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Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – The Summoned

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The Summoned, 2022.Directed by Mark Meir. Starring Emma Fitzpatrick, J. Quinton Johnson, Salvador Chacon, and Angela Gulner.SYNOPSIS:Two high-profile couples are forced to examine the cost of success when they’re invited to an exclusive self-help retreat with a sinister side.Mark Meir’s directorial debut The Summoned is sure to be compared to both Get Out and Ready […]

Movie Review – Me Time (2022)

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Me Time, 2022.Written and Directed by John Hamburg. Starring Kevin Hart, Mark Wahlberg, Regina Hall, Tahj Mowry, Jimmy O. Yang, Carlo Rota, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Andrew Santino, Melanie Minichino, Deborah S. Craig, Thomas Ochoa, Che Tafari, Amentii Sledge, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Chau Long, Kieran Roberts, Alexis Rhee, Phillip Brandon, Sharon Gardner, Michelle DeShon, Antione Grant, […]

Movie Review – Samaritan (2022)

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Samaritan, 2022.Directed by Julius Avery. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Javon Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, Moisés Arias, Martin Starr, Jared Odrick, Michael Aaron Milligan, Sophia Tatum, Michael Aaron Milligan, Henry G. Sanders, Abraham Clinkscales, Shameik Moore, Frederick Williams, Kevin Mikal Curry, Roger Payano, Dwayne A. Thomas, and Aria Seymore.SYNOPSIS:A young boy learns that a superhero who […]

Movie Review – Mr Malcolm’s List (2022)

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Mr Malcolm’s List, 2022.Directed by Emma Holly Jones. Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Freida Pinto, Zawe Ashton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Theo James, Naoko Mori and Ashley Park.SYNOPSIS:In the high society of 1800s London, an eligible bachelor with a list of requirements for his future wife looks set to get a rude awakening when a woman he rejected starts […]

Video Review – Beast sees Idris Elba face an evil lion in a lackluster battle

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Beast…With the premise of Idris Elba fighting a lion, you’d expect an epic battle of campiness and brutality. Sadly, Beast lacks both in what our critic EJ Moreno describes as a lackluster human vs. animal film. In the grand tradition of films like Jaws, Orca, or Anaconda, Beast […]

Movie Review – Breaking (2022)

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Breaking, 2022.Directed by Abi Damaris Corbin. Starring John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Connie Britton, Selenis Leyva, Jeffrey Donovan, Olivia Washington, London Covington, Robb Derringer, Carmine Giovinazzo, Kate Burton, Albert Kong, Elise Neal, Kelli Dawn Hancock, Mel Fair, Keith Ewell, and Miriam Silverman.SYNOPSIS:When Marine Veteran Brian Brown-Easley is denied support from Veteran’s Affairs, financially […]

Movie Review – Murder at Yellowstone City (2022)

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Murder at Yellowstone City, 2022.Directed by Richard Gray. Starring Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane, Isaiah Mustafa, Anna Camp, Nat Wolff, Richard Dreyfuss, Aimee Garcia, Tanaya Beatty, Emma Kenney, Scottie Thompson, John Ales, Lia Marie Johnson, Isabella Ruby, Brian Brown, Brandon Lessard, Danny Bohnen, Scotty Bohnen, Ron Garritson, Tim Montana, and Zach McGowan.SYNOPSIS:A former slave arrives in […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Red Sonja (1985)

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Red Sonja, 1985.Directed by Richard Fleischer Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman, Paul Smith, Ronald Lacey, Ernie Reyes Jr., Pat Roach.SYNOPSIS:A female warrior sets out for revenge against the evil tyrant who murdered her sister, aided by a skilled swordsman and a child prince.Red Sonja is one of those ‘80s fantasy movies that a […]

Movie Review – Agent Game (2022)

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Agent Game, 2022.Directed by Grant S. Johnson. Starring Dermot Mulroney, Adan Canto, Katie Cassidy, Jason Isaacs, Mel Gibson, Barkhad Abdi, Rhys Coiro, Annie Ilonzeh, and Matt Riedy.SYNOPSIS:A CIA officer finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for the death of an interrogation subject.The first thing director Grant S. Johnson (using a […]