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Playhouse – Film Review
After an irreverent playwright moves into a Scottish castle to develop a horror production, his daughter falls prey to an evil curse lurking within the walls. One would be forgiven if they took a quick glance at the poster for Fionn and Toby Watts’ Playhouse and thought it looked rather terrible. Everything about it comes across as…
- 2026
All My Life – Film Review
While All My Life can have a little bit of a problem with familiarity, it’s not a big deal because of how emotionally powerful and thought-provoking the whole thing is in the grand scheme of things.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare – Film Review
Satan has a farmhouse showdown with the righteous lead singer (Jon Mikl Thor) of a heavy metal band. John Fasano’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare is absolutely, one-hundred-percent, one of those movies that is so bad that it’s good. On practically every level imaginable, this movie fails at everything. Its script is basically non-existent. Its characters are nothing…
- 2026
The Mandalorian: Chapter 14: The Tragedy – Review
The following article contains spoilers for Chapter 14: The Tragedy. The second season of The Mandalorian kicked off with an exciting and adventurous bang with the episode “The Marshal”, introducing us to some brand new faces and showcasing some familiar ones as well such as Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and The Child. But after that, the season…
- 2026
Elf – Film Review
Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James…
- 2026
Hillbilly Elegy – Film Review
A Yale Law student named J.D. Vance (Gabriel Basso, Owen Asztalos) drawn back to his Appalachian hometown reflects on his family’s history and his own future. At the end of each and every year, we get the inevitable Oscar-bait movie that tries to be so grandiose and compelling and tries to swoop into awards consideration…
- 2026