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GameOn Expo 2024 Review

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GameOn Expo March 15-17, 2024 Phoenix Convention Center www.gameonexpo.com GameOn Expo has been a Valley institution for nearly a decade and only continues to grow leaps and bounds, especially in 2024 with two major developments: a move to the North

FILM REVIEW: Problemista (2024) is a stylish and surreal view at navigating the pitfalls of immigrant life in America

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Julio Torres’ feature film debut is a wonderfully surreal and affecting comedy about navigating towards your authentic self as a working immigrant. One of the shining lights for this writer during the pandemic was the discovery of the sitcom “Los

Sworn Fest 2024 Review

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Sworn Fest February 23-25, 2004 Mesa Convention Center www.coffincomicsshop.com As I’ve recounted ad nauseum over the years, I discovered Brian Pulido’s creations in my local comic & games shop in a small city outside Seattle around 1992. Being a massive

VIDEO REVIEW: We Watched DUNE PART TWO & We Have Thoughts …

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Victor from Cult Classics finally gets to see DUNE PART TWO and gives us his thoughts on the new Denis Villaneuve film in this review. Dune hits theaters on March 1st #filmreview #movies #moviereview

FILM REVIEW: Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE PART TWO is a feast for the senses.

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Director Denis Villeneuve’s conclusion to his Dune saga is a provocative meditation on the fall of a corrupt feudal system turned totalitarian and the rise of a radicalized fundamentalist fascist regime. When one thinks of Frank Herbert’s Dune, a book

GameOn Expo 2023 Review

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GameOn Expo August 11-13 2023 Phoenix Convention Center The Valleys premier video game event returned to the Phoenix Convention Center for three days jam packed with panels, contests, celebrity guests and gaming of all varieties. Thousands of eager attendees flooded

VIDEO: VIOLENT NIGHT (2022) Movie Review

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Victor reviews the new David Harbour as Santa Claus movie #ViolentNight and it’s awesome! Check out his review in the video here! If you enjoy our video series, please subscribe and turn on your notifications and follow us at CultFollowing.co

FILM REVIEW: TERRIFIER 2 is a bloated treat for lovers of gore-soaked low-budget slasher fare

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Damien Leone’s follow-up to the 2016 cult favorite is an overlong feature that stretches out its run time a bit too far with its simplistic story. The best horror films have solid stakes that get you to cheer for the

VIDEO: DON’T WORRY DARLING (2022) Film Review

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We just watched the Olivia Wilde Stepford Wives inspired DON’T WORRY DARLING and … we have definite thoughts on it, though not the ones we hoped for this film we were highly anticipating. Check out Victor’s Non-Spoiler thoughts in this

VIDEO: BARBARIAN (2022) Film Review

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We watched the new Zach Greggor movie #BARBARIAN starring Georgina Campbell & Bill Skaarsgard and it was awesome. Check out what Victor calls the best horror film this year! Check out more reviews on our channels at http://youtube.com/c/cultclassics​​ Follow us

MOVIE REVIEW: BINGO HELL & BLACK AS NIGHT serve up social commentary with scares in WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE

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The first 2 entries of Amazon’s WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE for 2021 address the issue of gentrification through different lenses of Faustian bargains and vampiric encroachment in BINGO HELL and BLACK AS NIGHT One of the big surprises from last

MOVIE REVIEW: VENOM LET THERE BE CARNAGE is a fun fanboy-fueled follow-up that doubles down.

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Director Andy Serkis joins the merry mayhem of the Tom Hardy-led Marvel franchise in helming this monster vs. monster feature-length battle of the symbiotes. When Venom hit theaters in 2018, there were many naysayers who felt the movie was a

MOVIE REVIEW: THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 scares up a good time as a fun follow-up to the 2019 original

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Directors Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan give audiences another fun visit with Charles Addams’ famous ooky and spooky family as the Addams hit the road in this adventure spotlighting Chloe Grace Moretz’ Wednesday as the lead. One of my favorite

MOVIE REVIEW: THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK delivers in a rich 1970’s set tale that parallels the popular HBO series

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Director Alan Taylor revisits the world of The Sopranos’ five families in this enthralling period tale set during the 1960’s Newark riots. It would be no small boast to say that HBO’s The Sopranos laid the foundation for what we

MOVIE REVIEW: COPSHOP hits that nice exploitation movie meets Tarantino crime film flavor

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Joe Carnahan directs this fun action crime film that feels like Reservoir Dogs meets Bad Times at the El Royale with a dash of Assault on Precinct 13. There’s nothing wrong with having guilty pleasure films; those sinful celluloid secrets

MOVIE REVIEW: THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE is a loving elegy to a mass media icon of the 80s.

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Director Michael Showalter and actress Jessica Chastain present a loving portrait of one of the most vilified figures in reality television and televangelism in Tammy Faye Bakker that seeks to humanize the figure beneath the makeup. When one thinks of

VIDEO: Dune (2021) | First Reaction & Movie Review

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Hot off its debut at the Venice Film Festival, Victor gives his first thoughts and impressions on the transcendent science fiction fantasy #Dune from director Denis Villeneuve. #DuneMovie hits theaters and HBO Max on October 22, 2021 Check out more

MOVIE REVIEW: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND is an anarchic post-apocalyptic melange of East meets West in Sion Sono’s English-language debut film

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Nicholas Cage channels Mad Max and Snake Plissken by way of Death Race 2000’s Frankenstein in this genre-bending, destined to be midnight favorite. When one thinks of filmmaker Sion Sono, one is reminded of his debut film, 2001’s Suicide Club,

[Fantasia 2021] Capsule Reviews; THE RIGHTEOUS (2021) and ALIEN ON STAGE (2021)

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This year’s Fantasia 2021 Film Festival has had a lot of diverse entries in various genres, here are two we particularly enjoyed THE RIGHTEOUS (2021) (*** of 5) – Though it stars two of the leads from 2019’s Satanic dark

MOVIE REVIEW: JAKOB’S WIFE (2021) serves as a great metaphor for change as empowerment

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Director Travis Stevens follow up to The Girl on the 3rd Floor serves as both a sendup of religious hypocrisy and uses the transformation into a monster as a way to address change and growth after a long term trauma