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Blumhouse body-swap slasher Freaky gets a new trailer

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With less than a month to go until the theatrical release of Freaky, a new trailer has landed online for the supernatural slasher which is written and directed by Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) and follows Millie (Kathryn Newton), a teenager who ends up swapping bodies with her town’s infamous serial killer The Butcher (Vince […]

Blumhouse body swap horror Freaky gets a first trailer

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Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have released a trailer and posters for writer-director Christopher Landon’s (Happy Death Day) upcoming body horror Freaky which stars Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies, Pokemon Detective Pikachu) as Millie, a teenager who finds herself swapping bodies with serial killer The Butcher (Vince Vaughn) after she becomes the target of the notorious […]

Second Opinion – Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, 2019.Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, Suki Waterhouse, Josette Simon, Rita Ora, Karan Soni, Diplo, Omar Chaparro, and Rob Delaney.SYNOPSIS:In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be […]

Movie Review – Ben is Back (2018)

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Ben is Back, 2018.Written and Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones, Mia Fowler, Jakari Fraser, David Zaldivar, Alexandra Park, Michael Esper, Tim Guinee, and Courtney B. Vance.SYNOPSIS:Follows the charming yet troubled Ben Burns (Hedges), who returns home to his unsuspecting family one fateful Christmas Eve. Ben’s wary […]

Blu-ray Review – Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, 2019.Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, Suki Waterhouse, Josette Simon, Rita Ora, Karan Soni, Diplo, Omar Chaparro, and Rob Delaney.SYNOPSIS:In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be […]

Movie Review – Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, 2019.Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, Suki Waterhouse, Josette Simon, Rita Ora, Karan Soni, Diplo, Omar Chaparro, and Rob Delaney.SYNOPSIS:In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be […]

Big Little Lies season 2 gets a new trailer and poster from HBO

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With just a month to go until its season 2 premiere, HBO has released a new poster and trailer for its acclaimed drama series Big Little Lies. The entire second season is directed by Andrea Arnold, and sees the return of stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Adam Scott, Iain […]

Movie Review – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

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Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, 2019.Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, and Suki Waterhouse.SYNOPSIS:In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.When a friend asked me to compare Detective Pikachu against […]

Video Review – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu

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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, 2019.Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, and Suki Waterhouse.This Friday sees the release of Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, the first ever live-action adaptation of the hugely popular Pokemon franchise. Join our critic EJ Moreno as he breaks down the good and bad […]

Netflix’s Lord of the Flies-inspired teen drama The Society gets a new poster and trailer

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With a little over a week to go until The Society arrives on Netflix, a poster and trailer have been released for the Lord of the Flies-inspired teen drama series which stars Kathryn Newton, Rachel Keller, Sean Berdy, Toby Wallace, Gideon Adlon, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jacques Colimon, Grace Victoria Cox, Olivia DeJonge, Alex Fitzalan, Kristine […]