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4K Ultra HD Review – The Rules of the Game (1939)

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The Rules of the Game, 1939. Directed by Jean Renoir. Starring Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Pierre Magnier, and Jean Renoir. SYNOPSIS: Let’s play “What’s old is new again” and dive into the 1939 classic The Rules of the Game by renowned French director Jean Renoir. […]

Movie Review – About My Father (2023)

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About My Father, 2023. Directed by Laura Terruso Starring Sebastian Maniscalco, Robert De Niro, Leslie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Brett Dier, Kim Cattrall, Arielle Prepetit, Jessie Camacho, and Adan James Carrillo. SYNOPSIS: Encouraged by his fiancée, Sebastian brings his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo, to a weekend get-together with Ellie’s super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family. They […]

Movie Review – The Flash (2023)

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The Flash, 2023. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck, Ian Loh, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Rudy Mancuso, Luke Brandon Field, Gal Gadot, and Jeremy Irons. SYNOPSIS: Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to […]

Movie Review – Extraction 2 (2023)

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Extraction 2, 2023. Directed by Sam Hargrave. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Justin Howell, Olga Kurylenko, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Sinéad Phelps, Tornike Bziava, Patrick Newall, Tako Tabatadze, Tornike Gogrichiani, Levan Saginashvili, Dato Bakhtadze, Rayna Campbell, George Lasha, Shahaub Roudbari, and Idris Elba. SYNOPSIS: Tasked with extracting a family who is at the […]

Movie Review – Infinity Pool (2023)

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Infinity Pool, 2023. Written and Directed by Brandon Cronenberg. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, Amanda Brugel, John Ralston, Caroline Boulton, Jeff Ricketts, Jalil Lespert, and Adam Boncz. SYNOPSIS: James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the […]

Video Review – The Flash pays respect to DC Films legends including Zack Snyder & Richard Donner

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EJ Moreno with a video review of The Flash… The Flash had the daunting task of paying respect to all things DC Films while also trying to give the titular hero his most compelling story yet. While it does rely on nostalgia and some awkward comedic bits too much, the love letter quality from The […]

Movie Review – The Blackening (2023)

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The Blackening, 2023. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Dewayne Perkins, X Mayo, Melvin Gregg, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Diedrich Bader, Yvonne Orji, and Jay Pharoah. SYNOPSIS: Seven black friends go away for the weekend only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their […]

Movie Review – The Flash (2023)

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The Flash, 2023. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck, Ian Loh, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Rudy Mancuso, Luke Brandon Field, Gal Gadot, and Jeremy Irons. SYNOPSIS: Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to […]

Movie Review – Maggie Moore(s) (2023)

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Maggie Moore(s), 2023 Directed by John Slattery Starring Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, Micah Stock, Nick Mohammed, Happy Anderson, Christopher Denham, Mary Holland, Louisa Krause, Nicholas Azarian, Allison Dunbar, Tate Ellington, Bobbi Kitten, Oona Roche, Peter Diseth, Richard Lippert, Derek Basco, and Jodi Lynn Thomas. SYNOPSIS: Maggie Moore(s) takes place in a dusty desert town where […]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Broken Circle’

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Chris Connor reviews the season 2 premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds…. There has been no shortage of Star Trek content in recent years from the Chris Pine-led films depicting alternate versions of the adventures of Kirk and Spock to Star Trek: Discovery (which originally was set in the lead-up to the Original Series […]