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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Review by Connor Petrey

June 14, 2023 9:15 am |

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts manages to climb to the top of the leaderboard, not because of its excellence but because of its unfortunate history. Among the Bay 5-film run, only one can be considered a “quality” film (2007s Transformers) and 2018s Bumblebee stands easily on its own as a Transformers masterpiece. Rise of the...

The Hole in the Fence – Movie Review by Josh Davis

Published by Leftover Brian

May 29, 2023 11:30 am |

Directed by Joaquin del Paso and written by del Paso and Lucy Pawlak, “The Hole in the Fence” is a Mexican-Polish psychological drama largely filled with a cast of first-time child actors who reportedly improvised much of the film. About two dozen male children from the exclusive Los Pinos Secondary School are on a remote...

Reality – Movie Review by Connor Petrey

Published by Leftover Brian

May 29, 2023 11:06 am |

Reality is a brilliant piece of filmmaking that attaches a visual to the legitimate dialogue from ariveting FBI investigation. Sydney Sweeney delivers a career best performance as RealityWinner, complementing the erratic behavior of the two lead FBI agents: Agent Garrick (JoshHamilton) and Agent Taylor (Marchánt Davis). As the dialogue becomes repetitious, the filmgains unreasonable suspense...

Influencer Movie Review by Josh Davis

Published by Leftover Brian

May 24, 2023 9:36 am |

It’s hard to review a movie like “Influencer” without giving too much away. Madison (Emily Tennant, “Riverdale”) is an Instagram famous woman whose life mostly consists of traveling, sponsoring beauty products, and taking pictures and videos that make the lives of others seem dull and empty by comparison. She isn’t vapid, but she certainly seem...

The Little Mermaid (2023) Movie Review

Published by Leftover Brian

May 22, 2023 12:13 pm |

The Little Mermaid, helmed by Chicago and Mary Poppins Returns director Rob Marshall, is the latest live-action remake of a beloved animated classic among several decades of adequate and abysmal efforts from the studio; this 2023 adaptation falls somewhere in the center of expectations. From a visual standpoint, the film can be a spectacle at...