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The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

April 13, 2018April 17, 2018 Russell Matthews #bookclub, #guernseymovie, #russellingrevs, #WWII, Lily James, love, loyalty, Mary Ann Shaffer, Michiel Huisman, The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Despite the overwhelming title, this heartwarming tale of love, loyalty and passion for reading almost never made it to print.

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Isle of Dogs

April 10, 2018 Russell Matthews #billmurray, #dogs, #isleofdogs, #russellingrevs, #wesanderson, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Cats v Dogs, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Greta Gerwig, Isle of Dogs, Jeff Goldblum, Trash, Wes Anderson

Before considering the world of Isle of Dogs, it is necessary to address the creative imagination of director Wes Anderson.

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Coco

April 4, 2018March 8, 2018 Russell Matthews #cocomovie, #DíadeMuertos, #pixar, #russellingrevs, Benjamin Bratt, Coco, Day of the Dead, Land of the dead, Life after death, Mexico

Pixar has dominated the past few decades in animation and even with their sequels, they have proven to be a

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A Wrinkle in Time

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 Russell Matthews #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, #wrinkleintime #oprah #, A Wrinkle in Time, Oprah Winfrey, Self help, self love, transcendental meditation

The author who penned A Wrinkle in Time in the early 1960s had been working at getting her works published

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

March 28, 2018March 8, 2018 Russell Matthews #lukeskywalker, #rey, #russellingrevs, #starwars, #thelastjedi, Carrie Fisher, Chewbacca, Daisy The Last Jedi, Finn, John Boyega, Kylo Ren, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, R2D2, Rian Johnson, Ridley, The Force

It can be said that The Force Awakens restored the world’s faith in the realm of the Skywalkers and the

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Red Sparrow

March 1, 2018March 8, 2018 Russell Matthews #jenniferlawrence, #redsparrow, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Assassin, Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Red Sparrow, Russians

Charlotte Rampling’s character of the Matron over the ‘Sparrow School’ states, ‘The Cold War is not over, it has merely

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Maudie

January 10, 2018November 20, 2017 Russell Matthews #maudie, #maudlewis, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Canada, Ethan Hawke, fishmonger, Folk Art, Maud Lewis, Nova Scotia, One of the best films of 2017, rheumatoid arthritis, Sally Hawkins

Maud and Everett Lewis’ story is one that may only be known to fans of Canadian folk art until the

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Flatliners

January 3, 2018November 20, 2017 Russell Matthews #FlatlinersMovie, #medicalstudents, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Death, Ellen Page, Flatliners, Is there an afterlife, Julia Roberts, Keifer Sutherland, Niels Arden Oplev, What happens after I die?

Back in 1990, the original Flatliners headlined with some of the hottest young talents in Hollywood. Julia Roberts, Keifer Sutherland,

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

December 25, 2017January 3, 2018 Russell Matthews #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Frances McDormand, In Bruges, Martin McDonagh, Missouri, redemption, Revenge, Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Woody Harrelson

Martin McDonagh may not be a name that is familiar to mainstream audiences, but the British director has developed a

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle

December 20, 2017November 20, 2017 Russell Matthews #kingmanthegoldencircle, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Channing Tatum, Colin Firth, Elton John, Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Kingsman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Matthew Vaughn, Taron Egerton

Ever since James Bond came onto the scene in the 1950’s, writers and directors have been trying to dethrone the

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