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7 Great Thrillers of the 2010s You May Have Missed

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Casey Chong with seven thrillers from the 2010s that may have flown under your radar… The 2010s has a wealth of acclaimed thrillers from Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners to David Fincher’s Gone Girl and Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, to name but a few. But just like any genre, some thrillers are either overlooked or unfairly maligned […]

Movie Review – 28 Years Later (2025)

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28 Years Later, 2025 Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Erin Kellyman, Geoffrey Newland, Gordon Alexander, Kim Allan, Joe Blakemore, Chi Lewis-Parry, Christopher Fulford, Emma Laird, Sandy Batchelor, Celi Crossland, Edvin Ryding, Ghazi Al Ruffai, Kat Kitchener, and Robert Rhodes. SYNOPSIS: Twenty-eight years since the rage […]

Movie Review – Black Creek (2024)

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Black Creek, 2025. Directed by Shannon Lanier and Mike Möller. Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Patrick Kilpatrick, Keith Cooke, R. Marcus Taylor, Eliza Kelley, Brandy Futch, Benny Urquidez and Keith Vitali. SYNOPSIS A sheriff’s sister seeks revenge against the terrifying leader of a group of outlaws after discovering he brutally murdered […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Jaws 50th Anniversary Edition

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Jaws, 1975. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfus, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: Jaws gets its eighty billionth home video release this week, but I’m happy because I have always loved, and will always love, that film, despite the disinterest in it shown by my family. For the film’s […]

Movie Review – Elio (2025)

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Elio, 2025. Directed by Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian, and Domee Shi. Featuring the voice talents of Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Brandon Moon, Brad Garrett, Jameela Jamil, Young Dylan, Jake T. Getman, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ana de la Reguera, Atsuko Okatsuka, Shirley Henderson, Naomi Watanabe, Brendan Hunt, Anissa Borrego, Shelby Young, Bob Peterson, Kate Mulgrew, […]

10 Great Neo-Western Movies You Need To See

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Casey Chong with ten great neo-Western movies you need to see… The old-fashioned John Wayne era of Western movies may be long gone but certainly not forgotten. And while the Western genre itself is no longer the box-office guarantee it once was back in the day, it still has its place in contemporary cinema, particularly […]

Movie Review – Bride Hard (2025)

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Bride Hard, 2025. Directed by Simon West. Starring Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Anna Chlumsky, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Sherry Cola, Gigi Zumbado, Sam Huntington, Michael O’Neill, Colleen Camp, Stephen Dorff, Justin Hartley, Mark Valley, Jeff Chase, David Lengel, Craig Anton, Dhruv Uday Singh, Johnno Wilson, Kristian Kordula, Zachary Vazquez, Brannon Cross, Rey Hernandez, Alison Haselden, Makena […]

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Heavyweight

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Heavyweight, 2025. Directed by Christopher M. Anthony. Starring Jordan Bolger, Nicholas Pinnock, Jason Isaacs, Sienna Guillory, Osy Ikhile, and Blake Harrison. SYNOPSIS: A boxing coach prepares an underdog for a career-defining boxing championship match, as their world starts to collapse under the pressure. This nerve-racking film feels a bit like going the distance in a […]

Carla Gugino joins Brad Pitt in The Adventures of Cliff Booth

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Fresh off the casting of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, director David Fincher’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow-up has now made another addition to its cast, with Deadline reporting that Carla Gugino (Watchmen, The Fall of the House of Usher) has joined the Netflix film. Written by Quentin Tarantino and titled The Adventures of Cliff […]