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The Ritual – Film Review

The film adaptation of The Ritual is effective and exceptionally creepy, despite its fair share of clichés and standard storylines. After the death of a best friend of theirs, a group of four men venture out into the woods of Scandinavia in hopes to relax, forget about the past, and to spend quality time together. Sooner…

  • 2025

The Strangers: Prey at Night – Film Review

For fans of the cult hit film from 2008 The Strangers, they will be disappointed to have waited a full decade for this follow up, The Strangers: Prey at Night, to be released as it is a cluttered mess, uninspired, and filled with tropes. A family camps out in an abandoned trailer park for a night. However, they…

  • 2025

Annihilation – Film Review

Filmmaker Alex Garland, who previously wrote and directed the brilliant Ex Machina released in 2015, now brings us Annihilation. Not only is this his best film yet, but is one of the greatest and most thought-provoking science fiction films released this decade. A biologist named Lena (Natalie Portman) signs to go on an extremely dangerous…

  • 2025

Game Night – Film Review

An extremely clever script mixed with brilliant comedic performances from both Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams make Game Night an entertaining treat. A couple named Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) enjoy getting together with their group of friends on weekends for a fun and entertaining game night which often includes charades and various…

  • 2025

Black Panther – Film Review

Following the surprising success of 2015’s Creed, writer/director Ryan Coogler gives the character of Black Panther one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most refreshing films to date. T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) lives in the secretive nation of Wakanda, where he’s in line to become king. Wakanda was built on it’s plentiful amount of an extremely strong,…

  • 2025

Lady Bird – Film Review

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird proves to be a great start, as it boasts excellent performances from Saoirse Ronan, and Laurie Metcalf to name a few. In the year 2002, a young teenager named Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who likes to be called Lady Bird, is a student at a Catholic High School. She…

  • 2025