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Movie Review – Kung Fu Soccer (2026)

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Kung Fu Soccer, 2026.Directed by Stephen Chow. Starring Zhang Xiaofei, Dilraba Dilmurat, Lay Zhang, Carina Lau and Takeru Satoh.SYNOPSIS:The Emei team participated in Asian Women’s Champions League, and was not favored, but captain Shuangshuang were invincible after getting help from senior brother Xu Feng. But because of a dispute, Xu Feng turned against them.Stephen Chow […]

Movie Review – Manipulation (2026)

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Manipulation, 2026.Directed by David Balda. Starring Radoslav Gavlas, Pawel Lawrynowicz, James Faulkner, Anna Ctvrtnícková, Heino Ferch, Paulina Nemcova.SYNOPSIS:An omnipresent threat of manipulation looms over the world. It can emerge anywhere, at any time, and by any means.Manipulation is the latest offering from the young writer-director David Balda, who was just 18 when his first feature […]

Blu-ray Review – Ghouls Gone Wild

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Ghouls Gone WildDirected by Lau Kar-Wing/Jeffrey Lau/Chung-Hsing Chao. Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Shan Charng, Jacky Cheung, Wu Mah, Billy Lau, Ricky Hui, Phillip Ko, Eric Tsang, and Fung Woo.SYNOPSIS:Box set bringing together three cult titles from the Hong Kong/Taiwan horror boom of the 1980s.Just in time for Halloween, Eureka Entertainment have dug deep into the tomb […]

Blu-ray Review – Ice Cream Man (2026)

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Ice Cream Man, 2026.Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Charlie Zeltzer, Kiori Mirza Waldman, Carina Battrick, Ivano DiCaro, Ari Millen, Ric Reid, and Eli Roth.SYNOPSIS:An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.Love him or hate him, you can guarantee that when a new Eli Roth […]

Blu-ray Review – Enter the Video Store: Video Vengeance

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Enter the Video Store: Video VengeanceDirected by Peter Maris/Mario DiLeo/Cullen Blaine/Vic Armstrong. Starring Dolph Lundgren, George Segal, John Schneider, Kristian Alfonso, Geoffrey Lewis, Beau Starr, Nick Chinlund, Ken Foree, Jan-Michael Vincent, James Tolkan, Michelle Phillips, Kim Delaney, George Kennedy, Yaphet Kotto, Michael Paul Chan, Lou Ferrigno, Margaret Trigg, John Saxon, Lee De Broux, Carroll Brandon […]

62nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – A Long Winter

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A Long Winter, 2026.Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh. Starring Fred Hechinger, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe, Kit Connor, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, David Furr, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Martin Freeman.SYNOPSIS:After his mother disappears during the first blizzard of the season, a young man refuses to give up hope as one long Colorado winter reshapes his relationship with his […]

Movie Review – Clayface (2026)

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Clayface, 2026.Directed by James Watkins. Starring Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, Eddie Marsan, Max Minghella, David Dencik, Francesca Corney, Ruby Sear, Wil Coban, Joshua James, Jake Curran, Nancy Carroll, Olivia-Mai Barrett, Sonita Henry, Adam Silver, Rob Brydon, Joana Ribeiro, and Emily Florence.SYNOPSIS:Rising Hollywood star Matt Hagen descends into a horrifying revenge-filled monster when scientific ambition […]

Movie Review – Wicker (2026)

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Wicker, 2026.Written and Directed by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston. Starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E. Grant, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Gustav Lindh, Ella Bruccoleri, Ben Ashenden, Phil Daniels, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Scott Alexander Young, Anders Grundberg, and Daniel Bellus.SYNOPSIS:An ostracized fisherwoman commissions the local basketmaker to weave her […]

2026 BFI London Film Festival Review – Klara and The Sun

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Klara and the Sun, 2026. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Aran Murphy, Steve Buscemi, and Natasha Lyonne.SYNOPSIS: A robot girl designed to prevent loneliness tries to save a heartbroken family of humans.Taika Waititi excels when directing an ensemble in an off-kilter tale full of eccentricity and heart, so choosing to adapt […]