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Profile is an innovative, engrossing tale of a reporter going too far

May 15, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Profile’ uses a ‘screen-only’ approach to tell a based-on-a-true-story tale of a journalist getting more than she bargained for… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Focus Features, Mystery, Profile, Shazad Latif, Thriller, Valene Kane

Warner Archive :: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Blu-ray Review

April 19, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A new restoration sparks new life into the Hammer Horror classic… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Christopher Lee, Hammer Films, Hazel Court, Horror, Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Sci-Fi, The Curse of Frankenstein, Thriller, Warner Archive

Godzilla vs. Kong …and a convoluted plot

March 31, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Not even a weak story can bring down the two titans… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Action, Alexander Skarsgård, Brian Tyree Henry, Demian Bichir, Godzilla vs. Kong, HBO Max, Julian Dennison, Kaylee Hottle, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Sci-Fi, Shun Oguri, Thriller, Warner Bros. Pictures

Greenland is a surprisingly decent disaster flick

December 25, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Leave it to 2020 to have a disaster movie feel too close to home… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Action, Andrew Bachelor, David Denman, Drama, Gerard Butler, Greenland, Hope Davis, Joshua Mikel, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, STXfilms, Theodore Scott Glenn, Thriller

A Call to Spy tells a tense tale of some real life female spies in WWII

October 30, 2020Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘A Call to Spy’ is a bit oddly paced at times, but the sacrifices it shows feel real… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing A Call To Spy, Biography, Drama, IFC Films, Radhika Apte, Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Thriller

Possessor Review :: Possessor is the most disturbing film of the year

October 6, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Possessor’ is the goriest film I have seen this year with many moments that made me turn my head… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Horror, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Neon, Possessor, Possessor Uncut, Rossif Sutherland, Sci-Fi, Sean Bean, Thriller, Tuppence Middleton

DieRy hits thrills both compelling and clichéd at the same time

October 3, 2020Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘DieRy’ has deep thoughts wrapped in a world that feels much less deep… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Brendan Robinson, Chase Coleman, Ciaran Byrne, Claudia Maree Mailer, Danielle Guldin, DieRy, James Sutorius, Jocelyn Jones, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Mailer Tuchman Media, Thomas Q. Jones, Thriller

Range Runners hits you hard with a brutal tale of surviving

September 18, 2020Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Range Runners’ almost feels like it could be based on a real life inspirational tale… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Celeste M Cooper, Darkstar Pictures, Michael B. Woods, Range Runners, Sean Patrick Leonard, Thriller, Tiffany Renee Johnson

The Secrets We Keep is an old fashioned thriller about questioning vengeance

September 18, 2020Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Secrets We Keep’ is a similar tale to those seen before, but it feels like a good example of them… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Amy Seimetz, Bleecker Street, Chris Messina, Drama, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, The Secrets We Keep, Thriller

Antebellum Review :: Antebellum mixes social commentary with a twist

September 17, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The thriller is sure to raise the hackles of a certain portion of the population… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Antebellum, Eric Lange, Gabourey Sidibe, Horror, Jack Huston, Janelle Monáe, Jena Malone, Kiersey Clemons, Lionsgate, Mystery, Thriller

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula gets bogged down in its world-building

September 6, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Peninsula’ isn’t as striking as ‘Train to Busan’ but still a bloody good time… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Foreign, Gang Dong-won, Horror, Kim Do-yoon, Kim Min-jae, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Re, Peninsula, Thriller, Well Go USA

Unhinged Review :: Russell Crowe is downright disturbing

August 26, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

This was just the right movie I needed when I headed back to the theater. It was simple and entertaining… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Action, Austin P. McKenzie, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, Russell Crowe, Solstice Studios, Thriller, Unhinged

Is The Rental worth a rental? Jeremy Fogelman & Justin Moore review it

July 28, 2020Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

Two critics have differing opinions on Dave Franco’s new thriller… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alison Brie, Anthony Molinari, Dan Stevens, Horror, IFC Films, Jeremy Allen White, Sheila Vand, The Rental, Thriller, Toby Huss

Let’s Kill Uncle comes to Blu-ray

June 16, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber shines a spotlight on a lesser known Castle film… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Comedy, Kino Lorber, Let's Kill Uncle, Linda Lawson, Mary Badham, Nestor Palva, Nigel Green, Pat Cardi, Robert Pickering, Thriller, Universal Pictures

Extraction is an exhilarating explosive thrill ride

May 5, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Extraction’ has some of the best stunt work I have seen in recent memory… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Action, Chris Hemsworth, David Harbour, eXtraction, Golshifteh Farahani, Netflix, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli, Randeep Hooda, Rudraksh Jaiswal, Thriller

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