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Film Review – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
***Warning: This Review Contains Minor Spoilers*** It’s hard to fathom that when Tom Cruise first adapted the Mission: Impossible television series for the big screen, it was considered a risk. It was the first film made under his own production company. If it were to flop, he would have…
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Film Review – Final Destination: Bloodlines
It’s hard to fathom that the last installment of the Final Destination franchise was released fourteen years ago. The series, much like the Saw films, had grown into a yearly tradition. Audiences went to the theater to see a bunch of characters stumble their way into complex and preposterous…
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Film Review – Fight or Flight
The Josh Hartnett renaissance is upon us. The actor has carved himself some nice and varied output in the last few years. From his work with Guy Ritchie, providing solid character work in the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer (2023), to his villainous turn in Trap (2024), Hartnett has shown a willingness to try…
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Film Review – Another Simple Favor
A Simple Favor (2018) has developed a small but dedicated fan base. Mixing comedy, sex, intrigue, fashion, and soap opera level melodrama, the suburban thriller felt like a trashy novel best enjoyed with a mixed drink. I say that as a compliment. While I wasn’t the…
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Film Review – The Surfer
Talk about a run of bad luck! The things the protagonist goes through in The Surfer (2024) could test the resolve of just about anybody. All “The Surfer” wants to do is take his son out on the same Australian waves he rode as a youngster. And…
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Film Review – Havoc
Gareth Evans, who wrote and directed two of the top action films of the new century in The Raid (2011) and The Raid 2 (2014), has returned with his unique style of pulse pounding mayhem in Havoc (2025). This time, he collaborates with Tom Hardy, one of the finest actors working today…
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Film Review – The Wedding Banquet
On paper, The Wedding Banquet (2025) has all the makings of a classic screwball comedy. You have characters engaged in a silly plot that involves deception, hijinks, and plenty of awkward situations. Things get progressively more complicated, even if it could all be resolved if everyone were…
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Film Review – G20
G20 (2025) attempts to do two things simultaneously. On one end, it’s a throwback actioner in the same vein as Air Force One (1997), Die Hard (1988), and The Rock (1996). You’ll see several familiar rhythms, plot points, and set pieces transcribed here. On the other end is an attempt to tie…
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