Tag: reviews
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SPA WEEKEND (2026)
STORYLINE: Three friends go on a spa weekend that descends into chaos when their trainwreck friend joins, leading to hilarious consequences. (IMDb) Wedding bells were ringing, in the 2011 comedy Bridesmaids. Tiffany Haddish, Queen Latifa, and Regina King took a Girls Trip, in 2017. Booksmart (2019) showed that the ladies of high school…
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THE 2026 SUMMER MOVIE SEASON
It’s the end of August, and minute by minute, those long summer days have been getting shorter. I live in North Carolina, the heat isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, though. Good thing, I enjoy visiting an air conditioned place, that keeps their beverages cold. The summer movie season kicked off with…
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THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE (2026)
STORYLINE: A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They’re transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures. (IMDb) Once upon a time, a wardrobe opened to a world known as Narnia in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and…
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TEENAGE SEX AND DRATH AT CAMP MIASMA (2026)
STORYLINE: A director making a slasher sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film’s ‘final girl,’ leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos. (IMDb) In 1950, Norma Desmond had her close-up in Sunset Boulevard. Fifty eight years later, Black Swan (2008) danced its way across the silver silver screen. Perfect Blue (1997) had…
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INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER (2026)
) STORYLINE: Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world. (IMDb) In 2025, the phone rang again in the horror sequel, Black Phone 2. In…
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TONY (2026)
STORYLINE: A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life. (IMDb) Julia Child lit up the silver screen in 2009’s Julia and Julia. Jon Favreau served up culinary delights in Chef (2014). Pixar was…
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THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING (2026)
STORYLINE: Amziah King, beekeeper, musician, and anchor of his community, reunites with former foster daughter Kateri after many years apart, and fends off threats to his honey business. (IMDb) One of the best films I have seen this year is the independent movie, Blue Heron. Indie films, such as Blue Heron, inject a unique…
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THE WRONG GIRLS (2026)
STORYLINE: Two aimless young women inadvertently gain telepathic abilities after ingesting an experimental drug, pitting them against dangerous rivals pursuing the same powerful substance. (IMDb). In 1978, cinemas were Up in Smoke, with Cheech and Chong. Jay and Silent Bob dealt all the way to Hollywood, in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). …
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ICE CREAM MAN (2026)
STORYLINE: An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results. (IMDb) In the summer of 1983, the horror came to Sleepaway Camp. The phone rang, terrifying the neighborhood kids in Black Phone (2021). Of course, I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). …
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THE BRINK OF WAR (2026)
STORYLINE: President Reagan races against time to salvage a deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could dismantle nuclear arsenals – or ignite disaster. With pressure mounting on all sides, every word spoken brings the world closer to peace or destruction. (IMDb) In 2016, Michelle and Barack Obama started their courtship in Southside…
