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Film Shorts // April 14-20, 2021 Vanquish (R) This thriller stars Ruby Rose as a former mob drug courier who becomes the target of extortion after a retired cop (Morgan Freeman) kidnaps her daughter. Also with Patrick Muldoon, Nick Vallelonga, Ekaterina Baker, and Julie Lott. (Opens Friday) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING Jakob’s Wife (NR) The latest horror film by Travis Stevens ( Girl on the Third Floor) stars Barbara Crampton as a small-town minister’s wife who rediscovers her yout...

Ever since The Invisible Man, the upper-class wife whose luxury real estate becomes an overbearing metaphor for her isolating marriage seems to have become a go-to set-up for indie filmmakers. Last year we had Swallow and The Nest, and this year that plot gets a straight-up genre treatment in Held. The perennially pained-looking Emma (Jill Awbrey, who also wrote the script) is clearly over her square-jawed husband Henry (Bart Johnson), but they’re giving it one more try by escaping to a s...

All the new movies and early theater releases you can watch at home right now 2020/03/20 2021/04/09 Article Contents This article is part of our Movie theaters are slowly reopening, but most of the new releases are headed to streaming services rather than the big screen. Whether youre staying at home to ​limit potential risks, or just saving a few bucks by watching from the couch, weve organized a huge list with many of the newly added films and some upcoming titles. April 9 Starring: Meli...

Horror, Thriller, Mystery Henry (Bart Johnson) and Emma Barretts (Jill Awbrey) marriage is falling apart. Trying to save their relationship, the couple celebrate their nine-year anniversary by renting out a modern vacation home for one weekend, equipped with the top-of-the-line smart home features and security. However, their weekend getaway takes a turn for the worse when Emma wakes up the next morning in different clothes, and a stranger reveals hes been watching them the whole time, knowing ...

What’s new on VOD and streaming this weekend: April 9-11 Including Nomadland, Sugar Daddy, The Nevers, Held and Exterminate All The Brutes By Kevin Ritchie and Norman Wilner Apr 9, 2021 N OW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of April 9. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms. Sugar Daddy (Wendy Morgan) NOW named Kelly McCormack one of Canada’s rising screen stars in 2019. Watch Sugar Daddy and you’ll see why: Morgan’s slightly stylized,...

Held: 2½ NOMADLAND: What a long trip. Way back in September, it was the “people’s choice” at the Toronto film festival. Since then, it has been written about almost every week, won over 200 awards (including Golden Globes) and received six Academy Award nominations. (It’s often cited as the front-runner). So, finally it’s here — in a very few theatres that are actually open and streaming on Disney+. It has been worth the wait. This is a gentle, must-see film. It starts with images...

NETFLIX © 2021 This week, Netflix released a bombshell announcement that the streaming giant had secured the exclusive U.S. rights to stream Sony Pictures’ upcoming slate of releases including Venom: There Will Be Carnage and the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. As for new releases of films available to stream and rent at home, we’ve got the much-delayed and finally released Biggie Smalls murder thriller City of Lies, Netflix’s new superhero buddy comedy Thunder Force star...

  While #metoo has been going strong since 2017, it’s only recently that the movement has crystallized into a true cinematic form. Superhero flicks such as  Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984 are now targeting toxic masculinity, and  voices we seldom heard before (the teen unable to get a legal abortion, the office assistant forced to cover for her a-hole boss) are anchoring heavy dramas. Heck, there’s even a proper Best Picture nominee — Promising Young Woman — with a good shot ...

Review: Love, marriage, surveillance, torture in suspense thriller Held A couple are put through the wringer in horror movie from Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing Adam Graham A vacationing couple is put through a particularly grueling round of marriage counseling in "Held," a thriller that despite being clumsy manages to hold viewers attention longer than anticipated.  Its the kind of try-anything suspense tale that throws so much out there it tends to morph into something new every 15 minutes o...

Film Shorts // April 7-13, 2021 The Man Who Sold His Skin (NR) Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Film, this Tunisian drama is about a Syrian refugee (Yahya Mahyani) who becomes a living art exhibit in a museum. Also with Dea Liane, Koen de Bouw, Saad Lostan, Christian Vadim, Darina al-Joundi, and Monica Bellucci. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com. OPENING   Held (NR) Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson star in this horror film as a couple trying to repair their marri...