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Movie Review – Worth (2021)

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Worth, 2021.Directed by Sara Colangelo. Starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Talia Balsam, Laura Benanti, Marc Maron, Bruce Soscia, Chris Tardio, Shunori Ramanathan, Victor Slezak, Alfredo Narciso, Zuzanna Szadkowski, E.R. Ruiz, Wass Stevens, and Steve Vinovich.SYNOPSIS:An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11.Shortly […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Forgiveness

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Forgiveness, 2021.Written and directed by Alex Kahuam. Starring Alejandra Toussaint, Laura de Ita, Alejandra Zaid, Diana Quijano, and Horacio Castelo.SYNOPSIS:Three women mysteriously wake up in a hospital and discover that one of them is deaf, one is mute, and the other one is blind. Together they will have to figure out why they are there […]

Movie Review – Vacation Friends (2021)

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Vacation Friends, 2021.Directed by Clay Tarver. Starring John Cena, Meredith Hagner, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji and Robert Wisdom.SYNOPSIS:Ron (John Cena) and Kyla (Meredith Hagner) are a free spirited couple on vacation in Mexico. Marcus (Lil Rel Howery) and Emily (Yvonne Orji) their uptight counterparts. This is what happens when circumstance brings them together.John Cena […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Gaia

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Gaia, 2021.Directed by Jaco Bouwer. Starring Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, and Anthony Oseyemi.SYNOPSIS:An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest.Director Jaco Bouwer confirms […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – No Man of God

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No Man of God, 2021.Directed by Amber Sealey. Starring Elijah Wood, Robert Patrick, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino, and Christian Clemenson.SYNOPSIS:Sentenced to death by electrocution, serial killer Ted Bundy develops a strange and complicated relationship with FBI agent Bill Hagmaier while detailing his heinous crimes.The general public’s obsession with serial killers is seemingly tireless enough that […]

Candyman is one of 2021’s best horror films | Video Review

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EJ Moreno with a video review of 2021’s Candyman…Candyman is back, and director Nia DaCosta wants viewers to say his name. In this update of the 90s slasher, 2021’s Candyman is one of the scariest films in quite some time. Critic EJ Moreno breaks down the style, the horror, and the legacy of this new […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Beast Wars #7

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Beast Wars #7…With the opening arc to IDW’s reimagined Transformers: Beast Wars having finished in the previous issue, now writer Erik Burnham turns to how the Maximals and Predacons are digging in to the strange new planet and the conflict between them, even as a fan favourite character makes her debut in […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Shattered Glass #1

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Shattered Glass #1…Transformers fans have seen many different iterations of the classic war between the Autobots and Decepticons in the 30+ years the franchise has been around, but things are quite different in IDW’s new miniseries Transformers: Shattered Glass. The series takes place in a post-war Cybertron where the Autobots have won the […]

Movie Review – Vacation Friends (2021)

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Vacation Friends, 2021.Directed by Clay Tarver. Starring Lil Rel Howery, John Cena, Meredith Hagner, Yvonne Orji, Robert Wisdom, Andrew Bachelor, Lynn Whitfield, Kamal Angelo Bolden, Carlos Santos, Travis Love, Chuck Cooper, Sonny Charles, Cristian Gonzalez, and Hugh Moore.SYNOPSIS:A couple meets up with another couple while on vacation in Mexico, but their friendship takes an awkward […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – The Brilliant Terror

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The Brilliant Terror, 2021.Directed by Paul Hunt and Julie Kauffman. Starring Mike Lombardo, Jeremiah Kipp, Ashley Thorpe, Heidi Honeycutt, and Julie O’Connor Ufema.SYNOPSIS:A documentary about the grassroots horror phenomenon, the filmmakers, the fascination and the brilliant terror.It’s easier than ever today to make your own movie, with the lowering prices of “pro-sumer” video hardware and […]