Grafted, 2024. Directed by Sasha Rainbow. Starring Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, Eden Hart, Jared Turner, Sepi To’a and Xiao Hu. SYNOPSIS: A shy Chinese student wins a scholarship to study at a prestigious New Zealand university. Desperate to fit in and win new friends, she experiments with biomedics and skin grafting in order to change […]
Movie Review – Presence (2025)
Presence, 2025. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Lucas Papaelias, West Mulholland, Eddy Maday, Daniel Danielson, Benny Elledge, and Natalie Woolams-Torres. SYNOPSIS: A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs. Told from the perspective of a ghost, director Steven […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto #2
Andrew Newton reviews IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto #2… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto is certainly not a crossover I ever expected to see, but it does make complete sense given their similarities. Though they share common ground, they also have their differences and this comic blends the street-smart attitude of the […]
Movie Review – Companion (2025)
Companion, 2025. Written and Directed by Drew Hancock. Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend, Jaboukie Young-White, Marc Menchaca, and Woody Fu. SYNOPSIS: After being invited to a weekend trip at her new beau’s lakeside estate, Iris uncovers a terrible secret. Although Companion is Drew Hancock’s co-writing/directorial debut, it has a […]
Movie Review – Inheritance (2025)
Inheritance, 2025. Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Rhys Ifans, Ciara Baxendale, Kersti Bryan, Byron Clohessy, Salim Siddiqui, and Majd Eid. SYNOPSIS: When Maya learns her father Sam was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. Co-writer/director Neil Burger’s Inheritance initially shows promise as a familial drama […]
Movie Review – Small Things Like These (2024)
Small Things Like These, 2024. Directed by Tim Mielants. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh, Zara Devlin, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan, Amy De Bhrún, Mark McKenna, Agnes O’Casey, Joanne Crawford, Abby Fitz, Aoife Gaffney, and Aidan O’Hare. SYNOPSIS: In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent […]
Movie Review – The Return (2024)
The Return, 2024, Directed by Uberto Pasolini. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria, Ángela Molina, Amir Wilson, Jamie Andrew Cutler, Moe Bar-El, Amesh Edireweera, Jaz Hutchins, Aaron Cobham, Ayman Al Aboud, Nicolas Exequiel Retrivi Mora, Giorgio Antonini, Matthew T. Reynolds, Fabius De Vivo, Magaajyia Silberfeld, Handrinou Ileana, Kaiti Manolidaki, Francesco […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Cell (2000)
The Cell, 2000. Directed by Tarsem Singh. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Colton James, Dylan Baker, Jake Weber, and Gerry Becker. SYNOPSIS: With the help of an experimental technology that allows people to enter the minds of others, a social worker tries to find out where a serial killer has hidden one of […]
Movie Review – Wolf Man (2025)
Wolf Man, 2025. Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast, Benedict Hardie, Zac Chandler, Beatriz Romilly, and Milo Cawthorne. SYNOPSIS: A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. While […]
Movie Review – Alarum (2025)
Alarum, 2025. Directed by Michael Polish. Starring Scott Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Willa Fitzgerald, Mike Colter, D.W. Moffett, Isis Valverde, Anton Narinskiy, Patrick Millin, Joel Cohen, Bailey Edwards, Abigail Spear, Patrick Millin, Ken Strunk, and La Monde Byrd. SYNOPSIS: After the CIA discovers the whereabouts of two rogue spies, who have not only gone off-grid but […]
