Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 44min

Directed by James Ashcroft

Written by Eli Kent and James Ashcroft, based on a short story by Owen Marshall

Stars: Geoffrey Rush, John Lithgow and George Henare

Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 19, 2024

Released in US March 7, 2025

RT: 71% critics / 54% audience

Currently Streaming on Shudder and AMC+

Synopsis

An elderly judge suffers a stroke on the bench and finds himself in a nursing home that is ruled by an unhinged resident and his creepy puppet. 

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Weapons, opening in theaters on August 8th

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 29min

Directed by Thordur Palsson

Written by Jamie Hannigan

Stars: Odessa Young, Joe Cole and Siobhan Finneran

Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 6, 2024

Released in US January 3, 2025

RT: 90% critics / 47% audience

Currently Streaming on Hulu

Synopsis

A widow is tasked with running an isolated fishing outpost in Iceland at the end of the 19th century. When a ship wrecks on some rocks off the coast, she makes the decision not to rescue the passengers, dooming her crew to madness and danger.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Rule of Jenny Pen, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 55min

Directed by Danny Boyle

Written by Alex Garland

Stars: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Released in US theaters June 20, 2025

RT: 88% critics / 63% audience

Synopsis

12yr old Spike lives with his domineering father and mysteriously ill mother on a small island less than a mile away from mainland northern England. While safe there from the infected, the citizens uphold a tradition that sees their young people escorted to the mainland to kill infected as a rite of passage. Disillusioned after his outing and determined to locate the rumored doctor there, Spike sneaks out of the compound with his mother in tow in an attempt to cure her illness.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Damned, currently streaming on Hulu

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Not Rated 

Runtime: 1hr 49min

Written & Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt

Stars: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss and Ane Dahl Torp

Premiered at Sundance January 23, 2025

Limited Release in US theaters April 18, 2025

Currently Streaming on Shudder and AMC+

RT: 96% critics / 86% audience

Synopsis

Rebekka and her two daughters, Elvira and Alma, move into the estate of her new husband, Otto, and his beautiful daughter, Agnes. Elvira, the oldest of Rebekka’s daughters, is a dreamy, braces-wearing teen who swoons over the kingdom’s handsome prince and his romantic poetry. But when Otto dies suddenly and it is revealed that he was deeply in debt, Rebekka is forced to pile all her hopes for financial stability on the prince choosing Elvira as his bride at the upcoming ball. In order for the plain and gawky Elvira to catch his eye, she must undergo a series of horrifying medical procedures to become more beautiful.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing 28 Years Later, now playing in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R 

Runtime: 1hr 44min

Directed by Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou

Written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman

Stars: Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt and Jonah Wren Phillips

Released in theaters May 30, 2025

RT: 89% critics / 79% audience

Synopsis

Siblings Andy and Piper, who have just lost their father, are placed in foster care with a mysterious and seemingly unstable woman named Laura who is also grieving a loss. They also meet their new foster brother, Oliver, a mute and extremely creepy little boy.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Ugly Stepsister, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated PG-13 

Runtime: 1hr 43min

Written & Directed by Logan George & Celine Held

Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen and Lauren Ambrose

Released on streaming October 10, 2024

RT: 76% critics / 79%  audience

Synopsis

In Louisiana, near the border of Texas, the mother of a young man named Paris has a seizure and falls off a bridge while driving her car with her son. He saves himself but is not able to rescue his mother who disappears in Caddo Lake. In a house near the lake, teenager Ellie lives with her mother Celeste, her stepfather Daniel and her eight-year-old stepsister Anna. Ellie has arguments with her mother because of her father that she never knew and questions whether he really died. When Anna disappears in Caddo Lake, Sheriff Taylor organizes a search party to look for her in the lake. Meanwhile Paris is researching why his mother had seizures when the water level is low in the lake. Ellie decides to look for Anna in the lake and finds a mystery.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Bring Her Back, opening in theaters May 30.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R 

Runtime: 1hr 38min

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

Written by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich

Stars: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head and Sarah Brightman

Premiered at Fantasia FF July 18, 2008

Limited release in theaters November 7, 2008

RT: 37% critics / 73%  audience

Synopsis

By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Caddo Lake, currently streaming on Max and available elsewhere to rent.

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Rated R 

Runtime: 2hr 17min

Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler

Stars: Miles Caton, Saul Williams and Michael B. Jordan

Released in theaters April 18, 2025

RT: 98% critics / 97%  audience

Synopsis

Twin brothers return to their home town in 1930s Mississippi to open a juke joint with money stolen from the Chicago mob. Opening night festivities take a turn for the worse when vampires arrive at the juke joint to be let in.

Join us in two weeks when we review Repo: The Genetic Opera, currently streaming on Prime.

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Unrated 

Runtime: 1hr 34min

Directed by Elric Kane

Written by Elric Kane and Webb Wilcoxen

Stars: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen and Katherine Hughes

Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 26, 2024

Released (limited) in US theaters February 11, 2025

RT: 83% critics / no audience score

Synopsis

A depressed young woman goes on a series of meaningless dates in Los Angeles. When she makes a connection with a man who then ghosts her, she begins to follow him and investigate his life.

Join us in two weeks when we review Sinners, which will release in theaters on April 18th.

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Not Rated 

Runtime: 1hr 58min

Written & Directed by Pascal Plante

Stars: Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

Premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 4, 2023

Released (limited) in US theaters September 6, 2024

RT: 96% critics / 75% audience

Synopsis

A taciturn model is obsessed with the trial of a notorious murder suspect, who allegedly tortured and killed three young girls in “red rooms,” murders-for-pay that are streamed over the dark web to the highest bidder.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Dead Thing, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

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