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Movie Review – Over the Moon (2020)

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Over the Moon, 2020. Directed by Glen Keane and John Kahrs. Featuring the voice talents of Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Margaret Cho, and Sandra Oh. SYNOPSIS: An adventurous girl builds a rocket ship to meet a mythical goddess on the moon. In many ways, Over the Moon is […]

WTF Happened in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm?! | Video Review

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 2020. Directed by Jason Woliner. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Irina Nowak. From its jokes to its main character, our critic EJ Moreno feels like not much has changed in the world of Borat. When the world is […]

Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis rom-com Happiest Season moving to Hulu

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Hulu is offering up a big holiday gift to viewers this November. From Clea DuVall, Happiest Season was originally coming to the theatres on November 20th, but the romantic comedy has found a new home for the holidays. While Hulu is getting the film in the US, the original distributor and the film’s co-financier, Sony […]

On The Rocks is Sofia Coppola’s most lackluster film yet | Video Review

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On The Rocks, 2020. Directed by Sofia Coppola Starring Rashida Jones, Bill Murray, and Marlon Wayans On The Rocks stars two strong actors and one of the most intriguing directors working today, but sadly they couldn’t do much with this material. Too small scale to feel impactful, there’s just not a lot our critic EJ […]

Ranking The Ten Most Impactful Slasher Movie Franchises

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EJ Moreno ranks the ten biggest slasher franchises… From Halloween to Hellraiser, slashers are a huge part of what makes horror so great. But who is the king of the kills? Which slasher franchise ranks as the best of the best? Below, our host EJ Moreno dives into the ten biggest slasher franchises of all […]

A Babysitter’s Guide To Monster Hunting is perfect for Halloween | Video Review

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A Babysitter’s Guide To Monster Hunting, 2020. Directed by Rachel Talalay. Starring Tamara Smart, Oona Laurence, Indya Moore, and Tom Felton. As someone who appreciates family-friendly horror films, our critic EJ Moreno offers up a unique take on A Babysitter’s Guide To Monster Hunting. This Rachel Talalay-directed film makes for a perfect Halloween viewing with […]

Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up gets all-star cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande and more

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Adam McKay is known for having impressive casts in his movies, but this might be his best yet as Netflix and McKay have given the previously cast Jennifer Lawrence quite the all-star group of co-stars for the film Don’t Look Up. Today, we’ve learned that Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Himesh Patel, […]

Movie Review – Shithouse (2020)

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Shithouse, 2020. Directed by Cooper Raiff. Starring Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller, Olivia Welch, and Abby Quinn. SYNOPSIS: Lonely college freshman Alex has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole “college thing” figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes a leap and attends a […]

Miami Film Festival GEMS 2020 Review – Black Bear

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Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways. Sometimes a film can feel so deeply […]