Tag: reviews
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YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (2026)
STORYLINE: Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-year journey. (IMDb) In 2004, Fahrenheit 9/11 was the first main stream documentary about a sitting President, to be released in theaters. …
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HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE 2026 ~ GREMLINS (1984)
STORYLINE: After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town. (IMDb) I can’t recall when was the first time I saw Gremlins. A Blockbuster rental sometime in the late…
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ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (2026)
STORYLINE: A wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher’s daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind of man he’ll become. (IMDb) Wyatt Earp participated in the…
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HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE 2026: THE SHINING (1980)
STORYLINE: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future. (IMDb) As mentioned in my blog for The Nightmare Before Christmas, I want to expand my holiday…
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OTHER MOMMY (2026)
STORYLINE: Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity which comes out of her closet. The presence, whom she calls “Other Mommy,” becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family. (IMDb) In 2009, a paranormal curse threatened to Drag Me to Hell. The paranormal took to haunting…
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THE SOCIAL RECKONING (2026)
STORYLINE: Follows Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, who enlisted the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to blow the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets. (IMDb) In 1999, Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan fell in love, all over again, online in You’ve Got Mail. The adventures of Ralph…
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THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE (2026)
STORYLINE: A filmmaker applies lessons from a Hallmark movie writing workshop to pitch a documentary about concrete. (IMDb) American Doctor (2026) features doctors on the front lines of Gaza. Of course, Tgis year, there have been music fluff documentaries, and they have come in forms of the yawn fest Billie Ellish – Hit…
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Beware Boiúna (2026)
STORYLINE: When a team of young doctors embark on a local humanitarian mission through the Amazon rain forest, it soon becomes clear that not everyone – or everything – is happy to see them. Their arrival draws the attention of an ancient predator, the “Boiúna.” This ancient killer, dominant on land and water, clashes with…
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DIGGER (2026)
STORYLINE: The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything. (IMDb) In 1986, Tom Cruise flew to the danger zone in Top Gun. Eight years later, in 1994, he frightened audiences in Interview with a Vampire. He would…
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HEART OF THE BEAST (2026)
STORYLINE: After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces veteran James Belmont and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. (IMDb) Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe were the entire ensemble in the 2019 thriller, The Lighthouse. In…
