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Movie Review – The Black Sea (2024)

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The Black Sea, 2024.Directed by Derrick B. Harden and Crystal Moselle. Starring Derrick B. Harden, Irmena Chichikova, Stoyo Mirkov, and Samuel Finzi.SYNOPSIS:A man journeys to a small Eastern European coastal town where he finds unexpected connections despite being the only black person in the area.There is a real profundity about The Black Sea. This gorgeous […]

Movie Review – Dream Team (2024)

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Dream Team, 2024. Written and Directed by Whitney Horn and Lev Kelman. Starring Alex Zhang Hungtai, Avalon Greenberg Call, Esther Garrel, and Minh T Mia. SYNOPSIS: An absurdist homage to 90’s basic cable TV thrillers, Dream Team sees two hot INTERPOL agents uncover an international, interspecies mystery.  There was a time, long, long, long ago […]

Movie Review – Changing the Game (2019)

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Changing the Game, 2019 Directed by Michael Barnett Starring: Mack Beggs, Sarah Rose Huckman,Terry Miller, Andraya Yearwood, Ngozi NnajiSYNOPSIS:Transgender high school athletes from across the country compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.Serving as a clarion call to raise awareness and celebrate excellence in […]

Movie Review – Director’s Cut (2024)

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Director’s Cut, 2024.Written and Directed by Don Capria Starring Louis Lombardi, Tyler Ivey, Brandy Ochoa, Haley Cassidy, Greg Poppa, Lucy Hart, Danielle Kotch,  Darren Hickok, Louis Rocky BacigalupoSYNOPSIS:A punk band are tempted into the Pennsylvania woodlands by the promise of a professionally made music video. The ‘rocksploitation horror’ sub-genre of slasher movies has a long tradition […]

Movie Review – Alien Country (2024)

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Alien Country, 2024. Directed by Boston McConnaughey. Starring Renny Grames, K. C. Clyde, Rachele Brooke Smith, Austin Archer, Dalton Baker, Corbin Alred, and Payton Myler. SYNOPSIS: A couple accidentally opens a portal, releasing a horde of alien creatures into their small town. They find themselves in a race against time to save not just their […]

Movie Review – Falling Stars (2023)

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Falling Stars, 2023.Directed by Gabriel Bienczycki, Richard Karpala Starring Shaun Duke Jr., Andrew Gabriel, Rene Leech, Greg PoppaSYNOPSIS:On the first night of harvest, three brothers set out for the desert to see a witch’s corpse.This low-budget slice of American folk horror poetically captures the sheer dread of the unknowable amidst a dense pool of pitch-black night […]

Movie Review – V/H/S/Beyond (2024)

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V/H/S/Beyond, 2024.Directed by Jay Cheel, Jordan Downey, Christian Long and Justin Long, Justin Martinez, Virat Pal, Kate Siegel. Starring Trevor Dow, Jolene Anderson, Namrata Sheth, Skip Howland, Libby Letlow, Alanah Pearce.SYNOPSIS:Six tales directed and created by different filmmakers make up a sci-fi horror-inspired collection of short films.The V/H/S/ series has been going for a heck […]

Movie Review – Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History Of Gary Young and Pavement (2023)

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Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History Of Gary Young and Pavement, 2023.Directed by Jed I. Rosenberg. Featuring Gary Young, Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg, Steve West, Mark Ibold, Bob Nastanovich.SYNOPSIS:Gary Young, drummer for indie-rock icons Pavement, injected a wild-card unpredictability into the band’s breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same gonzo impulses derailed his rock star […]

Movie Review – Things Will Be Different (2024)

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Things Will Be Different, 2024.Written and Directed by Michael Felker. Starring Riley Dandy, Adam David Thompson, Chloe Skoczen, Justin Benson, and Sarah Bolger.SYNOPSIS:When estranged siblings Joseph and Sidney rendezvous at a local diner after a close-call robbery, they hightail it to an abandoned farmhouse that transports them to a different time to escape the law. […]

4K Ultra HD Review – An Inspector Calls (1954)

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An Inspector Calls, 1954. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham, Eileen Moore, Bryan Forbes, Brian Worth, Olga Lindo, Arthur Young.SYNOPSIS:The Birling family are rich, pampered and complacent.  It is 1912, and the shadow of the impending war has yet to fall across their lives.  As they sit down to dinner one night, a […]