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Ranking Reese Witherspoon’s Romantic Comedies

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Casey Chong ranks the romantic comedies of Reese Witherspoon… Much like Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan, Reese Witherspoon is synonymous with the rom-com genre, even though the actress has explored different genres such as biographical dramas (Walk the Line, Wild) and thrillers (Freeway, Fear). And yet, it was the rom-com genre that skyrocketed Witherspoon’s career, […]

2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – By Design

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By Design, 2025. Written and Directed by Amanda Kramer. Starring Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Alisa Torres, Udo Kier, Clifton Collins Jr., Betty Buckley, Ruby Cruz, Cristobal Tapia Montt, Jessie-Ann Kohlman, and Cricket Arrison. SYNOPSIS: A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair. Juliette […]

Godzilla’s Marvel rampage continues with Godzilla vs. X-Men

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Godzilla is heading to the Marvel Universe in March as the comic publisher launches a series of six one-shots pitting the King of the Monsters against iconic Marvel heroes, and having already revealed the impending battles against the Fantastic Four, Hulk and Spider-Man, it has now been announced that round four will see the legendary […]

2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sunfish and Other Stories on Green Lake

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Sunfish and Other Stories on Green Lake, 2025. Written and Directed by Sierra Falconer. Starring Jonathan Stoddard, Michela Luci, Wayne Duvall, Brooke Butler, Adam LeFevre, Dominic Bogart, Marceline Hugot, Bryant Carroll, Emily Hall, Karsen Liotta, Jim Kaplan, Lauren Sweetser, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, Luke Barnett, Craig Nigh, Jared Canfield, Giovanni Mazza, Tenley Kellogg, Maren Heary, […]

Superman Knightmare collectible statue from Batman v Superman unveiled by Prime 1 Studio

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Sideshow and Prime 1 Studio have unveiled the 1:3 scale deluxe bonus version Superman Knightmare statue which is based on the likeness of Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Limited to 500 pieces, the DC collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $1,725; check it out here… From […]

Movie Review – Freelance (2025)

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Freelance, 2025. Directed by John Balazs. Starring Nicole Pastor, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Stephen Degenaro, Jasper Bagg and Hannah Brooke.  SYNOPSIS When a down-on-her-luck video editor takes on a mysterious, well-paying job cutting snuff films, she is haunted by visions of the people in her videos. With mainstream indie distributors like A24 and Neon pushing the boundaries with […]

David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds gets a new teaser trailer

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Janus Films has shared a new teaser trailer for director David Cronenberg’s upcoming thriller The Shrouds which stars Vincent Cassel as a techno-entrepreneur suffering from the loss of his wife’s death who designs a device which will allow the bereaved to witness the decay of their loved ones. Joining Cassel in the cast of the […]

2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Omaha

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Omaha, 2025. Directed by Cole Webley. Starting John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam, Emma Keifer, and Teo Santos. SYNOPSIS: After a family tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie are woken up by their dad and taken on a cross-country journey, experiencing a new world. As their adventure unfolds, Ella begins to understand that […]

First clip from Norwegian monster movie sequel Troll 2

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Netflix has revealed a clip from Troll 2, the upcoming sequel to director Roar Uthaug’s 2021 Norwegian fantasy action-adventure, which sees Captain Kris (Mads Sjøgård Pettersen) introduce Nora (Ine Marie Wilmann) to the Armed Forces’ “lean, mean troll-killing machine”, the Sunna helicopter; watch it below… “When a powerful new troll is awakened, chaos spreads across […]