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‘Violent Night’ Review – Santa Delivers An Ooey Gooey Squelchy Head Squashing

December 9, 2022

It’s Christmas Eve and Santa Claus (David Harbour) is getting drunk. The kids of today don’t appreciate the gifts they’re given as their greed often overcomes a meaningful Christmas season. Time spent with fami...

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‘Glass Onion’ Review – Rian Johnson Subverts Your Expectations Of A Good Mystery Movie

Jacob Smith

December 2, 2022

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Over the last five years, writer and director Rian Johnson has established himself as one of the most polarizing figures in entertainment. Rian Johnson talks 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' via Netflix ...

ALL ABOARD -- Walt Disney Animation Studios’ original action-adventure “Strange World” journeys deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades, a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest—and by far— most crucial mission. The film features the voices of (clockwise from top left) Lucy Liu as Callisto Mal, the leader of Avalonia; Jake Gyllenhaal as farmer and father Searcher Clade; Dennis Quaid as diehard explorer and Searcher’s father, Jaegar Clade; Gabrielle Union as pilot and mother Meridian Clade; and Jaboukie Young-White as the youngest Clade, Meridian and Searcher’s son, Ethan. “Strange World” releases November 23, 2022. © 2022 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

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‘Strange World’ Review – A Mundane Narrative Nurtured By Invigorating Visuals

Chris Sawin

December 2, 2022

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What happens when an animated film puts all of its energy into its beautiful visuals, adds in the barest of story threads as an afterthought, and gives little attention to anything else? You get Disney's lat...

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Review – A Dark, Confusing, And Uneventful Mess

Jacob Smith

November 14, 2022

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The road to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has been rockier than the Denver Broncos' prime time television performances - and in the end, has produced even more disastrous results. (L-R): Danai Gurira as Ok...

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‘Black Adam’ Review – A Small Shift In The Hierarchy Of The DCEU

JB Augustine

October 26, 2022

Movie Reviews, Movies

It’s amazing how time flies: after years of development Hell, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's dream of turning one of DC’s more noteworthy second-tier villains into a cinematic equal to Superman can finally be enjo...

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‘Halloween Ends’ Review – Maybe It’s Time, Michael

JB Augustine

October 21, 2022

Movie Reviews, Movies

After a number of pandemic-related production issues and thanks to Universal Pictures' continued adherence to the 'dual release' strategy, Halloween Ends has finally hit both theaters and Peacock - and though t...

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‘Hellraiser’ (2022) Review – Taste the Pleasure of a Decent Remake

Chris Sawin

October 7, 2022

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Ever since Clive Barker's original source novella The Hellbound Heart, the highlight of any given Hellraiser project has always been the lore surrounding the franchise's iconic puzzle box and the demonic Cenobi...

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‘Blonde’ Review – A Shattered Humpty Dumpty Violated by Success

Chris Sawin

October 7, 2022

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Based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde a historical psychological drama which tells a fictionalized version of American pop-culture icon Marilyn Monroe's life - and it's also the ...

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‘Bros’ Review – Narcissism, Degeneracy, And Grooming, Oh My!

Jacob Smith

October 3, 2022

Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews

As a film critic, I am willing to look past a lot of questionable content within the context of a film's storytelling, but sometimes there comes a point where even I have to draw the line and recognize tha...

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Fantastic Fest 2022: ‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ Review

Chris Sawin

October 1, 2022

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The Tobacco Force hasn't been working as a cohesive unit as of late, despite their shared ability to use the negative energy of tobacco as a weapon to - in their own words - "suffocate our adversaries until the...