Tag: Hulu
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Eenie Meanie: The Gospel of the Gas Pedal
There’s a moment in Shawn Simmons’ Eenie Meanie when Edie, played with feral grace by Samara Weaving, stares down a muscle car like it’s an old lover she’s trying to forget. The engine hums. The past beckons. And the film, for all its genre-bending ambition, begins to gallop. In his directorial debut, Simmons doesn’t just…
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The Trouble With Jessica: The Trouble with Carpets, Clafoutis, and Corpse Logistics
Matt Winn’s The Trouble with Jessica opens with the kind of dinner party that makes you want to RSVP “no” just in case someone brings a memoir. The film sets its tone early: brittle banter, wine-fueled revelations, and the creeping dread that someone’s going to say something unforgivable—or die. Jessica (Indira Varma), the uninvited guest…
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A Nice Indian Boy: A Garland for Ganesh and Gay Grooms
Before the mango lassis are stirred and the dupattas have their moment in the wind, A Nice Indian Boy throws open the doors to its mandap with an irreverent swirl of sincerity and melodrama. Directed by Roshan Sethi, the film hums with the energy of two battling universes—old-school Desi family values and modern queer yearning—each…
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The Assessment: Hope Without Heirs
In Fleur Fortune’s unsettling debut feature, The Assessment, parenthood is no longer a privilege of biology or love—it is a state-approved performance. The narrative becomes a psychological autopsy, exposing the remnants of dreams that were never permitted to live. With Elizabeth Olsen leading a cast that moves between quiet desperation and fractured resolve, the story…
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Marked Men: Rule + Shaw- Marked by Tenderness
In Nick Cassavetes’ Marked Men: Rule + Shaw, the familiar beats of a love long held, quietly yearned for, and finally unearthed are played like notes in a bittersweet melody. The romance between Rule Archer and Shaw Landon unfurls not with innovation, but with the kind of warm sincerity that softens even the most well-worn…
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Riff Raff: Family Ties and Firefights
If you like your crime capers served with a side of resentment, a dash of dysfunction, and a drizzle of dry gin, Riff Raff might just be your kind of nasty little cocktail. Streaming now on Hulu, it’s a sticky-fingered family reunion that plays out like a poker game with rusty revolvers and too many…
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Predator: Killer of Killers – A Brutal, Time-Spanning Hunt
Dan Trachtenberg‘s *Predator: Killer of Killers* represents an ambitious and innovative expansion of the *Predator* franchise, skillfully merging historical warfare with the spine-chilling elements of sci-fi horror. This animated anthology, currently streaming on Hulu, delves into the encounters between three of history’s most formidable warriors: a fierce Viking raider, a skilled feudal Japanese ninja, and…
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Quiz Lady: Jeopardy Sisters for $81,000.00, Please
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: In Quiz Lady, a brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne (Awkwafina), and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny (Sandra Oh), must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the…
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Miguel Wants to Fight: Fighting Not Fighting His Way
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: In a neighborhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, Miguel has never found himself in one. However, when a combination of events turn his life upside down, Miguel and his friends enter into a series of misadventures. Review: In Miguel Wants to Fight, we’ll, Miguel wants…