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“The Naked Gun | TAKE ONE Watch Online” The upholstered fabric of a cinema seat has long missed the guffaws of a riotous comedy like THE NAKED GUN, with audiences following trends fabricated by the distributors. Straight comedy is no longer expected in theatrical settings; the options put forth by distributors are minimal, and any…

“Jurassic World Rebirth | TAKE ONE Watch Online” JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH is the seventh entry in a series that resolutely and ironically refuses to die in the way the implied resurrection would require. Instead, Gareth Edwards takes the reins on a new entry that makes a clean break from the characters of the original JURASSIC…

“Late Shift (Heldin) | TAKE ONE Watch Online” Petra Volpe’s LATE SHIFT starts with a laundry production line of nurses’ scrubs. The images are likely to be a comment on the revolving door through which individuals pass in this stressful profession with a high attrition rate. The taut feature, foregrounding an empathetic and pathos-filled performance…

“Hot Milk | TAKE ONE Watch Online” HOT MILK, the directorial debut of Rebecca Lenkiewicz (whose previous writing credits include SHE SAID and Steve McQueen’s SMALL AXE films), is meandering and enigmatic, much like its lead character. Emma Mackey is an engaging screen presence that keeps the film more or less on track in her…

“28 Years Later | TAKE ONE Watch Online” There is a neatness to 28 DAYS LATER, Danny Boyle’s seminal 2002 feature that kickstarted a new wave of zombie cinema and television. At the height of the COVID pandemic, nearly twenty years after its release, the combination of simple, striking imagery (like the deserted Westminster Bridge)…

“Christy | TAKE ONE | Watch Online” If there was ever a film that proves the value of directors making music videos as an avenue into the industry and as a way to polish their craft, it is CHRISTY, the feature film debut from Brendan Canty. The Irish filmmaker’s black and white video for Hozier’s…

“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | TAKE ONE Watch Online” Since the original feature debuted in 1996, the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE films have evolved in strange, interesting, but nearly always engaging ways across six sequels. With almost thirty years having passed since the first film, the series has lasted much longer than the legendary 5-seconds-until-self-destruction….