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Movie Review – One Battle After Another (2025)

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One Battle After Another, 2025. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Alana Haim, Shayna McHayle, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn, John Hoogenakker, D.W. Moffett, and Starletta DuPois. SYNOPSIS: When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite […]

Movie Review – Eleanor the Great (2025)

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Eleanor the Great, 2025. Directed by Scarlett Johansson. Starring June Squibb, Erin Kellyman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, Rita Zohar, Will Price, Cole Tristan Murphy, Stephen Singer, Jacob Flekier, Kathryn Mayer, Zach Fike Hodges, Jenna Kray, Lauren Klein, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Elaine Bromka, Tristan Murphy, and Stephen C. Bradbury. SYNOPSIS: After a devastating loss, witty and […]

Movie Review – A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)

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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, 2025. Directed by Kogonada. Starring Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie, Kevin Kline, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Billy Magnussen, Lucy Thomas, Sarah Gadon, Brandon Perea, Hamish Linklater, Yuvi Hecht, Calahan Skogman, Chloe East, Jacqueline Novak, Jennifer Grant, Shelby Simmons, Simon Khan, Jason Kravits, Danielle Kennedy and Michelle Mao. SYNOPSIS: Two […]

Movie Review – All of You (2024)

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All of You, 2024. Directed by William Bridges. Starring Imogen Poots, Brett Goldstein, Zawe Ashton, Steven Cree, Jenna Coleman, Murray Bartlett, Chloe East, Daniel Levy, Éva Magyar, Alara-Star Khan, Jamie Langlands, and Tariq Rasheed. SYNOPSIS: A stirring near-futuristic romance of two best friends who harbor an unspoken love for one another even after a test […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: The Last Starship #1

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: The Last Starship #1… I’m not sure if the writers of this brand new Star Trek comic book from IDW Publishing suffer from linonophobia, especially if it’s loose, or whether it’s more a case of apeirophobia, for they really need to see an end. Heck, why not both! Colin Kelly (Star Trek: […]

Movie Review – The Man in My Basement (2025)

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The Man in My Basement, 2025. Directed by Nadia Latif. Starring Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Brian Bovell, Mark Arnold, Jonathan Ajayi, Tamara Lawrance, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Pamela Nomvete, Kayla Meikle, Lizzie Lomas, Miah Hasselbaink, and Shellia Kennedy. SYNOPSIS: Charles Blakey, an African American man living in Sag Harbor, is stuck in a rut, […]

Blu-ray Review – Superman (2025)

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Superman, 2025. Directed by James Gunn. Starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, and Isabela Merced. SYNOPSIS: In my opinion, Superman really needed a reboot, and James Gunn delivered on that task with a movie that pretty much hits on all cylinders. Yeah, I have some plot point quibbles […]

Comic Book Review – Toxic Crusaders #1

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Andrew Newton reviews Toxic Crusaders #1… Ahoy Comics kicks off its reboot of The Toxic Crusaders with an environmentally unfriendly, mutated bang. Issue #1 doesn’t linger long in the past, it gives readers just enough of a recap to get acquainted (or reacquainted) with these gloriously grotesque heroes, before diving headfirst into a new, grimy adventure. […]

Movie Review – Oh, Hi! (2025)

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Oh, Hi!, 2025. Written and Directed by Sophie Brooks. Starring Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds, Polly Draper, David Cross, Desmin Borges, Jimmy Gary Jr., Tabitha Lawing, Ruben Ortiz, Diana Irvine and Sabina Friedman-Seitz. SYNOPSIS: Iris has met her perfect guy, Isaac, and is enjoying their first romantic getaway together — what could […]

Video Review – One Battle After Another is PTA Making our Political Nightmares Come True

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EJ Moreno reviews One Battle After Another… Is it possible that Paul Thomas Anderson is better than ever? With One Battle After Another, we see the filmmaker being aggressive, over-the-top, and so modern. In other words, this is the film we need right now. In this near-flawless masterwork, PTA conjures up an absolute political nightmare, […]