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Michael Sarnoski

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THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD – Review by Susan Granger

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Writer/director Michael Sarnoski takes a dark, revisionist view of the famed medieval folk hero in The Death of Robin Hood. Gone is every remnant of Errol Flynn’s rascally swashbuckling swordsman, Kevin Costner’s brusque bowman, even Sean Connery’s middle-aged romantic version – and the adventurous Merry Men of Sherwood Forest are nowhere to be found. Instead, Hugh Jackman’s grizzled, gray-bearded Robin Hood is a snarling, solitary, self-loathing outlaw, wearily roaming the barren, muddy 13th century English countryside, tormented by a ‘stole from the rich and gave to the poor’ reputation that, apparently, bore little relevance to reality.

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A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE – Review by T.J. Callahan

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Even though it’s the third film in the franchise, A Quiet Place: Day One is the prequel to the first two that followed the Abbott family as they tried to stay one step ahead of the invading Death Angels…sightless aliens who hunt by sound and won’t rest until humanity is destroyed. Day One takes place at the beginning of the invasion when the armor-plated creatures with impeccable hearing first landed on Earth. The story follows Sam, a terminally ill woman living with her cat in a hospice just outside of New York City. She and a group of residents go on a field trip to the city just hours before the alien attack occurs, leaving them fighting for their lives again…in a totally terrifying way.

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PIG – Review by Susan Granger

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Nicolas Cage delivers a heartfelt, realistic performance as shaggy, grizzled Robin ‘Rob’ Feld, a mysterious truffle-hunter who lives alone in a cabin deep in the Oregon wilderness with his beloved pig. One night, when his rustic hut is invaded, Rob is badly beaten and his prized pig is stolen. Determined to find and rescue his treasured friend, anguished Rob takes a road trip into Portland, where he’s forced to confront his past.

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PIG – Review by Diane Carson

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Writer/director Michael Sarnoski’s feature Pig is a meditative, cinematic poem on loneliness, love, and loss. It unfolds through a powerful blend of hallucinatory, surrealistic scenes juxtaposed with realistic, unnerving confrontations. Expressionistic lighting and emotionally evocative sound add to the impact of a presentation teeming with food and nature metaphors, all enhanced by minimal, yet consequential dialogue.

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