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SPOILERS AHEAD! Bye Bye Morons is a French comedy-drama that morphs into an unexpected romance-drama. With it’s autumn-coloured grading, cleverly linked dialogue and successful running jokes, writer and director Albert Dupontel creates a heartwarming film that touches on themes of life, death, and love. The film follows Suze Trappet (Virginie Efira), a 45-year-old hairdresser diagnosed with an …
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Written and directed by J Blakeson, ‘I Care a Lot’ attempts to satirically comment on the pursuit of the American Dream, but the lack of cutting edge storytelling leaves the only cutting edge thing to be Rosamund Pike’s razor sharp bob. The dark comedy released through Netflix (depending on the country you’re in this could …
The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman is a French Harold & Kumar-like film that is unbearably loud and annoying. The unfunny comedy follows unlikeable characters Hedi (Hedi Bouchenafa) and Cokeman (Nassim Lyes), two low-life drug dealers with a friendship as dysfunctional as their own characters, who spend most of their time scamming snobby city kids …
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Sarah Sherman and Zachary Ray Sherman’s ‘Young Hearts’ is a sweet, well-intentioned tween rom-com that tries to say something profound but ends up being like its characters: flat. The story of ‘Young Hearts’ follows a high school freshman, Harper (Anjini Taneja Azhar), and the relationship she builds with her brother’s best friend and their neighbour, Tilly (Quinn …
