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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…

“Bullet Train Explosion” : The Film Represents Kusanagi’s Best Starring Vehicle Yet

©Courtesy of Netflix  It released in 1975, the year after “The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3“, but it directly inspired Jan de Bont’s Speed (with Kanu Reeves, of course). Now, the Japanese transit disaster-thriller “Bullet Train“ has been remade, but in a way that clearly pays tribute to the original. Once again, there is a bomb…

‘The Legend of Ochi’ Review: Everything is there, and Still It Doesn’t Really Work

@Courtesy of A24 Successfully presented at the last Sundance Film Festival, Isaiah Saxon‘s directorial debut proved to be a rather complex and mysterious mystery “object” to analyze, a feature film that is both well-defined and elusive, a contradiction in terms that even a few days after viewing it remains honestly difficult to resolve. The best…

‘Astronauts Wanted’ : A Timely and Well-Crafted Production That’s Riveting Both for Its Narrative and Visual Elements

Photo: Kat duPont Vecchio From time immemorial, the planet Mars has loomed large in the collective imagination of humankind. One of our closest celestial neighbors, the so-called “red planet” has often been seen as a threat, as witnessed by the panic generated by Orson Welles’s famous radio dramatization of H G Wells’s The War of…