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Video Review – Madame Web is deliciously messy trash

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Sony’s Madame Web… Sony’s latest Spider-Man movie without Spidey, Madame Web, is messy, but it’s a perfect kind of mess. As we are flushed with self-serious superhero films, we need more of these types of movies. For the ecosystem of comic book movies, we need earnestly cheesy films […]

Movie Review – Bottoms (2023)

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Bottoms, 2023. Directed by Emma Seligman. Starring Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Ruby Cruz, Marshawn Lynch, Zamani Wilder, Virginia Tucker, Summer Joy Campbell, Dagmara Domińczyk, Punkie Johnson, Krystal Alayne Chambers, Alyssa Matthews, Wayne Pére, Toby Nichols, Liz Elkins Newcomer, Ted Ferguson, Bruno Rose, and Cameron Stout. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – Desperation Road (2023)

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Desperation Road, 2023. Directed by Nadine Crocker. Starring Garrett Hedlund, Willa Fitzgerald, Ryan Hurst, Woody McClain, Pyper Braun, Katy Bodenhamer, Paulina Gálvez and Mel Gibson. SYNOPSIS: After 11 years in a Mississippi state prison, Russell Gaines struggles to leave his past sins behind him as he returns home to his stoic father, Mitchell. One fateful […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Alligator & Alligator II: The Mutation

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Alligator & Alligator II: The Mutation Box Set Directed by Lewis Teague/Jon Hess. Starring Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Henry Silva, Dee Wallace, Richard Lynch, Joseph Bologna, and Steve Railsback. SYNOPSIS: Limited edition box set featuring the creature feature double bill of Alligator and its sequel, plus a few extras. It has taken […]

Movie Review – The Taste of Things (2023)

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The Taste of Things, 2023. Directed by Anh Hung Tran. Starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger, Patrick d’Assumçao, Galatea Bellugi, Jan Hammenecker, Frédéric Fisbach, Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire, and Jean-Marc Roulot. SYNOPSIS: The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet with whom she has been working for over the last 20 years. […]

Movie Review – Upgraded (2024)

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Upgraded, 2024. Directed by Carlson Young. Starring Camila Mendes, Archie Renaux, Marisa Tomei, Lena Olin, Anthony Stewart Head, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Rachel Matthews, Andrew Schulz, Grégory Montel, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Aimee Carrero, Jack Hewitt, Renny Krupinski, Paul Hawkyard, Declan O’Connor, Liamm Burke, and Thomas Kretschmann. SYNOPSIS: Aspiring art intern Ana is invited on a last-minute work trip […]

Movie Review – Marmalade (2024)

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Marmalade, 2024. Written and Directed by Keir O’Donnell. Starring Joe Keery, Camila Morrone, Aldis Hodge, Wayne Duvall, Susan Brava, Hans Christopher, Amy Warner, Jane Hammill, and Andrew E. Wheeler. SYNOPSIS: Follows a man in jail who narrates the colorful tale of a romantic bank heist to his cunning cellmate to escape and reunite with the […]

Movie Review – Molli and Max in the Future (2024)

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Molli and Max in the Future, 2024. Written and Directed by Michael Lukk Litwak. Starring Zosia Mamet, Aristotle Athiras, Arturo Castro, Michael Chernus, Aparna Nancherla, Okieriete Onaodowan, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Erin Darke, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Matteo Lane, Nick Mestad, Connie Shi, and Danny Burstein. SYNOPSIS: A sci-fi romantic comedy about a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly […]

Movie Review – The Royal Hotel (2023)

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The Royal Hotel, 2023. Directed by Kitty Green. Starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Toby Wallace, Hugo Weaving, Nick Slater, James Frecheville, Daniel Henshall, Ursula Yovich, Alex Malone, Bree Bain, Nic Darrigo, Barbara Lowing, Adam MacNeill, Kate Cheel, Adam Morgan, Ben Eggleton, Bruce R. Carter, Craig McArdle, Len Firth, Joel Hartgen, Baykali Ganambarr, Chrissie Page, Patrick […]