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The Pale Blue Eye movie review (2022)

The chilliness fits the story of course. At the Academy, a cadet, named Fry, is discovered not just dead—by hanging, it is first presumed—but with his heart cut out. The extremely spooked overseers of the school, fearful of scandal that might strike a death blow to the place, enlist a retired lawman to investigate. Augustus

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Are audience appetites for social satire being satisfied?

Are audience appetites for social satire being satisfied? About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.”

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Variety Hosts Ten Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards Brunch | Festivals & Awards

Recipients of Variety’s Ten Directors to Watch award. Six of the ten up and coming directors, curated by the astute Peter Debruge of Variety, were in attendance, but awards were announced or given to Maggie Betts (“The Burial”), Elegance Bratton (“The Inspection“), Elijah Bynum (“Magazine Dreams”), Alice Diop (“Saint Omer”), Eva Longoria (“Flamin’ Hot”), Nida Manzoor

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In the age of anti-police sentiment, why do we still love detective stories so much?

In the age of anti-police sentiment, why do we still love detective stories so much? About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at

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Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Can’t Conjure Horror-Drama Thrills | TV/Streaming

Alexandra Daddario stars in the series as Rowan, a neurosurgeon in San Francisco unaware of her connection to the Wayfair clan in New Orleans. One day, when dealing with a condescending superior at her workplace, she gains the ability to burst people’s brains. Freaked out by this, she brings it up to her adoptive mother

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M3GAN movie review & film summary (2023)

But Gemma isn’t a motherly type. She’s too busy with work to spend much time with Cady, for one. And although she works for a toy company, she keeps her toys—sorry, collectibles—in their boxes and on a shelf in her living room. But these two are now the only family the other one has. So

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Alcarràs movie review & film summary (2023)

In the kitchen of the clan’s home, the stubborn patriarch, Quimet (Jordi Pujol Dolcet), and his tranquil elderly father, Rogelio (Josep Abad), argue. The soil they’ve worked on since after the Spanish Civil War doesn’t belong to them but to the Pinyols, wealthy landowners who had given their word never to take it away from

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The Old Way movie review & film summary (2023)

The screenplay by Carl W. Lucas is an amalgam of bits cribbed from other Westerns (“True Grit” is perhaps the most apparent antecedent, especially in the too-loquacious-by-half dialogue) along with elements from the likes of “River of No Return” and “Unforgiven”). There are also moments that will remind Cage fans of his previous work—the previous

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How Bleeder was a landmark for Nicolas Winding Refn’s distinctive style

How Bleeder was a landmark for Nicolas Winding Refn’s distinctive style About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the

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The Rig Digs For Crude, But Effective Eco-Horror Thrills | TV/Streaming

Trouble is, the central mystery of “The Rig” is hardly all that mysterious or original. At its core, it’s a Lovecraftian story of mankind digging into the deepest corners of the Earth and unleashing something that, in so many words, drives them mad. A character falls off a tall scaffolding early in the first episode;

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