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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 […]

Movie Review – Sketch (2025)

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Sketch, 2025.Written and Directed by Seth Worley. Starring Tony Hale, D’Arcy Carden, Bianca Belle, Kue Lawrence, Kalon Cox, Jaxen Kenner, Genesis Rose Brown, Randa Newman, Allie McCulloch, Nadia Benavides, Dajanae Cole, Josh Inocalla, and Leigha Hancock.SYNOPSIS:When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life-chaotic, real and on the loose. […]

Movie Review – The Pickup (2025)

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The Pickup, 2025.Directed by Tim Story. Starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe Anoa’i, Andrew Dice Clay, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Jack Kesy, Jef Holbrook, and Ray Murphy Jr.SYNOPSIS:A routine cash pickup turns into a deadly pursuit when two mismatched armored truck drivers are ambushed by ruthless criminals with plans beyond […]

Blu-ray Review – When We Went MAD! (2025)

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When We Went MAD!, 2025.Directed by Alan Bernstein. Starring Quentin Tarantino, Bryan Cranston, Howie Mandel, Judd Apatow, Gilbert Gottfried, Weird Al Yankovic, and The Usual Gang of Idiots.SYNOPSIS:Twelve years in the making, the documentary When We Went MAD! has finally been unleashed on the world. It’s available to buy or rent on several streaming services, […]

Movie Review – Descendent (2025)

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Descendent, 2025.Written and Directed by Peter Cilella Starring Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger, Susan Wilder, Charlene Amoia, Dan O’Brien, Brandon Scott, Alexandra Barreto, Alex Ruiz, Clare Cooney, Aisha Camille Kabia, Martin Garcia, Peter Cilella, and Emily Pendergast.SYNOPSIS:A troubled LA school guard, haunted by family tragedy, experiences strange visions after a mysterious light appears in the sky. […]

Movie Review – Monster Island (2025)

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Monster Island, 2025.Directed by Mike Wiluan. Starring Dean Fujioka, Callum Woodhouse, and Alan Maxson.SYNOPSIS:Set during WW2, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. The two mortal enemies must then come together to survive the unknown.The official synopsis for Shudder’s latest exclusive, Monster […]

Movie Review – 40 Acres (2025)

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40 Acres, 2025.Directed by R.T. Thorne. Starring Danielle Deadwyler, Kataem O’Connor, Michael Greyeyes, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Leenah Robinson, Jaeda LeBlanc, Haile Amare, Elizabeth Saunders, Tyrone Benskin, Myriam Côté, Jacob Gabriel, and Patrick Garrow.SYNOPSIS:In a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, a Black family of Canadian farmers descended from American Civil War migrants defend their homestead against cannibals […]