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Movie Review – Millers in Marriage (2025)

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Millers in Marriage, 2025.Written and Directed by Edward Burns. Starring Gretchen Mol, Julianna Margulies, Minnie Driver, Edward Burns, Morena Baccarin, Benjamin Bratt, Patrick Wilson, Campbell Scott, Brian d’Arcy James, Elizabeth Masucci, Leslie Kritzer, Paco Lozano, and Tricia Alexandro.SYNOPSIS:A tale of three middle-aged married couples coming to grips with universal questions about marriage and fidelity, professional […]

Blu-ray Review – Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

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Legend of the Eight Samurai, 1983.Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Starring Hiroko Yakushimaru, Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuki Meguro, Masaki Kyômoto, Kenji Ôba, and Mari Natsuki. SYNOPSIS:A princess is hunted down by a rival clan, who were destroyed and have been reanimated as demons.Based on the expansive 19th century novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden (or The Eight Dog […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Panic Room (2002)

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Panic Room, 2002.Directed by David Fincher. Starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, and Kristen Stewart.SYNOPSIS:David Fincher’s 2002 movie Panic Room gets not just its Blu-ray debut but its 4K Ultra HD debut too in this nice Steelbook from Sony. The film looks great, as you’d expect, and a code for a digital […]

Movie Review – Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

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Captain America: Brave New World, 2025.Directed by Julius Onah. Starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Tim Blake Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Xosha Roquemore, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, William Mark McCullough, Takehiro Hira, Harsh Nayyar, Alan Boell, John Cihangir, Eric Mbanda, Josh Robin, Sharon Tazewell, and Pete Burris.SYNOPSIS:Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, […]

Movie Review – The Gorge (2025)

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The Gorge, 2025.Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Sigourney Weaver, Sope Dirisu, William Houston, Samantha Coughlan, Alessandro Garcia, Greta Hansen, and Adam Scott-Rowley.SYNOPSIS:Two highly-trained operatives become close after being sent to protect opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.With The […]

Movie Review – Heart Eyes (2025)

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Heart Eyes, 2025.Directed by Josh Ruben. Starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Jordana Brewster, Devon Sawa, Gigi Zumbado, Ben Black, Chris Parker, Latham Gaines, and Lauren O’Hara.SYNOPSIS:For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe.There is some […]

Video Review – Captain America: Brave New World disappoints Marvel’s new leader

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EJ Moreno with a video review of the new Captain America film…There’s nothing more disappointing than hoping a great character gets their best chance and then having it all fall apart. That’s how it is with Sam Wilson as Captain America, brought to life by the brilliant Anthony Mackie. The latest Marvel film, Brave New […]

Movie Review – Memoir of a Snail (2024)

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Memoir of a Snail, 2024.Written and Directed by Adam Elliot. Featuring the voice talents of Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dominique Pinon, Magda Szubanski, Paul Capsis, Tony Armstrong, Mason Litsos, Charlotte Belsey, Davey Thompson, Selena Brennan, Jub Clerc, Luke Elliot, Nick Cave, Bernie Clifford, David Williams, and Craig Ross.SYNOPSIS:A bittersweet memoir of […]

Blu-ray Review – Play it Again, Sam (1972)

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Play it Again, Sam, 1972.Directed by Herbert Ross. Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, and Susan Anspach.SYNOPSIS:Play it Again, Sam, which was based on Woody Allen’s Broadway play but directed by Herbert Ross, arrives on Blu-ray with a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. The only extra is a […]

Movie Review – Rounding (2025)

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Rounding, 2025.Directed by Alex Thompson. Starring Namir Smallwood, Sidney Flanigan, Michael Potts, Rebecca Spence, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, David Cromer, Max Lipchitz, Kelly O’Sullivan, Bradley Grant Smith, Charin Alvarez, Nadirah Bost, Edwin Lee Gibson, Tim Hopper, Kayla Raelle, Ed Kross, Meighan Gerachis, Sara Deodhar, Larry Neumann Jr., Pierce Cravens, Hanna Dworkin, and Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel.SYNOPSIS:A driven young […]