Note: the last two paragraphs of this review spoil the ending of the film. Caveat emptor. John Grisham’s 1989 novel A Time to Kill was rejected by major American publishers, ultimately getting a 5000-copy print run from Wynwood Press. When his second … Continue reading REVIEW: A Time to Kill (1996)
The Lost City hits cinemas like a charming throwback to the star-driven Hollywood comedies of the late 1990s and early 2000s: driven by star power, a high concept premise, and a fairly visible debt to older, more accomplished movies. Romance author … Continue reading REVIEW: The Lost City (2022)
Con artist and habitual criminal Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) steps out of a five-year prison stay with the plan for her next heist already worked out in her head. With her cynical partner Lou (Cate Blanchett), she recruits a skilled … Continue reading REVIEW: Ocean’s 8 (2018)
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