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Movie Review – Last Sentinel (2023)

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Last Sentinel, 2023. Directed by Tanen Toom. Starring Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann, and Thomas Kretschmann. SYNOPSIS: A squad of soldiers is stranded on an abandoned military base on near-future Earth, waiting for relief or the enemy, whichever comes first. The dystopian future in Last Sentinel (riffing on where our current world is potentially […]

Movie Review – Children of the Corn (2023)

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Children of the Corn, 2023. Written and Directed by Kurt Wimmer. Starring Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, Bruce Spence, Stephen Hunter, Erika Heynatz, Ashlee Juergens, Sisi Stringer, Orlando Schwerdt, Anna Samson, Joe Klocek, Andrew S. Gilbert, Brian Meegan, Mike Duncan, Alyla Browne, and Jayden McGinlay. SYNOPSIS: The film describes the events leading up to, […]

Mark Hamill initially thought he was Han Solo’s sidekick in Star Wars

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Speaking at a Cambridge Union stage interview, Mark Hamill discussed his original audition for Star Wars and how he was under the impression that he would just be playing the sidekick to Harrison Ford’s Han Solo. It was a scene on the Millennium Falcon with Mark Hamill “bouncing off the walls”and seeking advice from Harrison […]

Suicide Squad sequel reportedly in the works, David Ayer returning

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In a story mostly centered on David Ayer’s next movie after this summer’s super-villain team up extravaganza Suicide Squad (Bright, a film apparently where orcs and fairies live among humans, featuring a unique protagonist in the form of an orc cop played by Will Smith), The Wrap casually mentions that Warner Bros. (who is also distributing Bright) and […]

Movie Review – Run Rabbit Run (2023)

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Run Rabbit Run, 2023. Directed by Daina Reid. Starring Sarah Snook, Lily LaTorre, Greta Scacchi, and Damon Herriman. SYNOPSIS: Sarah Snook plays a fertility doctor who believes firmly in life and death, but after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past. While […]

Movie Review – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, 2023. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore, Karen Allen, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, Olivier Richters, Martin McDougall, Alaa Safi, Nasser Memarzia, Anna Francolini, Billy Postlethwaite, Holly Lawton, Guy Paul, and Harriet Slater. […]

Movie Review – So Cold the River (2022)

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So Cold the River, 2022. Written and Directed by Paul Shoulberg. Starring Bethany Joy Lenz, Alysia Reiner, Katie Sarife, Andrew J. West, Deanna Dunagan, Aaron Roman Weiner, and Kevin Cahoon. SYNOPSIS: A documentary filmmaker’s research on a town’s mysterious benefactor unearths an unexplained evil while staying at a local resort. Fortunately, for the duration of […]

Movie Review – Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)

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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, 2023. Directed by Kirk DeMicco. Featuring the voice talents of Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Sam Richardson, Liza Koshy, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Jaboukie Young-White, Blue Chapman, Eduardo Franco, Ramona Young, Echo Kellum, Nicole Byer, and Jane Fonda. SYNOPSIS: A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal […]

Movie Review – Hypnotic (2023)

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Hypnotic, 2023. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, William Fichtner, J. D. Pardo, Jeff Fahey, Hala Finley, Dayo Okeniyi, Jackie Earle Haley, Kelly Frye, Melanie Hawkins, Derek Russo, Zane Holtz, Ruben Javier Caballero, Ryan Ryusaki, Sandy Avila, Ionie Olivia Nieves, Corina Calderon, Nikki Dixon, and Bonnie Discepolo. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigates a […]

Movie Review – She Came from the Woods (2022)

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She Came from the Woods, 2022. Directed by Erik Bloomquist. Starring Cara Buono, Clare Foley, Spencer List, William Sadler, Michael Park, Tyler Elliot Burke, Adam Weppler, Ehad Berisha, Giselle Torres, Dan Leahy, Sienna Hubert-Ross, Erik Bloomquist, Emily Keefe, Tess Santarsiero, Declan Foley, Coulter Ibanez, Cory Asinofsky, Cody Boccia, Madeleine Dauer, Juliana Davies, and Emily Rafala. […]