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4K Ultra HD Review – The Wild Geese (1978)

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The Wild Geese, 1978. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Stewart Granger, Hardy Krüger, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, Patrick Allen, Rosalind Lloyd, Valerie Leon, Winston Ntshona, Jack Watson, and Kenneth Griffith. SYNOPSIS: A squad of aging soldiers take on a mission to rescue a deposed African president held captive […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Possession (1981)

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Possession, 1981. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent and Shaun Lawton. SYNOPSIS: After asking for a divorce from her husband, a woman starts to manifest some bizarre and very sinister symptoms. Marc (Sam Neill) and Anna (Isabelle Adjani) are a married couple going through some problems, namely that […]

Movie Review – Is This Thing On? (2025)

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Is This Thing On?, 2025. Directed by Bradley Cooper. Starring Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds, Sean Hayes, Amy Sedaris, Chloe Radcliffe, Scott Icenogle, Jordan Jensen, Peyton Manning, Reggie Conquest, Tomos Eames, Gabe Fazio, Blake Kane, Calvin Knegten, Derek Gaines, and Matt Richards. SYNOPSIS: As their marriage unravels, Alex […]

Movie Review – Dust Bunny (2025)

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Dust Bunny, 2025. Written and Directed by Bryan Fuller. Starring Sophie Sloan, Mads Mikkelsen, Sigourney Weaver, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson, Sheila Atim and Nóra Trokán. SYNOPSIS: An eight-year-old girl asks her scheming neighbor for help in killing the monster under her bed that she thinks ate her family. Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller and star Mads […]

7 Movies About Influencers for Your Watchlist

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Casey Chong presents seven movies about influencer culture that are worth adding to your watchlist… Influencer culture, encompassing social media influencers and vloggers, is frequently being portrayed in a bad light. This is particularly true with the curated, too-good-to-be-true content posted on social media for followers and anyone who comes across the post while scrolling. […]

Movie Review – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, 2025.  Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS:  Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead. At […]

10 Forgotten Erotic Thrillers Worth Revisiting

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Casey Chong presents a selection of forgotten erotic thrillers for your watch list… Erotic thrillers may have significantly dwindled in today’s era, even though this subgenre does make a splash – for better or worse – occasionally with movies like the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, Netflix’s Fair Play and the recently Nicole Kidman starrer […]

Street Fighter movie trailer and posters introduce us to iconic videogame characters

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Paramount Pictures and Legendary Entertainment have pushed start on the latest attempt to bring iconic videogame Street Fighter to the big-screen by dropping a sneak peek first look teaser trailer and character posters.  Directed by Kitao Sakurai (Bad Trip), your recognisable pixelated punchbags are brought to life by Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Andrew Koji […]

Movie Review – The President’s Cake (2025)

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The President’s Cake, 2025. Written and Directed by Hasan Hadi. Starring Banin Ahmad Nayef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem Waheed, Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj, Muthanna Malaghi, Ahmad Qasem Saywan, Thaer Salem, Fatima Abouharoon, Mohammed Rheimeh, Rokia Alwadi, Abdelkarim Jasim, Maytham Mreidi, and Nadia Rashak. SYNOPSIS: In 1990s Iraq, nine-year-old Lamia must bake Saddam Hussein’s birthday cake. She […]

Movie Review – Ella McCay (2025)

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Ella McCay, 2025. Written and Directed by James L. Brooks. Starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Spike Fearn, Ayo Edebiri, Albert Brooks, Rebecca Hall, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Sheetal Sheth, Erica McDermott, Anthony Gaita, Julie Kavner, Becky Ann Baker, Joel Brooks, Troy Garity, Michael Balzano III, Kellen Raffaelo, Pamela Figueiredo, Tierre Diaz, and […]