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Film reviews: New releases for Feb. 27
Scream 7; Man on the Run; Dreams; Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films; Oscar-nominated Live-Action Short Films
"Scream 7" Paramount Pictures Dreams *1/2 Writer/director Michel Franco has previously attempted class-struggle parable (2020’s New Order ) and slow-burn psychodrama/character study (2021’s Sundown and 2023’s Memory ), but this attempt to combine the two really falls apart upon inspection.
It opens with undocumented Mexican national Fernando (Isaac Hernández) crossing the border to travel to San Francisco; there it becomes clear that Fernando has been in a relationship with Jennifer McCarthy (Jessica Chastain), a scion of wealth who met Fernando in Mexico while running her father’s charitable…
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