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David Kaplan

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The President's Cake (2025) 100% EDIT “No nine-year-old girl should have to experience what this courageous Iraqi girl does in THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE. At any rate, this is exactly what a dictatorship looks like.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes (2025) EDIT “Writer/director Marcellus Cox, based on a true incident, has crafted JAMARCUS ROSE & DA 5 BULLET HOLES, a powerful short film that packs a real wallop. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Jan 23, 2026 Full Review H Is for Hawk (2025) 78% EDIT “We are glued to the screen by Helen’s steadfast training and ultimate gaining of Mabel’s trust. And between Helen, Mabel and frequent flashbacks revealing her relationship with her father, our interest is sustained” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Shuffle (2025) 100% EDIT “SHUFFLE is an award-winning documentary exposing the stunning fraud in drug-addiction treatment centers.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Jan 12, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “Park's film is a unique study of self-preservation mixed with dark comedy and some disturbing violence. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Dec 24, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% EDIT “Director Nicholas Hytner, along with frequent collaborator Alan Bennett, who is the writer for THE CHORAL, spared nothing in amassing the abundant talent for their film. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% EDIT “MARTY SUPREME is the perfect showcase for Chalamet’s immense talents. His turn here as the fast-talking, supremely confident Marty helps to make a nearly two-and-a-half hour movie about ping pong vastly compelling. Who’da thunk it? ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Dec 19, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% EDIT “As Mendonça Filho recalls, artists in 2019 ---- including Moura and himself --- were targeted and harassed by the far right on social media as being corrupt, along with universities and the press. Sound familiar?? ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% EDIT “The animation alone is worth the price of admission. The attention to detail is simply amazing.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Nov 27, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% EDIT “HAMNET features an astonishing performance by Jessie Buckley and a brilliant one by Paul Mescal.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Nov 26, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% EDIT “RENTAL FAMILY is filled with humorous moments but its real strength is the authentic human joy that permeates the entire story.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Nov 22, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% EDIT “THE RUNNING MAN is truly a whirlwind adventure. Because of Powell’s broad appeal, his character --- who can out- muscle just about anyone in his way --- is someone for whom we can easily root. Otherwise, the movie would be a bust.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Nov 13, 2025 Full Review In Your Dreams (2025) 86% EDIT “What I found most endearing about this film is the incredibly detailed animation, especially the close-ups of these two characters where a raised eyebrow or a miniscule smirk can reveal thoughts and emotions. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Nov 9, 2025 Full Review Nuremberg (2025) 72% EDIT “NUREMBERG is as powerful a film as you are ever likely to see. The movie is particularly critical to maintaining the history and tenor of the despicable acts of the Nazis during World War II. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% EDIT “Jennifer Lawrence gives a tour-de-force performance in director Lynne Ramsay’s latest film, DIE MY LOVE. Though I didn’t find the movie entertaining in the traditional sense, I can appreciate Lawrence’s portrayal of Grace. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% EDIT “SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE is a complex telling of Springsteen’s struggles as he was on the cusp of international stardom. It’s a film that even the most diehard Springsteen fans can appreciate and treasure.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% EDIT “ROOFMAN is consistently entertaining. In this role, Tatum’s character has to be among the most likeable thieves in cinema history.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Oct 15, 2025 Full Review TRON: Ares (2025) 53% EDIT “LETO'S performance makes TRON: Ares an emotional cinematic experience. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Urchin (2025) 96% EDIT “It’s impossible to not be entranced by Frank Dillane’s magnetic performance.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Oct 9, 2025 Full Review Anemone (2025) 53% EDIT “Daniel Day-Lewis demonstrates why he is the recipient of three Academy Awards.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Oct 1, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “Leonardo DiCaprio heads an all-star cast in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER with yet another exceptional portrayal. I cannot recall sitting through a nearly 3-hour-film that flew by so fast.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) 91% EDIT “DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE will feel like a re-connecting with old friends. The movie is absolutely wonderful and easily one of the best films of the year. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Democracy Noir (2024) EDIT “DEMOCRACY NOIR depicts exactly what Trump and his cronies are attempting to accomplish in the U.S. It is a documentary that all Americans concerned about our own democracy should see.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Caught Stealing (2025) 85% EDIT “I can’t say enough about Butler’s performance. His on-screen charisma is as real as any actor working today, or even in the past for that matter.” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Aug 29, 2025 Full Review The Short Game (2024) EDIT “ THE SHORT GAME is an uplifting and diverting story that is especially welcome now. ” – Kaplan vs. Kaplan Aug 26, 2025 Full Review
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