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Exclusive Interview – Jeff Daniels on The Brink of War and playing President Ronald Reagan

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Robert Kojder chats with The Brink of War star Jeff Daniels…Playing an American president for the first time in The Brink of War is another feather in the cap of a highly decorated career for Jeff Daniels. From dramas such as Terms of Endearment to comedy in Dumb and Dumber to summer popcorn fun like […]

Movie Review – The Wrong Girls (2026)

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The Wrong Girls, 2026.Written and Directed by Dylan Meyer. Starring Kristen Stewart, Alia Shawkat, LaKeith Stanfield, Zack Fox, Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Tony Hale, Chris Estrada, Thomas La Barbera Christensen, Thor Knai, Thomas Nicholson, Kate McKinnon, Geena Davis, Cate Blanchett, Morgan Krantz, Taj Cross, Zed Cutsinger, and Sugar Lyn Beard.SYNOPSIS:Two aimless young women inadvertently gain […]

Movie Review – The End of Oak Street (2026)

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The End of Oak Street, 2026.Written and Directed by David Robert Mitchell. Starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Christian Convery, Maisy Stella, Jordan Alexa Davis, P.J. Byrne, Bethany Anne Lind, Emily Kuroda, Denitra Isler, Hudson Meek, Anne Gee Byrd, Michael-Christian Moore, Hugo Silver, and Simms May.SYNOPSIS:The Platt family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after […]

Movie Review – Don’t Say Good Luck (2026)

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Don’t Say Good Luck, 2026.Directed by Julia Hart. Starring Sunny Sandler, Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Bebe Neuwirth, Steve Buscemi, Jack Champion, Jon Lovitz, Scarlett Estevez.SYNOPSIS:Sophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the […]

Movie Review – The Brink of War (2026)

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The Brink of War, 2026.Written and Directed by Michael Russell Gunn. Starring Jared Harris, Jeff Daniels, Branka Katić, Hope Davis, J.K. Simmons, Aya Cash, Guy Burnet, John Ross Bowie, Adrian Rawlins, Vladimir Kulich, Tim Dutton, Stephen Brennan, Catherine Burdon, and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson.SYNOPSIS:President Reagan races to save a nuclear deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev […]

Movie Review – The Rivals of Amziah King (2026)

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The Rivals of Amziah King. 2026Written and Directed by Andrew Patterson Starring Matthew McConaughey, Angelina LookingGlass, Kurt Russell, Cole Sprouse, Owen Teague, Scott Shepherd, Tony Revolori, Rob Morgan, Jake Horowitz, Catherine Dyer, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Harrison Stone, Jason Davis, Bruce Davis, Sharon Blackwood, and Chip Carriere.SYNOPSIS:Amziah King, beekeeper, musician, and anchor of his community, reunites […]

Movie Review – Nimrods (2026)

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Nimrods, 2026.Directed by Lee Kirk. Starring Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, Ryan Foust, Jenna Fischer, Mckenna Grace, Angela Kinsey, Keen Ruffalo, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, Harper Marie Kirk, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, Jolene Blalock, Sean Gunn, Jennifer Leigh, Sam Huntington, Ryder Rapino, Sasha Brooklyn, P.J. Sosko, Buffy Milner, and Melissa Kurland.SYNOPSIS:Three […]

Movie Review – The Birthday Party (2026)

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The Birthday Party, 2026.Directed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez. Starring Willem Dafoe, Emma Suárez, Joe Cole, Vic Carmen Sonne, Christos Stergioglou, Carlos Cuevas, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Francesc Garrido, María Pau Pigem, Pelle Heikkilä, Elsa Lekkakou, Nikolas Drosopoulos, Handrinou Ileana, Ilan Kaplan, and Ermina Kyriazi.SYNOPSIS:Markos Timoleon, a wealthy Greek businessman, hosts his daughter’s 25th birthday party on his […]

Movie Review – One Night Only (2026)

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One Night Only, 2026.Directed by Will Gluck. Starring Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, Molly Ringwald, LeVar Burton, Okieriete Onaodowan, Este Haim, Ziwe, King Princess, Ben Marshall, Nicholas Braun, Quintessa Swindell, Michelle Hurd, Veronika Slowikowska, Charlie Gillespie, Kam Patterson, Pete Davidson, Bobby Cannavale, Jay Ellis, Craig ‘Radio Man’ Castaldo, and Grace Dumdaw.SYNOPSIS:Two love-starved […]

Movie Review – The Last House (2026)

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The Last House, 2026.Directed by Louis Leterrier. Starring Greta Lee, Wagner Moura, Gabriel Chung, Noah Alexander Sosnowski, Emma Ho, Riley Chung, Audrey Anderson, Sid Edwards, Lewis Goody, Nancy Baldwin, Tawny Fontana, Jed Aukin, and Oliver Henry Arnold.SYNOPSIS:A family of four is suddenly sealed inside their house with no way out and must work together to […]