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Tár - Movie Review Critics Score - 6 of 10 General Audience Score - 4 of 10 If you were to try and name the greatest actresses currently working in Hollywood, you’d undoubtedly go through names like Meryl Streep, Olivia Coleman, Viola Davis and Frances McDormand. Actresses that no matter what they’re in really, they elevate even the simplest and most mundane roles into something really special. Among those names would certainly be Cate Blanchett. This year she brings us a film called Tár, a story of a woman orchestra conductor/composer who’s work begins to suffer at she hits some road bumps in her life. Tár as a film boils down to being one massive construct for Blanchett to showcase her talents, which are exceptional, and showcase them she does, she’s unbelievable. As a film critic, someone who judges other people’s art, I have to use the word pretentious through gritted teeth. But this is one of the most pretentious films I’ve encountered this year, she looks down upon the general au...

The Banshees Of Inisherin - Movie Review Critics Score - 8 of 10 General Audience Score - 7 of 10 Although I’ve never been to Ireland, I hear it’s a beautiful country, it certainly looks gorgeous from what I’ve seen and I’d love to visit someday. The country has a colorful history of turmoil and war scarring some parts of the nation when it claimed independence from Great Britain back in the 1920’s. A new film from Martin McDonagh called The Banshees Of Inisherin takes place in Ireland during that decade. McDonagh teams back up with Colin Ferrell and Brendan Gleeson for his latest story of two men that were friends and drinking buddies but their relationship takes a turn for the worse. Despite the film’s regular use of humor, it straddles the line of light and darkness, with some quite gruesome events and a somber tone, especially leading up to the finale. Although I had high expectations for Banshees, the film didn’t quite coalesce into one of the year’s best films as I’d hoped and ex...

Triangle Of Sadness - Movie Review Critics Score - 9 of 10 General Audience Score - 8 of 10 Most average moviegoers aren’t familiar with the name Ruben Östlund. He’s a writer and director from Sweden that’s made a few foreign films because technically they’re produced and filmed in Europe, even though his latest film, Triangle Of Sadness, is almost completely in spoken English. This film premiered earlier this year at Cannes, one of the more prestigious film festivals from France that took place in May, where Ruben took home the top prize, the Palme d’Or. With just that pedigree, Triangle Of Sadness has been on many film pundit’s radars for quite some time, but now it’s finally been released here in the U.S. It’s currently able to be seen in theatres, which is the best place to watch it, in a movie theatre with a group of friends. I won’t get deep into the plot, but the film is about a group of extremely wealthy individuals who go on a pleasure cruise aboard a luxury yacht when things ...

Women Talking - Movie Review Critics Score - 9 of 10 General Audience Score - 8 of 10 Women Talking is a book about a group of Mennonite women living in Bolivia who have a discussion about some unspeakable acts committed by the men in their colony. Despite their unspeakable nature, these women speak about them, I won’t mention them explicitly for the sake of spoilers. For anyone that doesn’t know, the Mennonite religion is a group, similar to the Amish, for the purposes of the general reader, they are people who typically live off the land, very simply and peacefully, in a tight knit group. But anytime a group of men, priests, leaders, elders, call them what you will, flesh and blood human men, put themselves in the place of God and the things say and direct others to do have to be followed as if they’re coming from an almighty source, well, that’s the recipe for a cult. In the film adaptation of Women Talking, a small group of women find a hayloft and discuss what to do about the men ...

The Inspection - Movie Review Critics Score - 7 of 10 General Audience Score - 7 of 10 Everyone loves an inspirational war story, the beaten down soldier or battalion left for dead that manages to pull off a victory against seemingly insurmountable odds. It’s a bit of a generic premise and has many common tropes that movies and shows can fall into, but who doesn’t love a good underdog story? Especially when the story is based on real people or events. Coming into theatres just before thanksgiving this year is the new film The Inspection, starring Jeremy Pope who plays a young, gay man who decides to join the Marine Corps. The film is based on the true story of the writer/director Elegance Bratton and his journey of change, self-discovery, defying the odds and taking charge of one’s lot in life. Unfortunately, the film doesn’t bring us any unconventional storytelling and it may have an ending you can see coming a mile away. But at just over an hour and a half, it does a good job at keep...