Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Highly Recommended Although "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" may have been the tenth of thirteen films helmed by Sam Peckinpah, compared to his final three big screen efforts, it is in many ways the last film with the Peckinpah style. Arriving on the heels of the troubled "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kidd," "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" sees Peckinpah in the director's chair as well as the co-writer's seat, telling the timeless tale of morally questionable characters engaging in often amoral behavior. Set in the dusty underworld of Mexico (an underworld that is far more…
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Women Who Kill

Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, hosts of a female serial killer-centric podcast, still show all the signs of being a couple. But everything changes when Morgan falls hard and fast for the mysterious Simone, who may or may not be a killer.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jul 26, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy (HBO)

First aired on ITV in Great Britain, the documentary directed by Ashley Gething about Princess Diana features personal photos and home movies as well as interviews with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Prince Harry; her brother, Earl Spencer; Elton John; and people involved in some of her causes about the influence of Diana on them and her legacy.Premieres Jul 24, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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Midnight, Texas (NBC)

Traveling psychic Manfred Bernardo (Franaois Arnaud) settles in the small Texas town of Midnight and discovers there are more to the people in town than meets the eye in this supernatural drama based on the book series by Charlaine Harris.Premieres Jul 24, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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Get Out; The Lost City of Z; Kong: Skull Island and more – review

Racial hatred adopts a happy face in Jordan Peele’s exhilarating horror, while an explorer’s search for a buried city is a glorious ode to failureSome films are made in direct response to the politics of their era; others are indelibly claimed by the times in which they find themselves. A sly, savvy horror film that doubles as a particularly grisly comedy of manners, Jordan Peele’s Get Out (Universal, 15) is a bit of both. The fear and restless resistance driving the Black Lives Matter movement clearly informs Peele’s wicked what-if scenario, in which smiling white liberalism proves a ghastly contemporary…
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Kansas Vs. Darwin

Rent It Living less than 30 miles away from Dover, Pennsylvania (and having family from the area, even), I'm somewhat familiar with the concept of rural areas embroiled in national controversy. The 2004-05 Dover case for teaching intelligent design in public biology classrooms ended well, thanks to a judge's ruling that upheld separation of church and state. For obvious reasons, this Decem...Read the entire review Source: DVD Talk
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Ozark (Netflix)

Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman), his wife Wendy (Laura Linney) and their two kids move from Chicago to The Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri to escape a drug lord (Esai Morales) after a money-laundering scheme goes wrong in this drama created by Bill Dubuque.Premieres Jul 21, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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Amnesia

Ibiza, the early nineties, Jo is a 25-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on her door. Her solitude intrigues him. They become friends even as the mysteries around her accumulate: that cello in the corner she refuses to play, the German language she refuses to speak. As Jo draws her into…
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