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A Hilarious & Refreshingly Original CGI Spectacle

Free Guy delivers a hilarious, heartwarming, and refreshingly original perspective to ultra-violent open world gaming. The film cleverly satirizes a culture that thrives on reckless abandon. You can sit in your mother’s basement while rampaging through virtual streets. Shoot everything in sight. Kill, steal, and drag race until your thumbs give out. But what would

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A Fantastic 2020 Indie Comedy You May Have Missed

It was difficult to feel excitement about much of anything throughout 2020, and a year full of non-traditional movie releases only dampened the mood further. Lockdowns led to delays in release dates for highly anticipated flicks like Halloween Kills, while many studios bit the bullet and sent their films straight-to-VOD. New releases skipping theaters and

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A Devilishly Funny Hurricane of Carnage

James Gunn unleashes a devilishly funny hurricane of carnage into the DC Extended Universe. The Suicide Squad fulfills the bloody vision of the comics. Every villain turned hero is expendable in an insane mission with nearly insurmountable odds. They are wolves to the slaughter instead of the proverbial lambs. The Suicide Squad goes deep into

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A Riveting Conclusion to The DC Comics Epic

Following the first chapter, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two brings the epic crime drama and murder mystery to a thrilling conclusion. Gotham City’s greatest hero faces a cunning adversary that forces him to confront his family’s legacy. The line between justice and villainy blurs when a hideous transformation overtakes an important ally. As the

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Shudder’s Abduction Thriller Is All Gritty Thrills, No Silly Frills

Since the dawn of Shudder, the streaming service has been fairly consistent in releasing fantastic original horror flicks. Their new release, The Boy Behind The Door, the feature debut from writer/director pair David Charbonier and Justin Powell is no exception. The film takes a terribly dark subject, child trafficking, and spins a pulse-pounding thriller without

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An Awful Gen Z Update of the Charles Dickens Classic

Charles Dickens gets a horrendous hipster update with a Gen Z butchering of his classic novel. Twist turns the nineteenth century tale of orphan pickpockets into a Guy Ritchie knockoff about freerunning. Rafferty Law, the spitting image of his famous father, plays “Oliver Twist” as a rooftop-leaping graffiti artist who falls in with a gang

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Cast Chemistry & Clever Reveals Elevate CGI Spectacle

Great cast chemistry and a surprisingly clever plot twist elevates Jungle Cruise from the standard summer CGI spectacle. The film has no down beats over its swift two hour runtime. Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra keeps the action and comedy flowing at a deliberate pace. The measured drip of excitement overcomes the sillier parts of the

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M. Night Shyamalan Delivers a Suspense Classic

M. Night Shyamalan returns to peak filmmaking form with a brilliantly twisted thriller. Old takes a unique premise and runs with it to true existential horror. What begins as a dream vacation turns into an unshakeable nightmare for a pair of families and couples. The film builds with a slow burn until the characters grasp

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Kate Beckinsale Rages in Forgettable Thriller

Kate Beckinsale takes anger management to the extreme in a mostly forgettable action-comedy. Jolt is the head-smashing, bone-crunching tale of Lindy Lewis. A woman that suffers from, drumroll please, “Intermittent Explosive Disorder”. It’s a manic condition that leads to aggressive fits of rage; an actual mental problem and not just a clever pun on IEDs.

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LeBron James Soars in Hilarious Looney Tunes Sequel

LeBron James flies high in a clever sequel that will delight generations of Looney Tunes fans. Space Jam: A New Legacy has the basketball superstar battling an aggrieved artificial intelligence for the affection of his son. The father and son coming to terms storyline is admittedly hokey; but the hilarious toons, supporting characters, and slick

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