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Movie Review – Trap House (2025)

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Trap House, 2025. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Bobby Cannavale, Kate del Castillo, Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis, Whitney Peak, Tony Dalton, Inde Navarrette, Zaire Adams, and Blu del Barrio. SYNOPSIS: A DEA agent and his partner pursue thieves: their own rebellious teens, who began robbing the cartel using their parents’ tactics and classified […]

Movie Review – Arco (2025)

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Arco, 2025. Directed by Ugo Bienvenu. Featuring the voice talents of Juliano Krue Valdi, Romy Fay, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg, Flea, Roeg Sutherland, America Ferrera, Zoya Bogomolova, and Wyatt Danieluk. SYNOPSIS: In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an […]

Movie Review – Alpha (2025)

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Alpha, 2025. Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani and Emma Mackey. SYNOPSIS: Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm. Julia Ducournau’s astonishing debut Raw and […]

Movie Review – Rebuilding (2025)

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Rebuilding, 2025. Written and Directed by Max Walker-Silverman. Starring Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, Amy Madigan, Jefferson Mays, Nancy Morlan, Sam Engbring, Binky Griptite, Eli Malouff, Zeilyanna Martinez, and Jules Reid. SYNOPSIS: After wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others who […]

Movie Review – Playdate (2025)

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Playdate, 2025. Directed by Luke Greenfield. Starring Kevin James, Alan Ritchson, Sarah Chalke, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, and Isla Fisher. SYNOPSIS: Brian has just been fired from his job. He becomes a stay-at-home dad. He accepts a playdate invitation from another stay-at-home dad who turns out to be a loose cannon. This is nuts to […]

Movie Review – Left-Handed Girl (2025)

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Left-Handed Girl, 2025. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou. Starring Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, Brando Huang, Alvin Lin, Blaire Chang, Akio Chen, Xin-Yan Chao, and Liz Chen. SYNOPSIS: A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while […]

Hazbin Hotel Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘It’s a Deal’

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Ricky Church reviews the fourth episode of Hazbin Hotel season 2… Finally, after sitting on the sidelines for three episodes and being a grump, Alastor takes the stage in ‘It’s a Deal’, not only revealing his backstory but upping the stakes in Vox’s media campaign against Charlie. It is a delightfully fun episode with some […]

Blu-ray Review – The Naked Gun (2025)

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The Naked Gun, 2025. Directed by Akiva Shaffer. Starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, and Danny Huston. SYNOPSIS: The Naked Gun is back with Liam Neeson as the offspring of the Lieutenant Frank Drebin character from the TV series Police Squad! and the subsequent Naked Gun trilogy. If you enjoyed the […]

Movie Review – Sirāt (2025)

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Sirāt, 2025. Directed by Oliver Laxe. Starring Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Richard Bellamy, Tonin Janvier, and Jade Oukid. SYNOPSIS: A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking for Marina, their daughter and sister, who disappeared months ago at another rave. […]

Movie Review – Jay Kelly (2025)

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Jay Kelly, 2025. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, Josh Hamilton, Lenny Henry, Emily Mortimer, Isla Fisher, and Noah Baumbach. SYNOPSIS: Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, […]