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SMURFS (2025)
STORYLINE: When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. (IMDb) The Nightmate Before Christmas (1993), Brave…
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EDDINGTON (2025)
STORYLINE: In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. (IMDb) Five years after the Covid 19 pandemic we see its influence on popular culture. The pandemic is being being used a modern historical reference point,…
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I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (2025)
STORYLINE: When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they’re forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is…
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DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT (2025)
STORYLINE: “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” thrusts us into the tumultuous world of 8-year-old Bobo, whose childhood unfolds on her family’s Rhodesian farm, now Zimbabwe, as the Bush War rages to its bitter end. Set against this violent backdrop, and seen through her eyes, we witness the family’s desperate attachment to Africa’s soil…
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MERCHANT IVORY (2023 – Documentary Feature)
STORYLINE: Follows the history of the Merchant Ivory partnership, featuring interviews with James Ivory and close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the company. (IMDb) When making a documentary about a subject you admire, I imagine it is difficult to remove your fandom, to create an unbiased motion picture. …
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SUPERMAN (2025)
STORYLINE: Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned. (IMDb) Superhero fatigue has set in at the cinemas, for me. Between the Marvel and…
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FAMILIAR TOUCH (2025)
STORYLINE: An octogenarian woman transitions to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires. (IMDb) Familiar Touch is the latest film to take up the mantle about aging. It’s a touchy subject to tackle. Films such as Driving…
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ABRAHAM’S BOYS: A DRACULA STORY (2025)
STORYLINE: Abraham van Helsing moves his two sons to the United States in an attempt to escape their past. (IMDb) Movies inspired by vampires, Draculain particular, are all over the radar. It’s hard to top the 1931 Universal Monster Movie Dracula or the 1992 Gary Oldman Dracula adaption. Of course I have to…
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WHAT MAKES A MOVIES GOOD OR BAD?
What makes a movie a good or a bad one? That answer is different from person to person. I personally have two different answers to that question. I’m going to start with telling you my favorite movies. I often say it’s James Bond, and I do throughly love the 007 franchise.…
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JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH (2025)
STORYLINE: Five years post-Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough. (IMDb) I remember the summer of 1993, when all the rage was dinoeaurs roaring their out of extinction and on to the big screen. That younger, but still…