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THE GREATEST HITS MOVIE REVIEW We all have those special songs that take us back to a moment in time. We can hear a track, and suddenly, we’re with our first love, or driving across our home town, or hanging with those friends we’ve lost touch with. Imagine listening to those songs didn’t just figuratively […]

ARCADIAN MOVIE REVIEW It’s a gamble when you watch a Nic Cage film. You never know if it’s going to be a good movie or not, but the man never phones it in. No matter the quality of the overall film, you’ll still get Cage at full Cage. The real gamble is choosing to watch […]

RICKY STANICKY MOVIE REVIEW Every once in a while, a filmmaker grows so far beyond the types of movies that they began their career with, it’s amusing to look back over their filmography and see how much they’ve matured. A director like Adam McKay can start his cinematic career with Anchorman and then win an […]

THE FEUD SEASON 2: CAPOTE VS THE SWANS REVIEW After his novel In Cold Blood in 1966, eccentric life of the party Truman Capote climbed the ladder of high life society and became the legendary culture icon we all know, love, and imitate to this very day. What’s a scaling of social ladders though without […]

AMERICAN DREAMER MOVIE REVIEW John Steinbeck once said “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”. American Dreamer is a film about Phil (Peter Dinklage) who is a writer/college professor who wants it all: The hot wife, the fast car, & a […]

SUNCOAST MOVIE REVIEW Back in the 90’s, a famous writer/comedian/late night talk show host did a recurring bit of what the world would be like in the year 2000. Come back to us Conan O’Brien, we miss you. In the distant past, 2004-6 was a time of Juicy T-shirts, PussyCat Dolls, Tom Brady and the […]

TRUNK – LOCKED IN MOVIE REVIEW Trunk – Locked In is a new thriller streaming on Amazon Prime Video. A German film, this movie is relentless in its pacing. Right out of the gate we meet Malina, in a trunk, dazed and confused. Someone has abducted her for reasons that are unclear but through a […]

THE UNDERDOGGS MOVIE REVIEW If you are of a certain generation, there’s a good chance that not only have you seen The Mighty Ducks, but you could probably quote it while explaining the plot in great detail. It was certainly a pivotal film of the early 90s. It spawned several sequels and more than a […]

CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET MOVIE REVIEW It’s been 23 years since Chicken Run came into our cinematic lives one stop motion frame at a time. And like all sequels that come decades later, the bar and expectations have been set higher than the electric fence surrounding Mrs. Tweedy’s farm. Since Ginger, Rocky, and […]

GODZILLA MINUS ONE MOVIE REVIEW Godzilla has been known to overshadow his co-stars (figuratively and literally) but Godzilla Minus One deliberately centers its story around its human characters. During the final months of WW2, a kamikaze pilot named Koichi (Ryunosuke Kamiki), abandons his suicide mission by flying back to base for bogus repairs. No sooner […]