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Tag: Angus Sampson

Deep Water (2026) Review ~ Jaws Dropped

Movie Review Deep Water (2026) 4/10 TLDR Twenty-seven years after Deep Blue Sea, Renny Harlin wades back into shark-infested waters with a starry cast, a six-writer screenplay, and forty-eight producers attached. The plane crash sings. The shark attacks bite. Almost everything in between feels like it was shot in a swimming pool with the lights…
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April 29, 2026
Movie Review ~ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Movie Review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4/10 The Facts Synopsis: As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan…
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May 21, 2024
Movie Review ~ Insidious: The Red Door

Movie Review Insidious: The Red Door 7/10 The Facts Synopsis: To put their demons to rest, Josh and a college-aged Dalton must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family’s dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door. Director: Patrick Wilson Stars: Patrick…
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July 9, 2023
Movie Review ~ Insidious: The Last Key

Movie Review Insidious: The Last Key 5/10 The Facts Synopsis: Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet – in her own family home. Director: Adam Robitel Stars: Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, Kirk Acevedo, Javier Botet, Bruce Davison, Spencer Locke, Tessa Ferrer, Ava Kolker, Marcus…
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January 4, 2018
31 Days to Scare ~ Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built (Trailer)

Synopsis: Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them…
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October 24, 2017
Hasta La Vista…Summer (June)

We did it! We made it through another summer and while the outdoor heat wasn’t too bad (in Minnesota, at least) the box office was on fire. I’ll admit that I indulged in summer fun a bit more than I should, distracting me from reviewing some key movies over the last three months so I…
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September 2, 2015
Hasta La Vista…Summer (May)

We did it! We made it through another summer and while the outdoor heat wasn’t too bad (in Minnesota, at least) the box office was on fire. I’ll admit that I indulged in summer fun a bit more than I should, distracting me from reviewing some key movies over the last three months so I…
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September 1, 2015
Movie Review ~ Mad Max: Fury Road

Movie Review Mad Max: Fury Road 10/10 The Facts Synopsis: In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland. Director:…
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May 14, 2015
The Silver Bullet ~ Mad Max: Fury Road (Trailer #2)

Synopsis: An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life Release Date: May 15, 2015 Thoughts: So many trailers commit the cardinal sin of not being interesting enough to ensnare audiences into returning…
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December 11, 2014
The Silver Bullet ~ Insidious: Chapter 3

Synopsis: This chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity. Release Date: May 29, 2015 Thoughts: Though 2010’s Insidious had a…
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October 31, 2014