Oscar Wild!
Posted 7 days ago

“If Will Smith wins, he’s going to have the speech that people talk about for years.”   -Joe Jarosz, February 10, 2022 We’ve done this before, people! The bullpen of writers…

Oscars Preview 2025! Scene-Stealers Talk the 96th Annual Academy Awards
Tasty Danish
Posted 2 weeks ago

[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters and VOD on February 21 If America can repackage (Den of Thieves) or reimagine (The Town) Heat every couple of years, why can’t…

No Need to Whisper About ‘The Quiet Ones’
Stop! Or Dog Will Bark!
Posted 1 month ago

Dog-Man hybrid takes names and sniffs butts. And he's all out of butts.

“Dog Man” is SUPA Cute
Makes Cents
Posted 1 month ago

The horrors of a reform school are seen through the eyes of two young men.

Lots of Cents in “Nickel Boys”
Damned-Nation
Posted 2 months ago

A reverse 'Lord of the Flies' with 'The VVitch' vibes, 'The Damned' explores the moral cancers that humanity lets fester and blossom in both life and death.

God Bless “The Damned”
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‘Dune’ Worth the Wait, is the Compelling, Awe-Inspiring Experience Fans Hoped It Would Be

by Warren Cantrell October 14, 2021 Print Reviews

Exciting, interesting, transportive, and seemingly pulled straight out of the mind of Frank Herbert, ‘Dune’ is the sci-fi experience of the season, and the movie fans of the book deserve.

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‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Is Fun for Sopranos Fans, But as a Compelling Standalone Drama? Fuggedaboutit!

by Warren Cantrell September 28, 2021 Print Reviews

This ‘Sopranos’ movie prequel maintains the texture and voice of the groundbreaking show while never achieving its character or story depth.

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St. Vincent Challenges The Strange World of Stardom in ‘The Nowhere Inn’

by Jonah Desneux September 24, 2021 Print Reviews

St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein wrote and star in ‘The Nowhere Inn,’ a meta-mockumentary about the absurdity of stardom and celebrity. Full of humor and the occasional suspense, Clark and Brownstein work wonders together.

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‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Looks Past True Introspection, Wasting a Career-Best Performance From Chastain

by Warren Cantrell September 21, 2021 Print Reviews

‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ showcases the best performances of its leads’ careers, utterly wasting them on branded image propaganda.

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‘F9’ – The Good, The Bad, and The Family

by KB Burke September 21, 2021 Blu-ray/DVD Reviews

Dom Toretto thought he’d left his outlaw life in the rear-view mirror, but not even he can outrun the past. When his forsaken brother Jakob unexpectedly resurfaces as an elite assassin, the crew comes back together to help Dom confront the sins of his own past and stop a world-shattering plot.

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Marvel Delivers a Powerful Punch with ‘Shang-Chi’

by KB Burke September 2, 2021 Print Reviews

‘Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings’ stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

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‘No Man of God’ Gets Ted Bundy Right, for Better and Worse

by Warren Cantrell August 25, 2021 Print Reviews

‘No Man of God’ is not a film that Ted Bundy would have enjoyed, but it’s the one his victims deserve.

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Ring It Up: ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ is a Winner

by Warren Cantrell August 24, 2021 Print Reviews

‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ succeeds where others have faltered due to its vice-like grip on the larger Marvel formula and an embrace of genre.

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‘The Suicide Squad’ Rights The Wrongs Of The Orginal

by Jonah Desneux August 4, 2021 Print Reviews

‘The Suicide Squad’ is a bloody hit. Full of humor, lovable new characters, and more action than you could ask for, ‘The Suicide Squad’ showcases the potential the original never lived up to.

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‘The Green Knight’ Will Dazzle, Confuse, and Absolutely Rock You

by Warren Cantrell July 29, 2021 Print Reviews

‘The Green Knight’ is ‘Excalibur’ on mescaline; it is ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ crossed with ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’ It is also spectacular.

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‘Stillwater’ Is Stagnant, Murky, and Unappealing

by Warren Cantrell July 29, 2021 Print Reviews

‘Stillwater’ is a messy, unfocused tangle of a movie made only marginally watchable because of the superb work of its lead.

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‘Joe Bell’ Rings False and Without Sustain

by Warren Cantrell July 21, 2021 Print Reviews

Despite a strong Mark Wahlberg turn, ‘Joe Bell’ is a jumbled mess of emotions and contradictions, none of them particularly interesting or fully baked.

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Seeing Double: ‘Iceman’ (1984) / ‘Iceman’ (2017)

by Phil Fava July 15, 2021 Blogs

Phil Fava compares the big-picture concepts and emotions being explored in 1984’s ‘Iceman’ to a 2017 movie with similar concerns, a different approach, and the same title.

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Shark Attack Movie ‘Great White’ Definitely Isn’t

by Nick Spacek July 14, 2021 Print Reviews

At no point was my heart in my mouth – although my hand was, to cover up multiple yawns. The film was not striking in any way, shape or form.

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‘Werewolves Within’ Will Have You Howling

by Jonah Desneux July 7, 2021 Print Reviews

Josh Ruben does it again with ‘Werewolves Within.’ Based off the popular game “Werewolf,” Ruben creates a humorous whodunit spiced up in a horror setting.

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