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Category: Movie Review

  • New Group Review: Pyramid Scheme

    New Group Review: Pyramid Scheme

    Movie Review New Group 4/10 TLDR New Group has a killer image in its ever-growing human pyramids, and the practical work is impressive, but shoddy CGI and a story more interested in its message than its characters keep Yûta Shimotsu’s Shudder follow-up from ever getting under your skin. Where to watch: Streaming on Shudder and…

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  • The Mosquito Bowl Review: Hut, Hut, Hell

    The Mosquito Bowl Review: Hut, Hut, Hell

    Movie Review The Mosquito Bowl 8/10 TLDR Don’t let the title fool you: The Mosquito Bowl is a war movie first, a harrowing, visceral look at four college football stars thrown into the Pacific. Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis are a dynamite quartet, and Peter Berg’s battle scenes deserve the biggest…

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  • Christmas at the Kringles Review: Deck the Fails

    Christmas at the Kringles Review: Deck the Fails

    Movie Review Christmas at the Kringles 1/10 TLDR Christmas at the Kringles strands a talented comedy cast in a cheap holiday horror comedy that’s neither funny nor scary. It looks like it was made with $5 and some rubber cement, it’s one of the worst films of 2026, and the naughty list is too good…

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  • The Cycle Review: A Bone to Pick With Dad

    The Cycle Review: A Bone to Pick With Dad

    Movie Review The Cycle 8/10 TLDR Shudder’s The Cycle is a patient, rain-slicked procedural that grows real teeth in its back half. Deborah Ann Woll is terrific, the practical effects are gloriously gross, and the less you know going in, the better. Where to watch: Streaming on Shudder and AMC+ October 23 The Facts Synopsis:…

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  • Wildwood Review: LAIKA Leaves the Kiddie Pool

    Wildwood Review: LAIKA Leaves the Kiddie Pool

    Movie Review Wildwood 9/10 TLDR LAIKA didn’t come to play in the kiddie pool. Wildwood is a massive, dark, occasionally brutal stop-motion epic with real stakes, a ridiculously stacked voice cast and handmade wonder in every frame. Too intense for the littlest ones, but older kids and grown-ups are in for a feast. Where to…

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  • Possible Love Review: Thou Shalt Not Covet

    Possible Love Review: Thou Shalt Not Covet

    Movie Review Possible Love 8/10 TLDR Lee Chang-dong’s first film in eight years is an engrossing, affecting look at commitment in all its forms. Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu are superb, and nearly three hours never drag. Give it your full attention, and these messy, frustrating characters reveal something deeply human. Where to watch: In…

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  • Killers of the Flower Moon 4K Review: Headrights and Wrongs

    Killers of the Flower Moon 4K Review: Headrights and Wrongs

    Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · The Criterion Collection Shelf Worthy In Brief Martin Scorsese's furious Osage epic finally lands on a US disc. Criterion's director-approved 4K UHD Blu-ray set does justice to Rodrigo Prieto's images and Robbie Robertson's final score. Two new documentaries put Osage…

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  • Out of the Past 4K Review: Where There’s Smoke, There’s Noir

    Out of the Past 4K Review: Where There’s Smoke, There’s Noir

    Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Out of the Past (1947) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Warner Archive Collection Shelf Worthy In Brief Revisiting the movie was the easy part of this Out of the Past 4K release. Warner Archive Collection scanned the original nitrate camera negative for its 4K UHD Blu-ray, graded in HDR10 and Dolby Vision.…

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  • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Blu-ray Review: Hi-Jinkies!

    Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Blu-ray Review: Hi-Jinkies!

    Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Series (2010-2013) Blu-ray (6 discs) · Warner Archive Collection Shelf Worthy In Brief Warner Archive Collection gives Cartoon Network's serialized Scooby-Doo its first Blu-ray release anywhere. All 52 episodes land in HD across six discs, in the show's first complete-series set. Thin extras are the only…

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  • Wicker Review: A Basket Case for Love

    Wicker Review: A Basket Case for Love

    Movie Review Wicker 9/10 TLDR Wicker is made from husband material: a weird, wonderful fairy tale for grown-ups, with Olivia Colman ordering a man from the Basketmaker and Alexander Skarsgård creaking his way into her heart. It’s bawdy, tender and, yes, achingly romantic. Where to watch: In theaters October 23 (Black Bear) The Facts Synopsis:…

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