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Movie Review – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, 2024. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen, Rachel House, Mercy Cornwall, Ron Smyck, and Chantelle Jamieson. SYNOPSIS: Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to […]

Movie Review – Wicked Little Letters (2023)

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Wicked Little Letters, 2023. Directed by Thea Sharrock. Starring Olivia Colman, Jesse Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Timothy Spall, Malachi Kirby, and Eileen Atkins. SYNOPSIS:  When people in 1920’s Littlehampton begin to receive letters full of profanities, Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town’s women […]

X-Men ’97 Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Fire Made Flesh’

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Ricky Church reviews the third episode of X-Men ’97… Well, that was a trippy episode! X-Men ’97‘s ‘Fire Made Flesh’ was all over the place in the best ways as the team discovered the truth behind the mysterious other Jean Grey and one of their most dangerous enemies made a spectacular comeback. It showed the series, […]

Movie Review – The Sweet East (2023)

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The Sweet East, 2023. Directed by Sean Price Williams. Starring Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacob Elordi and Rish Shah. SYNOPSIS: A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her […]

Movie Review – Lousy Carter (2024)

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Lousy Carter, 2024. Written and Directed by Bob Byington. Starring David Krumholtz, Olivia Thirlby, Martin Starr, Stephen Root, Jocelyn DeBoer, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Macon Blair, Luxy Banner, Andrew Bujalski, and Mona Lee Fultz. SYNOPSIS: Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with […]

Movie Review – The Listener (2024)

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The Listener, 2024. Directed by Steve Buscemi. Starring Tessa Thompson, Logan Marshall-Green, Derek Cecil, Margaret Cho, Blu del Barrio, Ricky Velez, Alia Shawkat, Jamie Hector, Casey Wilson, Bobby Soto, Matt Van Orden, and Rebecca Hall. SYNOPSIS: Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding […]

Movie Review – Trader (2022)

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Trader, 2022 Directed by Corey Stanton. Starring Kimberly Sue-Murray, Shaun Benson, Stephen Bogaert SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious sociopath discovers a passion for stock market trading, they set out to overthrow the entire financial world, all from the confines of their basement apartment. The high-risk world of insider trading is compellingly brought out in Corey Stanton’s […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Bad Biology (2008)

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Bad Biology, 2008. Directed by Frank Henenlotter. Starring Charlee Danielson, Anthony Sneed, R.A. The Rugged Man, Ginger Starr, John A. Thorburn. SYNOPSIS: A man and a woman who both have specific sexual proclivities eventually meet and fall in love… sort of. “I was born with seven clits” may not be as iconic an opening line […]

Movie Review – Asphalt City (2024)

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Asphalt City, 2024. Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. Starring Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt, Kali Reis, Mike Tyson, Onie Maceo Watlington, Raquel Nave, Shelly Burrell, Gbenga Akinnagbe, and Daniel Foote. SYNOPSIS: Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 […]