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The Cannes Film Festival 2025 : “Magellan” Video Review by Luis Pedron

Check out more of our YouTube channel  𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧 is a Director, Actor, Founder and Film Festival Director of the International Film Festival Manhattan, New York, now in its 13th edition, proudly promoting Filipino, Asian, Scandinavian and European films and presenting them in New York. 👉https://iffmusa.com/ A winner of numerous awards as a director and…

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: A Live-Action Movie That is Way More Concerning Than Fun…

©Courtesy of Disney After the controversies that a few weeks ago contributed to sinking at the box-office the live-action Snow White with Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, at Disney they are most likely walking on eggshells. This new version of Lilo & Stitch should theoretically help the Major to score another commercial hit in order…

“Murderbot” : The Character Consistently Hits the Right, Snarky Note

©Courtesy of Apple TV + It is a sarcastic robot, much like the ‘bots on MST3K. However, it is much more forgiving of cheesy videos. (Cheesy people? Far less so). All the boot really wants is to be left alone to watch  soapy space serials. However, the relcutant robot must interact with people, whether it…

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Review

Photo by Giles Keyte/Giles Keyte – © 2024 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. In the previous film, Tom Cruise stunned audiences with an unprecedented no-stunt motorcycle jump and skydive off a precipice. The “off-the-wall action” that has become synonymous with the series seems to be alive and well in this film, just like what Tom Cruise…

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train Review

@Courtesy of Crunchyroll  It was the #1 global box-office champion the year it first released in Japan, beating out Will Smith and Sonic the Hedgehog. Admittedly, that was 2020, a difficult year, but over $500 million still represents some serious ticket sales. Nevertheless, many fans never had the opportunity to see the Demon Slayer franchise’s…

‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Finds Laughs and Scares in Satirical Horror Comedy Masterpiece

Terrifying situations driven by absurdist comedy that critiques modern society are some of the leading key elements that make the horror genre so relatable and memorable. The new meta slasher film, Clown in a Cornfield, continues that trend by blending an amusing sense of humor and striking visual effects involving the titular masked assailant and…

‘Rust’ Review: A Tragedy Struck the Set, But What’s the Verdict?

©Falling Forward Films “Rust,” the movie’s production was tragically affected by the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on set in October 2021 when a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin accidentally discharged a live round during filming, which was also documented in “Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna.” The same…

‘Thunderbolts*’ Video Review: MCU Anti-Heroes Form a New Dysfunctional Team

Marvel Studios is back with its second movie of 2025, as Thunderbolts brings together Marvel’s latest team of misfits, including Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova and David Harbour’s Red Guardian from Black Widow, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and other anti-heroes from the MCU to…

Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie Soars in Exploring Counterculture Duo’s High Achievements

©Courtesy of Bushell Productions Pushing through the haze of personal turmoil, collaborative conflict and shifting societal views of the ideals they champion can cause friction between any close-knit collaborators, especially when they no longer view their shared success the same way. That’s certainly the case for the titular comedians-actors of the new documentary, Cheech &…

‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Does the Sequel Stack Up, Compared to the Bodies?

In 2018, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Henry Golding starred in Paul Feig’s adaptation of Darcey Bell’s 2017 bestseller, A Simple Favor, which told the story of an unlikely suburban friendship between a single mommy blogger, Kendrick’s Stephanie Smothers, and her glamorous and enigmatic neighbor, Emily Nelson, played by Lively, who vanishes suddenly, leading to…

Rediscovering Pompeii with Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

©Courtesy of Sony Music Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn his fascination into…