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MOVIE REVIEW: THE NIGHT HOUSE is a haunting portrayal of grief beneath a supernatural veneer
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Director David Bruckner’s latest casts Rebecca Hall as a widow dealing with the sudden loss of her husband amidst a crisis of existential dread in a tour de force performance. The power of grief can bring many emotions to the
[FANTASIA 2021] MOVIE REVIEW: HELLBENDER is a captivating supernaturally tinged coming of age tale
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Director Toby Moser and the Adams Family’s tale of a girl’s awakening to a world of witchcraft is one of the best films of the Fantasia 2021 Film Festival. The supernatural and witchcraft, in particular, have long been used as
[FANTASIA 2021] MOVIE REVIEW: WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR is one of the best specialist horror documentaries you can experience.
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While you might dismiss Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched as yet another digest capsule horror documentary, film historian and director Kier-La Janisse opens up the world of this particular film niche into something even a casual observer would want to
MOVIE REVIEW: DON’T BREATHE 2 is an ill-advised franchise revisit that just doesn’t work
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Writer/director Rodo Sayagues attempts to flip Stephen Lang’s villain from the original film into a John Wick-style action hero in this follow-up that doesn’t land at all. Writer Rodo Sayagues and director Fede Alvarez created one of 2016’s most-talked-about horror
[FANTASIA 2021] MOVIE REVIEW: AGNES is about the search for identity amidst the trappings of a possession horror film
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Director Mickey Reece helms this often confounding would-be horror that serves up a nunsploitation possession horror for its first half before turning into a quiet character study with shades of 2019’s Joker. When Agnes first starts its running time, a
VIDEO: Marvel’s WHAT IF Episode 1 ALL EASTER EGG Breakdown Spoiler Review | Disney+ MCU Live Reaction
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Check out Victor’s breakdown of ALL the Easter Eggs from Hedy Lamarr to Shuma-Gorath in his spoiler reaction and review of the SEASON PREMIERE episode 1 of WHAT IF? on Disney + Enter the multiverse of unlimited possibilities. Marvel Studios’
TV REVIEW: Marvel’s WHAT IF? is some of the most compelling content under the banner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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WHAT IF? is Marvel’s answer to the Twilight Zone and creates some new compelling twists on its established canon that should please hardcore and casual fans alike. As a kid, I was a big fan of the What If? comic
MOVIE REVIEW: FREE GUY is the rare video game themed movie that works.
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Director Shawn Levy directs this original ensemble romantic comedy that channels Stranger Than Fiction by way of The Lego Movie. Several years ago, I remember being very impressed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie. Here was a
MOVIE REVIEW: THE GREEN KNIGHT is one of the year’s best character journeys on film.
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Director David Lowery delivers a lush and visually sumptuous Arthurian fantasy epic with some of 2021’s most compelling on-screen performances. It’s been almost two decades since I got my degree in English literature, but far and away one of the
MOVIE REVIEW: A QUIET PLACE PART II (2021) is the rare sequel that is as good or better than its original.
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Writer/director John Krasinski delivers one of the best big-budget genre films in several years; one with heart, grit, and the importance of family firmly at its core. It’s only been in the past few years that high-concept horror films have
MOVIE REVIEW: CRUELLA (2021) Disney strikes gold in this reimagining of 101 Dalmations’ fiendish femme fatale.
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Cruella is a bit of wicked comic book fun for Disney fans with great performances and production, even if the story leans on the predictable side. The past decade has seen Disney lean heavily into creating live-action adaptations of many
VIDEO: Collision in Korea – Dark Side of the Ring Season 3 Episode 4 Review | Vice Wrestling Documentary
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In one of the most bizarre acts of political theatre ever conceived professional wrestlers deployed to North Korea faced a terrifying ordeal that had them fighting for their lives. Check out more reviews on our channels at http://youtube.com/c/cultclassics Follow us
VIDEO: Spiral from the Book of Saw (2021) Review | Lionsgate Chris Rock Horror Movie
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A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris
VIDEO: Army of the Dead (2021) Review | Zack Snyder Dave Bautista Netflix Zombie Horror Movie
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Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Victor reviews Army of the Dead in the video below! Check out
MOVIE REVIEW: ARMY OF THE DEAD (2021) builds a cool and unique zombie world; but doesn’t give us characters to really live in it.
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Despite solid performances from Dave Bautista and Richard Cetrone, Snyder’s Army of the Dead delivers popcorn thrills but doesn’t rise up to the potential of the unique premise the film presents. It’s not hyperbole to say that director Zack Snyder
MOVIE REVIEW: Disney’s RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON is fun throwback animation in the spirit of the Disney Afternoon
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RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON is a fun animated film for the family with lots of replay value for children. As a kid growing up in the 1990s, one of those great feelings I looked forward to every day was
MOVIE REVIEW: THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS feels like we’ve been there before.
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Director Ian Samuels and writer Lev Grossman give us another spin on the Groundhog Day formula; this time focusing on a pair of teens on the cusp of adulthood focused on a future that may never come. In the past
MOVIE REVIEW: BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR delivers absurdist laughs in spades in this silly road-trip comedy.
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Writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s Barb & Star plays like the love-child of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and Austin Powers with a healthy dose of Adult Swim-esque esoteric weirdness. It’s fair to say that BARB & STAR GO TO
[SUNDANCE 2021] 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,
[SUNDANCE 2021] MOVIE REVIEW: A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX serves up the idea that the world is a giant simulation for a chosen few, but loses focus in its telling.
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Director Rodney Ascher (Room 237) channels the work of science fiction author Phillip K. Dick in exploring the idea of simulation theory, but that gets muddied with sidetracks with Elon Musk, trenchcoat killers, and self-involved video gaming addicts. It was
