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Movie Review – Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, 2022.Directed by Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska. Featuring the voice talents of Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Asher Blinkoff, Brad Abrell, Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan, Molly Shannon, and Tyler “Ninja” Blevins.SYNOPSIS:When Van Helsing’s mysterious invention, the “Monsterfication Ray”, goes haywire, Drac and his […]

Movie Review – Castle Falls (2021)

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Castle Falls, 2021.Directed by Dolph Lundgren. Starring Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Jim E. Chandler, Kim DeLonghi, Scott Hunter, Kevin Wayne.SYNOPSIS:Three million dollars in cash hidden in a building due to be demolished becomes the focal point of a desperate father, a skint construction worker and a gang of ruthless criminals.Action star team-ups can often produce […]

Movie Review – Italian Studies (2022)

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Italian Studies, 2022.Written and Directed by Adam Leon. Starring Vanessa Kirby, Simon Bruckner, Annabel Hoffman, Annika Wahlsten, Chris Arias, Fred Hechinger, Ray Lipstein, Maya Hawke, and David Ajala.SYNOPSIS:A writer loses her memory. Adrift in NYC, she connects with a group of teenagers – in conversations both real and imagined – and searches for a way […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Dune (2021)

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Dune, 2021.Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.SYNOPSIS:The highly anticipated first part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation arrives on 4K with a reference-quality presentation and a solid line-up of bonus […]

Movie Review – American Siege (2021)

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American Siege, 2021.Written and directed by Edward Drake. Starring Timothy V. Murphy, Bruce Willis, Rob Gough, Anna Louise Morse, Johnny Messner, Cullen G. Chambers, Trevor Gretzky, and Janet Jones.SYNOPSIS:An ex-NYPD officer-turned-sheriff of a small rural Georgia town has to contend with a gang of thieves who have taken a wealthy doctor hostage.Writer-director Edward Drake returns […]

Movie Review – The Kindred (2022)

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The Kindred, 2022.Directed by Jamie Patterson. Starring April Pearson, Blake Harrison, James Cosmo, Samantha Bond, Steve Oram, Robbie Gee, James Dreyfus, Patrick Bergin, Kirsty Dillon, Tahirah Sharif, and Jimmy Yuill.SYNOPSIS:A woman suffering from amnesia pieces together the events that led to her father’s suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she […]

Movie Review – Jakob’s Wife (2021)

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Jakob’s Wife, 2021.Written and Directed by Travis Stevens. Starring Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, Bonnie Aarons, Sarah Lind, Phillip Jack Brooks, Robert Rusler, Mark Kelly, and Jay DeVon Johnson.SYNOPSIS:Anne, married to a small-town Minister, feels her life has been shrinking over the past 30 years. Encountering “The Master” brings her a new sense of power and […]

Movie Review – The Painted Bird (2020)

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The Painted Bird, 2020.Written and Directed by Václav Marhoul. Starring Petr Kotlar, Nina Šunevič, Ala Sakalova, Udo Kier, Michaela Doležalová, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands, Júlia Vidrnáková, Lech Dyblik, Aleksei Kravchenko, Barry Pepper, Petr Vaněk, Radim Fiala, and Jitka Čvančarová.SYNOPSIS:A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where […]

Movie Review – Zeros and Ones (2021)

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Zeros and Ones, 2021.Written and Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, Phil Neilson, Anna Ferrara, Salvatore Ruocco, Valerio Mastandrea, Babak Karimi, Dounia Sichov, Valeria Correale, Korlan Rachmetova, and Mahmut Sifa Erkaya.SYNOPSIS:Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — a rebel with […]