
Ruth Paxton has created a domestic nightmare based around grating sensory experiences.
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by Joe Lipsett
by Joe Lipsett

Comparisons to filmmaker David Michôd’s Australian crime thriller Animal Kingdom are inevitable when discussing Danish director Jeanette Nordahl’s debut feature. Both films feature a matriarch with a powerful, manipulative grip over her crime syndicate family and both films explore how the familial empire ultimately crumbles.
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Phase 4 of Disney and the MCU continues with Shang-Chi and The Legends of the Ten Rings.
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She’s All That is an iconic late 90s YA text. So what happens when you remake it for Netflix for contemporary audiences?
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After a long delay, Disney’s Black Widow (and Phase 4 of the MCU) is finally ready to make its debut.
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What happens when you take the race and class politics of a 70s & 80s Charles Bronson revenge thriller and cross it with a touch of John Wick? You get Paul Solet’s Clean.
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