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Movie Review – The Penguin Lessons (2025)

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The Penguin Lessons, 2025. Directed by Peter Cattaneo. Starring Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Vivian El Jaber, Björn Gustafsson, Alfonsina Carrocio, David Herrero, Micaela Breque, Tomás Pozzi, Ramiro Blas, Juan Barreiro. Gera Maleh, Brendan McNamee, Joaquín Lopez. Miguel Alejandro Serrano, Hugo Fuertes, Nicanor Fernandez, Aimar Miranda, and Florencia Nocetti. SYNOPSIS: In 1976, as Argentina descends into […]

Movie Review – The Wedding Banquet (2025)

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The Wedding Banquet, 2025. Directed by Andrew Ahn. Starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung, Bobo Le, Camille Atebe, Jeffrey Liang, Emma Yi, Françoise Yip, Marlee Walchuk, Jeremy Hoffman, Sherine Menes, and Nick Preston. SYNOPSIS: A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage […]

Movie Review – Drop (2025)

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Drop, 2025. Directed by Christopher Landon. Starring Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson, Fiona Browne, Tara Mae, Stephanie Karam, Saoirse Hayden, Jordon-Dion Scanlon, Ellen Reidy, Benjamin Pelletier, and Michael Shea. SYNOPSIS: A widowed mother’s first date in years takes a terrifying turn when […]

Movie Review – Gunslingers (2025)

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Gunslingers, 2025. Written and Directed by Brian Skiba. Starring Stephen Dorff, Nicolas Cage, Costas Mandylor, Heather Graham, Scarlet Stallone, Bre Blair, William McNamara, Randall Batinkoff, Tzi Ma, Cooper Barnes, Mitchell Hoog, Elisabetta Fantone, Jeremy Kent Jackson, Mohamed Karim, Laurie Love, Dan O’Brien, Brooklen Wilkes, Ava Monroe Tadross, Forrest Wilder, Forrie J. Smith, Kartuah Chapman, Hunter […]

Movie Review – The King of Kings (2025)

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The King of Kings, 2025. Directed by Seong-ho Jang. Featuring the voice talents of Oscar Isaac, Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Roman Griffin Davis, Forest Whitaker, Ben Kingsley, Mark Hamill, Ava Sanger, Jim Cummings, Fred Tatasciore, Dee Bradley Baker, James Arnold Taylor, Vanessa Marshall, Mick Wingert, Imari Williams, Frank Todaro, and Millicent Miereanu. SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – Warfare (2025)

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Warfare, 2025. Written and Directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Starring D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Noah Centineo, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Finn Bennett, Henry Zaga, Adain Bradley, Alex Brockdorff, Evan Holtzman, Aaron Mackenzie, Joe Macaulay, Laurie Duncan, Jake Lampert, Aaron Deakins, Heider Ali, Sima Pollitt, […]

Movie Review – The Amateur (2025)

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The Amateur, 2025. Directed by James Hawes. Starring Rami Malek, Michael Stuhlbarg, Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Brosnahan, Jon Bernthal, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Evan Milton, Caitríona Balfe, Nick Mills, Tiffany Gray, Adrian Martinez, Kate Sumpter, David Mills, Anita Anand, Ryan Chilcote, Barbara Probst, Joseph Millson, Marc Rissmann, and Danny Sapani. SYNOPSIS: When his supervisors at the […]

Movie Review – In the Lost Lands (2025)

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In the Lost Lands, 2025. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Milla Jovovich, Dave Bautista, Arly Jover, Amara Okereke, Fraser James, Deirdre Mullins, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Tue Lunding, Jacek Dzisiewicz, Ian Hanmore, Pawel Wysocki, and Simon Lööf. SYNOPSIS: A sorceress travels to the Lost Lands in search of a magical power that allows a person to […]

Movie Review – Mickey 17 (2025)

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Mickey 17, 2025. Written and Directed by Bong Joon Ho. Starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Anamaria Vartolomei, Steven Yeun, Patsy Ferran, Steve Park, Tim Key, Holliday Grainger, Michael Monroe, Edward Davis, Cameron Britton, Ian Hanmore, Ellen Robertson, Rose Shalloo, Daniel Henshall, Angus Imrie, and Anna Mouglalis. SYNOPSIS: Mickey Barnes, an “expendable” […]

Movie Review – Renner (2025)

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Renner, 2025. Directed by Robert Rippberger. Starring Frankie Muniz, Violett Beane, Marcia Gay Harden, Taylor Gray, and Craig Lamar Traylor. SYNOPSIS: A computer genius invents an A.I life coach to help him find love, but realizes too late he accidentally programmed his manipulative mother into the code. In an age where isolated, lonely, rich tech bros […]