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Video Review – Dune: Part Two is weirder, messier, and spicier

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EJ Moreno reviews Dune: Part Two… Critic EJ Moreno leaps back into the world of Dune for his review of the Denis Villeneuve follow-up. For Dune Part Two, we see the film strip back some of its perfect sheen to make a dirtier and stranger project than ever before. Is it as camp or fun […]

Movie Review – Camp Pleasant Lake (2024)

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Camp Pleasant Lake, 2024. Directed by Thomas Walton. Starring Jonathan Lipnicki, Bonnie Aarons, Michael Paré SYNOPSIS:  A couple reopen a campsite as an immersive attraction for horror fans. The events of the past intertwine with the present in mysterious and horrifying ways.  The campsite is such a staple of slasher horror films. The comfort for […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

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Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, 1981. Directed by Romano Scavolini. Starring Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Danny Ronan, and John L. Watkins. SYNOPSIS: A mental patient is released from hospital and goes on a bloody murder spree. This month sees Severin Films released two very different but equally unpleasant movies on 4K UHD in […]

Movie Review – Red Right Hand (2024)

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Red Right Hand, 2024. Directed by Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms. Starring Orlando Bloom, Andie MacDowell, Scott Haze, Chapel Oaks, Garret Dillahunt, Mo McRae, Brian Geraghty, Kenneth Miller, Nicholas Logan, James Lafferty, Alexander Park, Jeremy Ratchford, Daniel David Stewart, Harrison Stone, Zach Meiser, Tom Fugedi, and William McKinney. SYNOPSIS: Cash is trying to live an […]

Movie Review – The Fearway (2022)

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The Fearway, 2022. Directed by Robert Gajic. Starring Shannon Dalonzo, Justin Gordon, Eileen Dietz, Simon Phillips, John D. Hickman, Jessica Gray, and Briahn Auguillard. SYNOPSIS: A young couple embark on what should be a fun road trip for lovers, but their plans are derailed when a mysterious being begins to follow them. After relentless harassment […]

Movie Review – American Star (2024)

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American Star, 2024. Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego. Starring Ian McShane, Nora Arnezeder, Adam Nagaitis, Thomas Kretschmann, Fanny Ardant, Andrés Gertrúdix, Oscar Coleman, Sabela Arán, and Pedro Alberto Galindo. SYNOPSIS: An assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to […]

The New Look Episode 4 Review – ‘What a Difference’

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Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of The New Look…  The New Look’s fourth episode sees events move post-war as France has been liberated. The scars of the war linger for all to see with Coco Chanel implicated by her involvement with the Nazis during the war and sought out by the new authorities. Christian […]

4K Ultra HD Review – McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1971. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, and William Devane. SYNOPSIS: Robert Altman’s classic McCabe & Mrs. Miller, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in what could be called an anti-western movie, arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Criterion Collection. The film and nearly all […]

Movie Review – Memory (2023)

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Memory, 2023. Written and Directed by Michel Franco. Starring Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, Josh Charles, Elsie Fisher, Jessica Harper, Brooke Timber, Jackson Dorfmann, Alexis Rae Forlenza, Elizabeth Loyacano, Josh Philip Weinstein, and Mia Mei Williamson. SYNOPSIS: Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when […]