New Trailer For The Matrix Resurrections
From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes “The Matrix Resurrections,” the long-awaited next chapter in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre.
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The cast of The Matrix Resurrections look back at The Matrix
From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes “The Matrix Resurrections,” the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre.
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The Matrix: Resurrections trailer is finally here
The long-awaited trailer for the fourth Matrix installment is finally here alongside the film’s official title: The Matrix: Resurrections.
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Bill and Ted Face the Music gets a most excellent trailer
It’s been nearly 30 years since the last movie in the series, but Bill and Ted Face the Music — the third film in the wacky, time-traveling comedy series — is finally concluding the franchise.
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Destination Wedding (15) | Close-Up Film Review
The idea is good – although not the most original – and the cast look attractive. Unfortunately, it is a very mediocre movie. Keanu Reeves has a somewhat inflexible face and never looks as though he is enjoying his own life, let alone being with Winona Ryder, his co-star.
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Siberia (15) | Close-Up Film Review
Siberia is a would be thriller which largely fails to thrill.
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (15) | Close-Up Film Review
As the Pavlov of the film franchise gods rings his bell, the opportunity to ‘relight the Wick’ has been duly pounced on. It’s actually a welcome improvement to the sketchy original and offers the chance to serve up more of its treats and fewer of its slops.
Read moreExposed (15)| Close-Up Film Review
Lots of things are exposed in this film. Unfortunately, none of them are in the investigative sense, where hard truths and realistic drama create a riveting whole.
Read morePoint Break (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
The 1991 film Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, was so special that the whole movie and especially the performances of Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze remain in our memory. The remake, this time directed by Ericson Core, is a big disappointment.
Read moreRemembering… River Phoenix (1970–1993)
This October 31st is not just Halloween. It is the eve that took away one of the most passionate and remarkable young actors that the nineties had to offer.
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