Dare to 'Dreams'
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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, February 27 An erotic thriller that sits on a load-bearing pillar at the center of America’s in-progress collapse, Dreams tells a small…

‘Dreams’ Deftly Explores the Nightmares of Toxic Relationships in 2026 America
A Pike Pickle
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[Rating: Swiss Fist] In Theaters and On Digital January 30 Compressing 14 years of litigious, bureaucratic, deeply personal history into a 131-minute movie was never going to be easy, and…

History Struggles to Come To Life In Dreary, Repetitive ‘Pike River’
A Job Blood Hunt
Posted 2 months ago

Job loss leads a man to an ultimate choice of life and death.

Great Choices in ‘No Other Choice’
Zombie Scar Wars
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[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, January 2 An exploration of grief, loss, and regret wrapped inside of a zombie movie, We Bury the Dead isn’t a bait…

Aussie Zombie Flick ‘We Bury the Dead’ Has Brains, But Little Backbone
Down in the Dumps
Posted 2 months ago

Up and coming politician faces a myriad of issues, including the script!

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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, February 27 An erotic thriller that sits on a load-bearing pillar at the center of America’s in-progress collapse, Dreams tells a small story on the largest possible canvas. A film about the ways toxic relationships skew power dynamics and corrupt good intentions, it plays with familiar tropes […]

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[Rating: Swiss Fist] In Theaters and On Digital January 30 Compressing 14 years of litigious, bureaucratic, deeply personal history into a 131-minute movie was never going to be easy, and the people behind Pike River should be commended for their attempt at just that. A dramatic exploration of the 2010 coal mining accident and its […]

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Job loss leads a man to an ultimate choice of life and death.

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[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, January 2 An exploration of grief, loss, and regret wrapped inside of a zombie movie, We Bury the Dead isn’t a bait and switch so much as a catch and question. This is a flick about the undead and a mini-apocalypse, sure, but the “creatures” in this […]

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Up and coming politician faces a myriad of issues, including the script!

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Swash-Buckling Adventures Abound in “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants”

by Christian Ramos December 22, 2025 Print Reviews

SquarePants swabs a deck or two on the high seas!

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Family Drama in “Sentimental Value”

by Christian Ramos December 8, 2025 Print Reviews

A movie threatens to push a family even further apart.

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What A Piece of Work Is ‘Hamnet’ How Noble In Reason, How Infinite In Faculty

by Warren Cantrell November 25, 2025 Print Reviews

Honest, raw, and every inch as profound as the fiction it portrays, “Hamnet” is less of a movie and more a meditation on the emotional bonds that bind us.

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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Is Sharper Than Ever and Cuts Deep

by Warren Cantrell November 24, 2025 Print Reviews

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ is a blast, subverting genre expectations with one hand while examining the sociopolitical landscape of its setting with the other.

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Is Decent, But Doesn’t Defy Gravity

by Warren Cantrell November 20, 2025 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, November 21 About a half hour too long with a stable of songs that are only about half as good as the previous installment, Wicked: For Good lives up to its name in more ways than one. Decent but not spectacular, the Broadway sequel dazzles with spectacle […]

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Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is ‘Franken-Just-Fine’

by Warren Cantrell October 22, 2025 Print Reviews

A reimagining of a book into film can be forgiven for the cuts it makes, but it is the additions that hobble “Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.”

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‘Black Phone 2’ has a bad connection

Thumbnail image for ‘Black Phone 2’ has a bad connection by Tim English October 17, 2025 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] This one stings. 2025 has been a pretty great year for horror. Unfortunately, this one fails to meet even the expectations set by the first flick. But that’s the way it goes, right? Some sequels know exactly what made the first movie work and get right to it. Then there […]

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‘Tron Ares’: Too much reality, not enough fun

Thumbnail image for ‘Tron Ares’: Too much reality, not enough fun by Tim English October 10, 2025 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] Does anyone really even understand this property anymore? I’m pretty sure Disney does not. I thought I did, but maybe I don’t. Either way, someone needs to sit down and figure out the “rules” of Tron, because I’m pretty sure somewhere inside Tron: Ares is the potential for a mind-bending […]

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‘Roofman’ delivers a wildly true but fun story

Thumbnail image for ‘Roofman’ delivers a wildly true but fun story by Tim English October 10, 2025 Print Reviews

[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] Sometimes the best “based on a true story”-type movies sound like they were dreamed up by a drunk screenwriter hoping he’s the only one with access to the internet. Roofman is one of those movies. It’s a movie that seems just too silly and stupid to have actually happened. Watch […]

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‘Roofman’ is an Unlikely Likable Hero

Thumbnail image for ‘Roofman’ is an Unlikely Likable Hero by Christian Ramos October 10, 2025 Print Reviews

New identity and new house makes a former conman a likable local hero.

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