The Seeding, 2024. Written and Directed by Barnaby Clay. Starring Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alex Montaldo, Charlie Avink, Thatcher Jacobs, Harrison Middleton, Michael Monsour, SoKo, and Aarman Touré. SYNOPSIS: When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Departed (2006)
The Departed, 2006. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Martin Scorsese’s 2006 film The Departed makes its 4K Ultra HD debut in both standard and SteelBook editions, with a new 4K transfer supervised by the director’s long-time editor, […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, and Jacki Weaver. SYNOPSIS: Director Peter Weir is well-known to film fans for his prodigious output during the 1980s, but 1975’s Picnic at Hanging Rock is the movie that kick-started his career and helped drive the so-called Australian New […]
Blu-ray Review – Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Drive-Away Dolls, 2024. Directed by Ethan Coen. Starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp, and Matt Damon. SYNOPSIS: Half of the famous Coen brothers filmmaking duo teamed up with his wife to write and direct Drive-Away Dolls, which, unfortunately, doesn’t quite clear the bar established by so many of […]
Movie Review – Malum (2023)
Malum, 2023. Directed by Anthony DiBlasi. Starring Jessica Sula, Candice Coke, Chaney Morrow, Clarke Wolfe, Morgan Lennon, Valerie Loo, Monroe Cline, Eric Olson, Sam Brooks, Kevin Wayne, Danielle Reverman, Natalie Victoria, Christopher Matthew Spencer, David Fultz, Britt George, Angel Ray, and Brooklyn Durs. SYNOPSIS: A rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a […]
Movie Review – Abigail (2024)
Abigail, 2024. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Alisha Weir, Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Angus Cloud, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Giancarlo Esposito, and Matthew Goode. SYNOPSIS: After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they’re locked inside […]
Movie Review – Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, 2024. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Sofia Boutella, Michiel Huisman, Ed Skrein, Djimon Hounsou, Doona Bae, Staz Nair, E. Duffy, Anthony Hopkins, Cleopatra Coleman, Fra Fee, Charlotte Maggi, Sky Yang, Stuart Martin, Alfonso Herrera, Cary Elwes, Rhian Rees, Dustin Ceithamer, and Stella Grace Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: Kora and surviving […]
Book Review – Star Wars: The Living Force
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: The Living Force by John Jackson Miller… Of all the time gaps between the Star Wars trilogies, one of the most intriguing is the time before The Phantom Menace, showing us what the Jedi Order was like before becoming embroiled in galactic crises like Naboo’s occupation and the Clone Wars. Author John Jackson […]
Movie Review – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, 2024. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Til Schweiger, Henry Zaga, Roger Snipes, Danny Sapani, Freddie Fox, Olaf Kayhan, Mert Dincer, Ethel von Brixham, Fisher Stevens, Carlos Bardem, James Wilby, Matthew Hawksley, Matthew Hawksley, […]
Sugar Episode 4 Review – ‘Starry-Eyed’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar continues to be both a homage to film noir of the past with clips from the likes of Double Indemnity and other well-known staples scattered throughout, but also a peculiar beast that is hard to pinpoint. It is this sense of uniqueness that keeps […]