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Blu-ray Review – Saturday Night (2024)

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Saturday Night, 2024.Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J. K. Simmons.SYNOPSIS:Given Saturday Night’s lackluster box office returns, perhaps this […]

Movie Review – The Substance (2024)

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The Substance, 2024.Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Gore Abrams, Hugo Diego Garcia, Olivier Raynal, Tiffany Hofstetter, Tom Morton, Jiselle Burkhalter, Axel Baille, Oscar Lesage, Matthew Géczy, Philip Schurer, Daniel Knight, Namory Bakayoko, and Bill Bentley.SYNOPSIS:A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that […]

Movie Review – The Girl with the Needle (2024)

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The Girl with the Needle, 2024.Directed by Magnus von Horn Starring Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Ari Alexander, Per Thiim Thim, Joachim Fjelstrup, Ava Knox MartinSYNOPSIS:Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when […]

Movie Review – Oddity (2024)

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Oddity, 2024.Directed by Damian McCarthy. Starring Carolyn Bracken, Jonathan French, Steve Wall, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton.SYNOPSIS:A blind medium uses haunted items to uncover the truth about her twin sister’s murder.Damian McCarthy’s previous movie Caveat, was a slow-burning mood piece that had a few pacing and script issues, but it did highlight that the […]

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 6 Review – “Zero Friends Again”

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Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew…Skeleton Crew’s fifth episode finally revealed some of the secrets at the heart of the show as we found out the infamous pirate Tak Rennod was the previous captain of the ship which in turn was revealed to the Onyx Cinder. The show’s sixth episode […]

Movie Review – Nickel Boys (2024)

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Nickel Boys, 2024.Directed by RaMell Ross. Starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Luke Tennie, Sunny Mabrey, Gralen Bryant Banks, Sara Osi Scott, Rachel Whitman Groves, Escalante Lundy, LeBaron Foster Thornton, Ethan Cole Sharp, Najah Bradley, Mike Harkins, Jimmie Fails, Sam Malone, Taraja Ramsess, Sean Tyrik, Bryant Tardy, Trey […]

Movie Review – Nosferatu (2024)

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Nosferatu, 2024.Written and Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Simon McBurney, and Ralph Ineson.SYNOPSIS:A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.While much more accessible to the mainstream given its […]

Movie Review – Better Man (2024)

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Better Man, 2024.Directed by Michael Gracey. Starring Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Tom Budge, Anthony Hayes, Jake Simmance, Jesse Hyde, Liam Head, Chase Vollenweider, Rose Flanagan, Jack Sherran, Karina Banno, Asmara Feik, Leo Harvey-Elledge, Elyssia Koulouris, Frazer Hadfield, Chris Gun, Ben Hall, Kaela Daffara, […]

Movie Review – Conclave (2024)

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Conclave, 2024.Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Sergio Castellitto, Brían F. O’Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Jacek Koman, Rony Kramer, Joseph Mydell, Thomas Loibl, Loris Loddi, Willie Jonah, Romuald Kłos, Roberto Citran, Madhav Sharma, Garrick Hagon, Vincenzo Failla, and Bruno Novelli. SYNOPSIS:When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Searchers (1956)

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The Searchers, 1956.Directed by John Ford. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, and Natalie Wood.SYNOPSIS:One of Warner Archive’s most anticipated releases is here: a 4K Ultra HD edition of John Ford’s 1956 classic The Searchers, which features a beautiful restoration of the movie along with a couple new bonus features and plenty […]