TV Show or Movie: Movie
Where to Watch: Theater.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Writer: Jordan Weiss, Elyse Hollander, Mary Rodgers
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters
Synopsis: 22 years after Tessa and Ana endured an identity crisis, Ana now has a daughter and they seem to be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tessa and Ana discover that lightning might strike twice..
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Where to Watch: Theater.
Genre: Psychological thriller, horror, sports
Writer: Zack Akers, Skip Bronkie, Justin Tipping
Director: Justin Tippie
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox
Synopsis: A young athlete descends into a world of terror when he’s invited to train with a legendary champion whose charisma curdled into something darker.
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TV Show or Movie: Movie
Where to Watch: Theaters.
Genre: Psychological thriller, Thriller
Writer: JT Mollner
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing
Synopsis: A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest know as “The Long Walk” in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot
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TV Show or Movie: Movie
Where to Watch: On Demand.
Genre: Horror, comedy, sci-fi
Writer: Joseph Kahn, Dan Koontz, Samuel Laske
Director: Joseph Kahn
Cast: Brandon Routh, Malina Pauli Weissman, Talia Sophia, Mena Suvari
Synopsis: Science teacher Hank’s life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects a new student is his daughter, all while facing an alien threat in their town.
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TV Show or Movie: Movie
Where to Watch: On Demand.
Genre: Action, thriller
Writer: Derek Kolstad, Aaron Rabin
Director: Timo Tjahjanto
Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, Colin Hanks, RZA, Colin Salmon, Christopher Lloyd, Sharon Stone
Synopsis: Suburban dad Hutch Mansell, a former lethal assassin, is pulled back into his violent past after thwarting a home invasion, setting off a chain of events that unravels secrets about his wife Becca’s past and his own.
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Where to Watch: Theaters.
Genre: Suphero, black comedy, comedy, action
Writer: Macon Blair
Director: Macon Blair
Cast: Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood
Synopsis: When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive.
Review: I am very happy that this movie was finally released. It was shelved a few years ago after premiering at one film festival. I never thought that I would get the chance to see it, but I am glad that I did.
While I didn’t love it, I did see really enjoy it. The movie still hold ups a lot of the campiness of the original. It also holds up to the original when it comes to over-the-top violence and gore, costumed bad guys, and taking on the major corporations. Just like this was relevant back when the original came out, the storming with the little people overthrowing the people in charge that are screening them over.
Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, and Elijah Wood are great in this movie. Elijah Wood essentially plays the penguin. Kevin Bacon plays a douchebag CEO. His hair in the movie just made me hate his character even more. And Peter Dinklage shines as Toxie. A innocent, shy guy who learns to finally fight for what is right after he becomes toxic.
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Where to Watch: Included with subscription MGM+ Kanopy. Rental on most other platforms.
Genre: Psychological thriller
Writer: Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Director: Guillem Morales
Cast: Naomie Harris, Natalie Dormer
Synopsis: Follows Heather and Carla, they will meet after having not spoken in years. Heather is about to present a very unexpected proposition that could change their lives forever.
Review: I had my eye on this smoothie for a couple of months. I love the actresses, and I thought that it seemed like a pretty tense thriller.
I finally sat down to watch it, and I am so glad that I did. I’ve suggested it to a few people since then. The movie is definitely a psychological thriller. They’ll keep you guessing throughout the movie. Leading up to a wild ending that you could not predict. I don’t wanna say much about this movie. But it is well written, meticulous, and truly wild. I am very interested now in somehow checking out the play that it is adapted from. It is the same writer for both which is cool!
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Genre: Comedy
Writer: Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Akiva Schaffer
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Cast: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand.
Synopsis: Only one man has the particular set of skills – to lead Police Squad and save the world.
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Where to Watch: Theaters
Genre Horror
Writer Zach Cregger
Director Zach Cregger
Cast Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, plus supporting roles
Synopsis When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Review: I have been a big Zachary Cregger fan for a long time. It started with Whitest Kids U Know, then I followed him and the late great Trevor Moore to Miss March, a funny comedy with Craig Robbinson. I watched him in Wrecked, the TBS parody of Lost. And then I watched the breakout hit Barbarian and have been following his horror journey ever since.
I have been looking forward to Weapons for a few years now. It’s gone through some major delays, but it is finally here. And I know this sounds like a first world problem, but I was on vacation and I had to wait four days to see it. I know. And I avoided all spoilers.
The movie has a slower build up to a wild third act. Like Barbarian. The jump scares throughout are pretty terrifying.
The third act goes pretty nuts in this movie. It is not a predictable movie by any means. There is talk about a possible preque, which I would be onboard for.
Austin Abrams is one of my favorite newer actors and he crushes it in this movie. He stuck with Cregger throughout the whole production and is now starring in his next movie, Resident Evil!
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TV Show or Movie: Movie
Where to Watch: Theaters
Genre: Horror
Writer: Michael Shanks
Directors: Michael Shanks
Cast: Allison Brie, James Franco
Premise: Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh.
Review: I really enjoyed this body horror movie. After the success of The Substance last year, it seems that so many body horror movies are getting green lit and distributed which I am all for.
This movie stars real life married couple Dave Franco and Allison Brie as a couple who move out to the country. They are on the brink of collapse and this new job opportunity for Brie’s character could be something that saves them.
After falling into a hole, weird things start happening to them.
The last ten minutes are pretty wild. I loved the contortionist work done in this movie. There is very obvious foreshadowing throughout the moving using a popular song from my childhood and I, somehow, didn’t pick up on it. But hey, that’s the point and how movies get away with that stuff.
This movie has a buildup that continuously gets stronger and more intense until all hell breaks loose.
I dug the ending. There are a few ways they could’ve gone and I liked this one.
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