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GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY MOVIE REVIEW We do declare there is a mystery afoot! Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s follow up to Knives Out, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Blanc is in search of a new case that will breathe life back into his detective skills. Luckily, […]

AMSTERDAM MOVIE REVIEW Based (loosely, very loosely) on the Business Plot of 1933, David O. Russell’s Amsterdam follows three old friends who come back together through complicated plot devices to clear the names of two of them for a murder they didn’t commit, and figure out who killed someone and why. That’s the most basic […]

MEET CUTE MOVIE REVIEW What would you do if you could travel through time? Kill Hitler? That’s a classic, but then you might end up with a real Smitson. Who? Exactly. Okay, well how about using the ability to loop back on your own life to recapture the magic of your chance meeting with the […]

BLONDE MOVIE REVIEW We are heading into award season and you know what that means… A sensationalized film about a woman of the people thrust into the spotlight with beauty grace and golden hair that charmed the masses, abused and struck down by the very institutions that built her stage and worshiped her ivory mask […]

MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM MOVIE REVIEW Let’s travel back to 1988… We’re at school, a Catholic one at that (shudders). Abby and Gretchen are two best friends, just trying to make it through High School. At a girls night near an abandoned cabin, Gretchen is possessed by a demon and the only person who gives […]

DEAD FOR A DOLLAR MOVIE REVIEW Dead for a Dollar is an old fashioned western about Max Borlund (Christoph Waltz), a bounty hunter hired by a wealthy businessman to rescue his kidnapped wife Rachel (Rachel Brosnahan). The poor woman is being held for ransom by Elijah (Brandon Scott), a buffalo soldier and army deserter. Accompanying […]

SEE HOW THEY RUN MOVIE REVIEW Between Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot adaptations and Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc movies, famed author Agatha Christie and Christie-inspired mysteries are enjoying something of a resurgence. You know the type of story I’m talking about: a prominent person is murdered, a star studded ensemble of suspects gather in a remote […]

GOODBYE DON GLEES MOVIE REVIEW Teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop call themselves the “Don Glees,” basically a term used for their adventures outside of the real world. They’re not popular, and are constantly bullied. Every year, there’s a fireworks display that they don’t get invited to, so they set off their own. This year, […]

SO VAM MOVIE REVIEW When a Shudder movie starts with a trigger warning, you know you’re in for… an indie LGBTQ+ drama with vampires? Kurt (Xai) can’t wait to run away and become a famous drag performer. But, he’s stuck in some part of Adelaide, South Australia (which, admittedly, has a checkered past regarding LGBTQ+ […]

I AM GROOT SERIES REVIEW I AM GROOT: I AM GROOT! I AM GROOT? I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT. I AM GROOT. I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT, I AM GROOT. I AM GROOT… I AM GROOT! I AM GROOT, I AM GROOT, I AM GROOT, AND I AM GROOT. *TRANSLATION* […]

INU-OH MOVIE REVIEW The anime Inu-Oh directed by Masaaki Yuasa (Japan Sinks: 2020, Devilman Crybaby, Ride your Wave) is back to up the razzle and double the dazzle with a through the centuries rock opera about government controlled narratives being thwarted by the power of music. Hey Jude! You hear about the new biwa rock […]

THEY/THEM MOVIE REVIEW Before we go any further, our reviewers want to let you know that this movie sucks as a horror movie… but we all agreed it had potential and a well-seasoned Kevin Bacon. So what went fucking wrong, writer/director John Logan? We would love to know. You’ve written, arguably, many great scripts including […]

BODIES BODIES BODIES MOVIE REVIEW Bodies Bodies Bodies is a darkly comic thriller about a group of young rich friends who’ve gathered in a remote mansion for a weekend of debauchery and psychologically charged party games. Joining the group is Bee (Maria Bakalova) a working class immigrant and the girlfriend of Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) who’s […]

PAPER GIRLS SERIES REVIEW Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang’s graphic novel hit, Paper Girls, has finally been adapted into a new Amazon TV series! The story follows Tiff, Mac, KJ, and the ‘New Girl’ Erin as they start their paper route the day after Halloween in 1988. As they’re hassled by local drunk high […]

SHE WILL MOVIE REVIEW Charlotte Colbert (Co-Writer and Director) says that her film, She Will, explores how trauma can blur reality and time, but also how nature holds so much solace. She Will is a story about Veronica, an aging actress who is headed to a secluded retreat, post surgery, to find some healing. Accompanying […]

TOP GUN: MAVERICK MOVIE REVIEW Tom Cruise is back as Maverick, the unconventional and appropriately named pilot from 1986’s smash-hit Top Gun. Only now, it’s 30 something years later, he’s still a Captain and flying whenever he can, and for every person in his life that thinks he’s the greatest, there’s someone else who just […]

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS MOVIE REVIEW Benedict Cumberbatch returns as the Master of the Mystical Arts (but not the Sorcerer Supreme…that’s Wong now) and boy does he have his horribly injured hands full. While attending the wedding of his ex, Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams) a giant monster starts tearing up the town, […]

POMPO THE CINEPHILE MOVIE REVIEW Today we find ourselves in the land of movie magic, yes, of course I’m talking about Nyallywood. One of the top producers, Joelle Davidovich Pomponette (Pompo-san), has just tasked her assistant, Gene, to direct her new film. Gene is green to running the whole show. He has to work with […]

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT MOVIE REVIEW In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, actor Nicholas Cage, the man, the myth, the meme, plays the role of a lifetime – himself. Sort of. Here he plays the meta-fictional Nic Cage, a once popular movie star whose career has stalled. Nic can’t find work, his […]

THE NORTHMAN MOVIE REVIEW The director of the highly lauded The Witch and The Lighthouse teams up with an insanely buff Alexander Skarsgård to tell the tale of Amleth, who is the titular Northman. As a child he watches his father being murdered at the hands of his uncle. He is believed dead but manages […]

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE MOVIE REVIEW Return to a world of witchcraft and bigotry, as the the world of Harry Potter tries to tell you about Nazis with wands. Yes, JK Rowling won’t let Fantastic Beasts die, and after Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we’re kinda shocked they came back for another. […]

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 MOVIE REVIEW The Blue Blur is back! After the events of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic(Ben Schwartz) is living comfortably with his new family the Wachowskis (James Marsden and Tika Sumpter) in Green Hills ready for more. After being invited to a tropical escape from the city for a wedding, Sonic is […]