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Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey teases an epic journey home

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Universal Pictures has released an epic new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s next film, The Odyssey, a swords and sandals epic which spans seas and time to tell a mythical story of one man’s journey home.  An ambitious adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek classic, The Odyssey stars Matt Damon alongside a cast the size of a […]

Nesting trailer teases a psychological descent into motherhood and madness

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Following an acclaimed festival run which included the Best Director Award at Fantasia Film Festival, Breaking Glass Pictures has shared a trailer for writer-director Chloé Cinq-Mars’ psychological thriller Nesting ahead of its VOD release later this month. NESTING follows Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault), a new mother struggling with postpartum depression and the lingering trauma of her […]

New LEGO Star Wars Summer 2026 sets revealed

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The LEGO Group has unveiled three new LEGO Star Wars sets arriving in stores this summer, which include an Up-Scaled Darth Vader Minifigure (75461), Imperial Remnant AT-RT Driver Helmet (75458), and the Imperial Lambda-Class Shuttle (75459) from season 2 of The Mandalorian which includes minifigures for Din Djarin, Moff Gideon, Dr. Pershing, an Imperial Shuttle […]

Dominic Sessa is Anthony Bourdain in the trailer for A24 biopic Tony

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A24 has served up the trailer for Tony, their biopic of chef Anthony Bourdain, played here by The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa. Directed by Matt Johnson (Blackberry), from a script he wrote alongside Matthew Miller, Todd Bartels and Lou Howe, Tony‘s cast-list ingredients are made up of Emilia Jones, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommers, Stavros Halkias, […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Blue Thunder (1983)

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Blue Thunder, 1983. Directed by John Badham. Starring Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, and Malcolm McDowell. SYNOPSIS: John Badham’s Blue Thunder makes its 4K Ultra HD debut courtesy of Arrow Video. I think it’s very much the lesser of the two films the director released in 1983 (WarGames was the other one), […]

Movie Review – I Want Your Sex (2026)

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I Want Your Sex, 2026. Written and Directed by Gregg Araki. Starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Charli xcx, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida, George Todd McLachlan, and James Duval. SYNOPSIS: Elliot lands a job for Erika Tracy as her sexual muse. Curator of a sexuality-based art gallery, […]

Movie Review – The Invite (2026)

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The Invite, 2026. Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton. SYNOPSIS: Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Before Seth Rogen’s Joe and Olivia Wilde’s explicitly state the last time their […]

Hot Toys unveils Anakin Skywalker (Concept Art) sixth scale figure from Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

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Coinciding with Star Wars Day (May the 4th), Hot Toys has officially unveiled its upcoming Anakin Skywalker (Concept Art) sixth scale action figure, depicting Hayden Christensen’s fallen Jedi as inspired by early concept art for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Limited to just 3000 pieces, the deluxe Artisan Edition figure presents […]

Blu-ray Review – The Snake Woman (1961)

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The Snake Woman, 1961. Directed by Sidney J. Furie. Starring John McCarthy, Susan Travers, Arnold Marlé, Geoffrey Denton, John Cazabon, Frances Bennett, Elsie Wagstaff, Dorothy Frere. SYNOPSIS: While investigating unusual snakebite deaths in a rural village, a Victorian Scotland Yarder charms a cold-bloodied beauty. Released as part of Hammer’s Hammer Presents… line of British horror […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Innerspace (1987)

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Innerspace, 1987. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: Arrow Video continues to knock their releases out of the park with a new edition of Innerspace that features a solid 4K restoration, two new bonus features, and a physical booklet with several essays. Okay, maybe this movie […]