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Movie Review – Fountain of Youth (2025)

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Fountain of Youth, 2025. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza González, Domhnall Gleeson, Carmen Ejogo, Arian Moayed, Stanley Tucci, Laz Alonso, Benjamin Chivers, Daniel De Bourg, Steve Tran, Russell Balogh, and Michael Epp. SYNOPSIS: Two estranged siblings join forces to seek the legendary Fountain of Youth. Using historical clues, they embark […]

Movie Review – Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2025)

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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, 2025. Written and Directed by Laura Piani. Starring Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Annabelle Lengronne, Liz Crowther, Alan Fairbairn, Lola Peploe, Alice Butaud, Roman Angel, Laurence Pierre, Alyzée Soudet, Rodrigue Pouvin, Nana Hedin, Frederick Wiseman, and Pierre-François Garel. SYNOPSIS: A desperately single bookseller, lost in a fantasy world, finds […]

Movie Review – Lilo & Stitch (2025)

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Lilo & Stitch, 2025. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp. Starring Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, Chris Sanders, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B. Vance, Amy Hill, Tia Carrere, Kaipo Dudoit, Hannah Waddingham, Jason Scott Lee, Celia Kenney, Brutus LaBenz, Skyler Bible, Judy Nguyen, Christian Yeung, Courtney Coleman, Christina Souza, Emery Ho‘okano-Briel, Justin Martin, and Isabelle Du. […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 2025. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Angela Bassett, Marcin Dorociński, […]

Movie Review – Escape (2023)

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Escape, 2023. Directed by Howard J. Ford. Starring Sarah Alexander Marks, Sophie Rankin, Sean Cronin, Louis James, Angela Dixon, Glenn Salvage, Jon-Paul Gates ,Ksenia Islamova, Tiffany Hannam-Daniels, and Anthony Ofogebu. SYNOPSIS: When best friends Karla (Marks) and Lucy (Rankin) take a luxury getaway on a remote island resort, it’s not long before their heaven turns […]

Video Game Review – Farming Simulator: 16-Bit Edition

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Andrew Newton reviews Farming Simulator: 16-Bit Edition… If you’ve ever thought, “What if Farming Simulator had been made for the Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis to our American chums)?” well, Farming Simulator: 16-Bit Edition from Giants Software and Strictly Limited Games answers that question in the best possible way. You start with the basics: a […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Jason X (2001)

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Jason X, 2001. Directed by James Isaac. Starring Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Peter Mensah, Jonathan Potts, David Cronenberg, Markus Parilo, Dov Tiefenbach, Melyssa Ade, Kristi Angus, Yani Gellman, Melody Johnson, and Derwin Jordan. SYNOPSIS: Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, 1993. Directed by Adam Marcus. Starring Kane Hodder, John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Erin Gray, Allison Smith, Steven Culp, and Steven Williams. SYNOPSIS: After dying, coming back, taking Manhattan and dying again, Jason Voorhees is now back as a body snatcher in Jason Goes to Hell. When it […]

Movie Review – Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)

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Hurry Up Tomorrow, 2025. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Abel Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan, Riley Keough, Paul L. Davis, Gabby Barrett, and Olga Safari. SYNOPSIS: An insomniac musician encounters a mysterious stranger, leading to a journey that challenges everything he knows about himself. Hurry Up Tomorrow has a bizarre mixture of names in […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Starman (1984)

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Starman, 1984. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, and Richard Jaeckel. SYNOPSIS: Previously found only in the Columbia Classics: Volume 4 set, the 4K Ultra HD version of John Carpenter’s Starman arrives in a standalone Steelbook edition. The pair of discs featuring the single-season TV series are missing here, […]