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Disappointment Day: Disappointment Day: Spielberg’s Latest Is a Painful Slog Brimming With Lazy Writing, Bad Acting, And Lousy CGI

Disappointment Day: Spielberg’s Latest Is a Painful Slog Brimming With Lazy Writing, Bad Acting, And Lousy CGI

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[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] In Theaters Friday, June 9 “Boy, Curt, this is the thing all sports fans in all areas hate to see. A great one playing his…

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Liminal Spaces, Scary Faces: “Backrooms” is a Maze of Terror

“Backrooms” is a Maze of Terror

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A journey through the backrooms isn't for the faint of heart!

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“Tuner” Turns Up: “Tuner” Turns Up

“Tuner” Turns Up

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A piano turner turns to cracking safes to make himself proud.

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FUZE Is Da Bomb: ‘FUZE’ Is Lit, Kicking Off the Summer Movie Season With a Bang

‘FUZE’ Is Lit, Kicking Off the Summer Movie Season With a Bang

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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Now, on Blu-Ray and VOD July 7 There are precious few surprises in cinema these days, and those encountered are almost always unpleasant…

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No Love for Boosting: I Don’t Love “I Love Boosters”

I Don’t Love “I Love Boosters”

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Boosters don't boost morale.

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“Michael” Doesn’t Stop But Gives Not Enough

by Christian Ramos April 28, 2026 Print Reviews

Michael Jackson’s story hits the big screen with real life nephew as the King of Pop.

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“You, Me & Tuscany” is a Nostalgic Trip

by Christian Ramos April 28, 2026 Print Reviews

A trip to Italy brings love, miscommunication, and pasta.

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Get Thee To a Streamer-y: The New ‘Hamlet’ Is Like Poison In the Ear

by Warren Cantrell April 10, 2026 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] In Theaters Friday, April 10 A dizzying reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s seminal work, director Aneil Karia’s version of Hamlet is bold, to be sure: though any further plaudits are difficult to conjure. A sort of Reader’s Digest version of the Danish prince’s tragedy, this telling carves out a new path for […]

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“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” an Adventure Through Space

by Christian Ramos April 8, 2026 Print Reviews

Super Mario flies across the galaxy to rescue a galactic princess.

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“Hoppers” is a Hopping Success

by Christian Ramos April 7, 2026 Print Reviews

Avatar style technology helps a girl connect with her inner wild side.

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‘Project Hail Mary’ sets the bar for space-buddy flicks

by Tim English March 20, 2026 Print Reviews

[Solid Rock Fist Up] Lord and Miller strike again. Project Hail Mary is one of those “that movie”-type movies. It’s smart, funny, surprisingly emotional, and built around the radical idea that science itself can be cinematic. Director Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (the Spider-Verse movies, the Jump Street movies) take Andy Weir’s dense, problem-solving novel […]

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‘Project Hail Mary’ Converts for a Touchdown

by Warren Cantrell March 18, 2026 Print Reviews

[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, March 20 The comforting embrace of optimism and fulfilled promise comes at a premium these days, making Project Hail Mary that rare case of a movie living up to not just its potential, but its moment. A veritable dream team of talent in all major phases of […]

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Oscars Preview 2026! Scene-Stealers Breaks Down the 98th Annual Academy Awards

by Warren Cantrell March 9, 2026 Blogs

Man…what a twisty, bendy road Hollywood walks leading up to its biggest night. Favorites that seemed like a lock just one month ago look shaky in the light of early spring, and unlike previous years, there doesn’t seem to be as big a stable of heavy favorites as what many come to expect at this […]

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‘Dreams’ Deftly Explores the Nightmares of Toxic Relationships in 2026 America

by Warren Cantrell February 25, 2026 Print Reviews

[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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History Struggles to Come To Life In Dreary, Repetitive ‘Pike River’

by Warren Cantrell January 29, 2026 Blogs

[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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Great Choices in ‘No Other Choice’

by Christian Ramos January 6, 2026 Print Reviews

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

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Aussie Zombie Flick ‘We Bury the Dead’ Has Brains, But Little Backbone

by Warren Cantrell January 5, 2026 Print Reviews

[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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