Category Archives: Film

Review in Brief: Eddington (2025)

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Sam S-P

Neo-Western EDDINGTON gives its audience the usual Ari Aster anxiety attack but pairs it with some biting satire about fake news and mob mentality and an unexpectedly action-packed final act. During Covid Lockdown, a sheriff in a New Mexico town … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) Review

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Sam S-P

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Double Feature: Normal and The Christophers (2026) Reviews

Posted on May 29, 2026 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: Marty Supreme (2025)

Posted on May 5, 2026 by Sam S-P

You remember how the main draw of the Safdie Brothers’ UNCUT GEMS was seeing a terrible human being make the worst possible decision time and time again and dig himself an ever-deeper hole? Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME is that again … Continue reading →

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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026) Review

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Sam S-P

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All the President’s Men (1976) 50th Anniversary Review

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: The Running Man (2025)

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Sam S-P

The least Edgar Wright-y Edgar Wright film so far takes some time to build up momentum, but THE RUNNING MAN is pretty entertaining when it’s tactile action builds to terminal velocity. In a dystopian, corporate-owned future, poverty-stricken blue collar worker … Continue reading →

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Project Hail Mary (2026) Review

Posted on April 1, 2026 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: Predator: Badlands (2025)

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Sam S-P

How can you make a Predator, an alien big game hunter who always has technological superiority on his side a compelling protagonist? You make him the shame of his family with a serious chip on his shoulder, strip him of … Continue reading →

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The Bride! (2026) Review

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Sam S-P

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