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Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review – Monster Seafood Wars

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Monster Seafood Wars, 2020. Directed by Minoru Kawasaki. Starring Keisuke Ueda, Ayano Yoshida Christie, Yuya Asato, Shojiro Yokoi, Reon Kurosaki, Gota Ihashi, and Satoshi Kobayashi. SYNOPSIS: A minor bicycle accident on his annual visit to the shrine is just the start of the troubles awaiting disgraced scientist (now employed at his dad’s sushi shop) Yuta […]

Movie Review – Blood Machines (2019)

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Blood Machines, 2019. Directed by Seth Ickerman. Starring Elisa Lasowski, Anders Heinrichsen, Christian Erickson, Joelle Berkmans. SYNOPSIS: Two Blade Runners must chase down an artificial intelligence anomaly in the deep reaches of space. This visually arresting extravaganza comes from the creative team behind musician Carpenter Brut’s mesmerizing music video Turbo Killer released in 2015. Touted […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Shaun’s Top 50 Films of 2021

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Shaun Munro presents his top 50 films of 2021… And like that, 2021 has come to a close. While hardly heralding cinema’s great return at the box office, the past 12 months have seen the industry inch closer to something approaching “normality,” even as mid-budget films largely seemed to enjoy much greater success streaming at […]

Movie Review – The Call (2020)

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The Call, 2020 Directed by Chung-Hyun Lee Starring Park Shin-Hye, Jong-seo Jun, Sung-ryung Kim, El Lee, and Ho-San Park SYNOPSIS: Two people live in separate times. Seo-Yeon (Park Shin-Hye) lives in the present and Young-Sook (Jong-seo Jun) lives in 1999. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably. The premise for this time-shifting […]

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 […]