Tag: movie-review
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SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE (2025)
STORYLINE: Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang) comes back hellbent on…
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NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T (2025)
STORYLINE: A diamond heist reunites retired Horsemen illusionists with new performers Greenblatt, Smith and Sessa as they target dangerous criminals. (IMDb) There are films to watch about magic. Labyrinth (1986), Matilda (1996), and The Prestige (2006) are all worth seeing, if you haven’t already. There are films about heists to watch, as well. …
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SARAH’S OIL (2025)
STORYLINE: Sarah’s Oil is inspired by the remarkable true story of Sarah Rector, an African American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, who believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted and whose faith is proven right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to her family, friends,…
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DIE MY LOVE (2025, Drama)
STORYLINE: In a forgotten patch of countryside, a woman is battling her demons: embracing exclusion yet wanting to belong, craving freedom whilst feeling trapped, yearning for family life but wanting to burn the entire house down. Given surprising leeway by her family for her increasingly erratic behavior, she nevertheless feels ever more stifled and repressed.…
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URCHIN (2025)
STORYLINE: A young addict living on the streets of London is given a shot at redemption, but his road to recovery soon curdles into a strange odyssey from which he may never escape. (IMDb) Addiction in film is a hard topic to watch. Many biopics, such as Rocketman (2019) have covered the subject.…
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GOOD FORTUNE (2025)
STORYLINE: In Good Fortune, Ansari plays a down-on-his-luck guy who is working myriad jobs. He’s called by his friend (played by Seth Rogen), who lives in the Hollywood Hills, to do various jobs for him – put in a disco floor, fix the pool heater. Keanu Reeves “valley” angel makes it so Rogen’s rich guy…
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BLACK PHONE 2 (2025)
STORYLINE: As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake. (IMDb) Insidious(2010)/Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) Sinister (2012)/Sinister (2015) Ouija (2014)/Ouija: Origins of Evil (2016)…
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TRUTH & TREASON (2025)
STORYLINE: When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German. (IMDb) I have a love/hate relationship with Angel Studios. Ever since I saw Sound of Freedom in 2023, I…
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ROOFMAN (2025)
STORYLINE: Based on an unbelievable true story, Roofman follows Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum), an Army veteran and struggling father who turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname: Roofman. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his…
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TRON ARES (2025)
STORYLINE: A highly sophisticated Program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission. (IMDb) Let’s talk cult classics and the Hollywood sequel machine. Some of the greatest cult films have ended their run at just one feature film, A Clockwork Orange (1971) first instance. Sone of…
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