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Movie Review – Above and Below (2026)

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Above and Below, 2026. Directed by Jesse V. Johnson. Starring Laura Marano, Christina Ochoa, Mario Tardón, Antonio Banderas, Ryan Bertroche, Jess Liaudin, Timothy V. Murphy, Louis Mandylor, and Diego Llinás. SYNOPSIS: Friends embark on a dream vacation of parties and diving, but their trip takes a terrifying turn when criminals attack them at sea. This […]

Movie Review – The Gentleman Thief (2026)

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The Gentleman Thief, 2026. Directed by Randall Emmett. Starring John Travolta, Lukas Haas, Rebecca De Mornaym, Sam Asghari, DJ Khaled, and Quavo. SYNOPSIS: A retired master thief must protect his impulsive brother from disaster when a $100M yacht heist spirals into a dangerous web of deception. Old foes emerge as the stakes rise, forcing him […]

Movie Review – I Want Your Sex (2026)

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I Want Your Sex, 2026. Written and Directed by Gregg Araki. Starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Charli xcx, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida, George Todd McLachlan and James Duval. SYNOPSIS: Elliot lands a job for Erika Tracy as her sexual muse. Curator of a sexuality-based art gallery, […]

Prime Video Review – Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2

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Ricky Church reviews the second season of Batman: Caped Crusader… After a couple of years away, Prime Video’s Batman: Caped Crusader returns with its second season in this film-noir inspired take on Gotham City. The second season improves upon the first, pulling in more familiar characters into the series and examining Batman’s psyche as the dangers […]

Movie Review – Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day, 2026. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando, Mark Ruffalo, Liza Colón-Zayas, Marvin Jones III, Eman Esfandi, Zabryna Guevara, and Keith David. SYNOPSIS: A forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man until mounting pressure triggers a dangerous […]

Movie Review – The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)

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The Samurai and the Prisoner, 2026. Written and Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, Ryota Miyadate, Tasuku Emoto, Joe Odagiri, Yusuke Santamaria, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Ryota Bando, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ikkei Watanabe, Yoshimasa Kondo, Toshihiro Yashiba, Masatoshi Kihara, Yamato Kochi, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Shusaku Kamikawa, Oshirō Maeda, and Shingo […]

Blu-ray Review – 30 Days of Night (2007)

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30 Days of Night, 2007. Directed by David Slade. Starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Manu Bennett, and Mark Rendall. SYNOPSIS: After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires. It has been well documented over the years […]

Movie Review – Her Private Hell (2026)

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Her Private Hell, 2026. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Dougray Scott, Kristine Froseth, Shioli Kutsuna, Aoi Yamada, Diego Calva, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Lola Corfixen, Boy Ewald, Jason Hendil-Forssell, Parker Sawyers, and Mark David Gosse. SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive […]

Movie Review – 72 Hours (2026)

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72 Hours, 2026. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Teyana Taylor, Andy Garcia, Mason Gooding, Kam Patterson, Ben Marshall, Kevin Dunn, Zach Cherry, Michael Mando, Anna Garcia, Mike Epps, Katt Williams, Sophia Del Rio, and Hannah Masi. SYNOPSIS: A 40-year-old executive ends up at a three-day bachelor party with twenty-somethings after being […]

Movie Review – Sheep in the Box (2026)

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Sheep in the Box, 2026. Written and Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Haruka Ayase, Daigo Yamamoto, Kuwaki Rimu, Nana Seino, Kanichiro, Hinata Hiiragi, Akihiro Kakuta, Kayo Noro, Mari Hoshino, Ayumu Nakajima, Kimiko Yo, and Min Tanaka. SYNOPSIS: Set in the near future, Otone Komoto works as an architect. She is married to Kensuke Komoto, who […]