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Movie Review – Música (2024)

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Música, 2024. Written and Directed by Rudy Mancuso. Starring Camila Mendes, Rudy Mancuso, J.B. Smoove, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso, Gabriela Amerth, Bianca Comparato, Milly Guzman, and Regina Schneider. SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, […]

Movie Review – Sting (2024)

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Sting, 2024. Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner. Starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, and Jermaine Fowler. SYNOPSIS: After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet—and fight for her family’s survival—when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, […]

Movie Review – The Gates (2023)

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The Gates, 2023. Directed by Stephen Hall. Starring John Rhys-Davies, Richard Brake, Michael Yare, Elena Delia, Christine Mulhern, and David Pearse. SYNOPSIS: A serial killer in Victorian London is sentenced to death in the electric chair, but that is just the beginning of Bishopsgate prison’s problems. The image of a gurning Richard Brake on a […]

Movie Review – Restore Point (2022)

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Restore Point, 2022 Directed by Robert Hloz Starring Andrea Mohylová, Matej Hádek, Milan Ondrík, Václav Neuzil, Karel Dobrý, and Jan Vlasák SYNOPSIS:  Set in central Europe in 2041, powerful technology allows people killed unnaturally to return to life via ‘restore points’ that back up brainwaves. This allows an ambitious young detective the chance to investigate […]

4K Ultra HD Review – RED: 2-Film Collection

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RED: 2-Film Collection. The action-packed movies RED and RED 2, starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, and a bunch of great actors in smaller roles, arrive on 4K Ultra HD in a nice SteelBook edition. You get both Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD discs, along with digital copies of the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – First Blood (1982)

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First Blood, 1982. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, and Brian Dennehy. SYNOPSIS: First Blood, the movie that kicked off the Rambo phenomenon, returns to 4K Ultra HD in a new SteelBook edition that’s exclusive to Walmart. Collectors will want to snap this one up, but keep in mind that the transfer […]

Movie Review – The Trouble With Jessica (2023)

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The Trouble With Jessica, 2023. Directed by Matt Winn. Starring Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams, Alan Tudyk, Indira Varma. SYNOPSIS: Sarah and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behavior of uninvited dinner guest, Jessica. The peculiarities of the British middle classes are laid bare in […]

Movie Review – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, 2024. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen, Rachel House, Mercy Cornwall, Ron Smyck, and Chantelle Jamieson. SYNOPSIS: Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to […]

Movie Review – Wicked Little Letters (2023)

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Wicked Little Letters, 2023. Directed by Thea Sharrock. Starring Olivia Colman, Jesse Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Timothy Spall, Malachi Kirby, and Eileen Atkins. SYNOPSIS:  When people in 1920’s Littlehampton begin to receive letters full of profanities, Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town’s women […]