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CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET MOVIE REVIEW It’s been 23 years since Chicken Run came into our cinematic lives one stop motion frame at a time. And like all sequels that come decades later, the bar and expectations have been set higher than the electric fence surrounding Mrs. Tweedy’s farm. Since Ginger, Rocky, and […]

HEELS SEASON 2 REVIEW From September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001 Vince McMahon of the WWF waged a ratings battle with WCW’s Eric Bischof. Shady deals, empty hand shakes, and underhanded tactics were used by both companies in an all out brawl to be the world’s number one league in wrestling entertainment. The ongoing […]

THE INVENTOR MOVIE REVIEW Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most enigmatic historical figures to ever live. He is credited as the founder of the High Renaissance. And despite having many lost works and fewer than 25 attributed major pieces, he created some of the most influential paintings in Western art, notably the Mona […]

THE BEAR SEASON 2 REVIEW Add 1 cup of found fortune, a tablespoon of ambition with a pinch of character motivation. Stir in famous character actor cameos. Be sure to use talented thespian and not major summer blockbuster cameos (see MCU casting clickbait articles for reference). Set tensions to boiling point, really push that powder […]

THE MUPPETS MAYHEM SERIES REVIEW It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to meet the rock band that debuted back in 1975 on a sketch comedy show called The Muppet Show. After the series finale of The Muppet Show back in 1981, Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem […]

DEAD RINGERS SERIES REVIEW Which statement makes you more uneasy? “My gynecologist called and they want me to come in” or “David Cronenberg is filming a new body horror character study”. What if I told you that those two statements are one and the same in the amazon Cronenberg remake mini series Dead Ringers. Elliot […]

QUASI MOVIE REVIEW Oh boy, Broken Lizard is back, emphasis on the “broken” with Hulu’s new movie Quasi, starring said comedy troupe. Depending on who you talk to, it’s literally the most disappointing film ever, or just average. It seems Broken Lizard is stuck in a time warp, where the comedy really hasn’t evolved with […]

A LITTLE WHITE LIE MOVIE REVIEW Toni Morrison once said the ability of the writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. Michael Shannon plays a handyman living in New York city who’s mistaken for a very famous, private, and reclusive […]

WE HAVE A GHOST MOVIE REVIEW Due to Frank Presley (Anthony Mackie) constantly trying and failing at get rich quick schemes, the Presleys find themselves moving into a cheap, old ass, house in the Chicago ‘burbs. One thing they didn’t count on was “Ernest,” the ghost that lives in the attic (David Harbour). Frank’s younger […]

THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN MOVIE REVIEW Let’s face it everyone… and I’m including both parents and people without children… kids are f**king creepy. They’re like 1/3 the size of an adult and have high pitched voices. You think that would be adorable, but it’s not. There’s Something Wrong With The Children doesn’t bury […]

THE PALE BLUE EYE MOVIE REVIEW There will always be a willing and vivacious audience for the bloody twists and turns of crime dramas. Netflix could indeed indulge in presenting an offshoot streaming service with their abundance of murder serials, documentaries of men with malicious intent, and motion pictures of scandal and treachery. However when […]

THE STRANGER MOVIE REVIEW Who doesn’t love a good true crime story? Grizzly encounters with sociopaths or serial killers. Dark, slow, suspenseful, and based on true events. Netflix has so many murder shows and movies, those of you who fall asleep to Forensic Files or whatever the new cult docuseries is, will never have a […]

MR. HARRIGAN’S PHONE MOVIE REVIEW If you don’t know by now, October is the time for spooky things. “What’s spookier than burying a phone with your very old, very dead, mentor?” Ummm… Spiders… Running out of ice during a Halloween party… reminiscing about the time I lost my virginity to both Freddy and Jason… Huh, […]

SURFACE SERIES REVIEW Netflix may have it’s Knives Out but Apple TV steps up to the murder mystery streaming competition with an eight episode psychological thriller Surface from acclaimed writer/producer Veronica West (High Fidelity, Dexter: New Blood).  Since Sophie’s (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) accident where she fell overboard on a ferry, every face is a blurry memory. […]

SAMARITAN MOVIE REVIEW Twin brothers, both born with strength beyond human ability, trying to simply live their lives in a world that sees them as freaks, and fears them as gods. Escaping a deliberate house fire that kills their parents, the boys find themselves on opposite sides, one compassionate towards humanity, and one consumed with […]

DAY SHIFT MOVIE REVIEW Vampires. A movie monster that has seen hundreds of films, TV shows, and productions in the century plus of cinema and television. Dracula himself is one of the most adapted fictional characters of all time, second only to Sherlock Holmes. But it’s been some time since we’ve had a major vampire […]

THE SANDMAN SERIES REVIEW It’s that time again for ambitious actors with mad directors and masters of the written word attempting to adapt unadaptable beloved classics. Netflix presents their take on Neil Gaiman’s award winning comic series The Sandman. The excellent ensemble cast includes Patton Oswalt, Boyd Holbrook, Vivienne Acheampong, Gwendoline Christie, David Thewlis, Jenna […]

THE GREY MAN MOVIE REVIEW When the Russo Brothers, the directors of the second and fifth highest grossing movies of all-time, come to you with a new movie they’d like to make, you say, “Yes.” You give them $200 million, and you let them do whatever they want. And sure, it’s not another superhero IP. […]

THE PRINCESS MOVIE REVIEW It’s a tale as old as time. You’ve got your kingdom far, far away. You’ve got your once upon a time. You’ve got a strong-willed princess locked away in the tallest tower of the castle. She’s been placed there against her will after refusing to wed a cruel, sociopathic Prince. She […]

THE LONG NIGHT MOVIE REVIEW A lot of things can ruin a romantic couple’s getaway weekend: Anxiety from the deep seclusion, personal injury through your own awkward clumsiness, or having the same old fight with your guy or gal. The worst though would have to be a cult gathering in the front lawn in the […]

REVEALER MOVIE REVIEW It’s going to be a Hell of a day for peep show exotic dancer Angie (Caito Aase) and it begins with having to get past a scrum of religious protestors outside her job. The door to her booth sticks, the clients are the same old creeps, the boss doesn’t give her the […]

CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH MOVIE REVIEW It’s impressive to watch a film from a first timer and see the potential that will surely be unlocked over the years to come in better movies. Down the road, sometimes a decade later, you can say, “I remember when they kicked things off with that rough around the […]

UNHUMAN MOVIE REVIEW Blumhouse has created a brand known mainly for producing horror films, and their degree of quality goes from Paranormal Activity to Get Out to The Invisible Man. And then, they have their more, shall we call them, “Asylum Level” features. And Rae, Tessa, Marcos, and TC signed up for Unhuman hoping for something […]

ESCAPE THE FIELD MOVIE REVIEW We’ve all been there right? One moment you’re in bed, reading a John Grisham novel, only to wake up in the middle of a corn field with nothing but your wits, a knife, and dressed down in your best lingerie… No you say? That’s never happened to you? Well you’re […]

WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR MOVIE REVIEW You may not ever achieve mega stardom in the dope show but The World’s Fair challenge is open to all those with the courage to sit through the sponsored ads! We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, is about a […]