaks’ Review: A Dark Scandi Drama About What Happens When Grief Isn’t Allowed

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Cannes: The Un Certain Regard opener is a taut, affecting coming-of-age film set over a few traumatic days.

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Review: Chris Hemsworth And Anya Taylor-Joy Take Dystopian Franchise To New Levels – Cannes Film Festival

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Since their beginnings in 1979, George Miller’s hyper-jacked Mad Max movies with Mel Gibson had not received a single Oscar nomination, not even for Tina Turner’s great signature song “We Don’t Need Another Hero” in 1985’s Beyond…

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IF Movie Review: Ryan Reynolds led film on imaginary friends is high concept and endearing but has loose ends

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Name: IF; Director: John Krasinski; Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, John Krasinski

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‘Wild Diamond’ Review: Agathe Riedinger’s Debut Empathetically Tracks A Young Woman’s Desperate Pursuit Of Fame – Cannes Film Festival

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“Hater says I’m superficial,” muses one of the TikTok influencers who rule the version of the world that obsesses 19-year-old Liane in Agathe Riedinger’s Cannes Competition entry Wild Diamond (Diamant Brut). “Yes, I’m superficial,”…

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Wild Diamond review – French social-realist drama fuelled by TikTok energy

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Cannes film festival First-time actor Agathe Riedinger is a wannabe influencer from the wrong side of the tracks in this forthright and fluent film

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Review: IF Is a Beautifully Made Movie Fueled by Heartfelt Imagination

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As I sat and watched John Krasinski's latest cinematic adventure, IF, I found myself transported into a story overflowing with imagination and heart. This film is an absolute delight, and by the time the credits rolled, I was grinning from…

THE MOOR Reviews of mystery horror plus UK release news

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The Moor is heading to UK cinemas on 14th June 2024 and on Digital HD from 1st July via Bulldog Film Distribution. Here’s our previous coverage of the movie: ‘Dark. …

Movie review: 'IF' squanders imagination

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"IF," in theaters Friday, makes a noble attempt to create an original, imaginative family film, but gets as lost in its rules and purpose as the most convoluted franchise movies.

‘IF’ Review: Childhood Wonder Succumbs To Deep Melodrama In John Krasinski’s Latest Film

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The human imagination is a boundless frontier where grand exploration can occur, and in children, this exploration is particularly vibrant. It is this fearless imagination that allows children to envision themselves as anyone or anything.…

IF review: Like a live-action Pixar film with less finesse

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John Krasinski's new film is loosely-plotted and derivative but occasionally playful and charming.

Back To Black review: Cash-grab biopic doesn't bother disguising itself

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Since the blockbuster success of the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018, a music biopic gold rush has been underway in Hollywood. Some of the resulting films—made as they are with the participation of the artist, or more often their…

‘IF’ Review: Ryan Reynolds Leads a John Krasinski-Directed Family Film That’s Easier to Admire Than Enjoy

The 'A Quiet Place' helmer steps away from the horror genre for this live-action/animated movie featuring an all-star voice cast.

If review: This family film about imaginary friends is often touching, often infuriating

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Nobody is going to confuse the middle-ranking If with ET, but the same generosity of spirit and respect for childhood is clear in both