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Movie Review – Materialists (2025)

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Materialists, 2025.Written and Directed by Celine Song. Starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal, Zoe Winters, Marin Ireland, Dasha Nekrasova, Emmy Wheeler, Louisa Jacobson, Eddie Cahill, Sawyer Spielberg, Joseph Lee, John Magaro, Nedra Marie Taylor, Sietzka Rose, Halley Feiffer, Madeline Wise, Ian Stuart, Dan Domenech, Emiliano Díez, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, Alison, Bartlett, Lindsey Broad and Baby […]

Movie Review – Fixed (2025)

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Fixed, 2025.Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. featuring the voice talents of Adam Devine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Bobby Moynihan, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Michelle Buteau, River Gallo, Aaron LaPlante, Todd Haberkorn, and Grey DeLisle.SYNOPSIS:Bull, an average, all-around good dog, discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning. He realizes he needs one last adventure with […]

4K Digital Review – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003.Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany.SYNOPSIS:Would Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World count as a cult classic, given its tepid box office performance but popularity in the home video world? However you want to look at it, this digital […]

Blu-ray Review – Castle Freak (1995)

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Castle Freak, 1995.Directed by Stuart Gordon. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide, Elisabeth Kaza and Carolyn Purdy-Gordon.SYNOPSIS:A troubled family inherit an ancient castle and everything inside of it, which includes whatever is living in the basement.Stuart Gordon’s 1995 film Castle Freak is something of a underdog whenever the spotlight of discussion falls […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Blood Orange (1953)

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Blood Orange, 1953.Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Tom Conway, Mila Parély, Naomi Chance, Michael Ripper, Eric Pohlmann, Richard Wattis, and Roger Delgado.SYNOPSIS:A private detective investigating a jewel robbery becomes involved in a double murder.In Blood Orange (a.k.a. 3 Steps To Murder), private investigator Tom Conway (Tom Conway) is working for Mr. Mercedes (Eric Pohlmann), whose […]

Movie Review – Weapons (2025)

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Weapons. 2025.Written and Directed by Zach Cregger. Starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Toby Huss, Austin Abrams, June Diane Raphael, Amy Madigan, Cary Christopher, Clayton Farris, Whitmer Thomas, Callie Schuttera, Luke Speakman, Melissa Ponzio, Sarah Kopkin, and Sergio Duque.SYNOPSIS:When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same […]

Movie Review – East of Wall (2025)

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East of Wall, 2025.Written and Directed by Kate Beecroft. Starring Tabatha Zimiga, Porshia Zimiga, Scoot McNairy, Jennifer Ehle, Jesse Thorson, Chancey Ryder Witt, Clay Pateneaude, Leanna Shumpert, Brynn Darling, Wyatt Mansfield, Stetson Neumann, Traden Lockwood, Don Gummer Garnier, Renee Mousseaux, Brett Fly Sr., Ryan Caraway, Haley Strode, Lori Ann Reed, Amy Shedeed, Angela Heinze, Tracey […]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘Through the Lens of Time’

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Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3…As it hurtles towards its midpoint, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ third season has lost none of the momentum of the first two seasons following the earlier crew of the USS Enterprise. The fifth episode “Through the Lens of Time”, follows an […]

Movie Review – My Mother’s Wedding (2025)

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My Mother’s Wedding, 2025.Directed by Kristin Scott Thomas. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, Kristin Scott Thomas, Freida Pinto, Mark Stanley, Joshua McGuire, Samson Kayo, Thibault de Montalembert, Sindhu Vee, James Fleet, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ian Dunnett Jnr, and Giulio Berruti.SYNOPSIS:Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But […]

Movie Review – Freakier Friday (2025)

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Freakier Friday, 2025.Directed by Nisha Ganatra. Starring Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Mark Harmon, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Christina Vidal, Haley Hudson, Chad Michael Murray, Lucille Soong, Rosalind Chao, Vanessa Bayer, Jordan E. Cooper, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chloe Fineman, Elaine Hendrix.SYNOPSIS:22 years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now […]