Reviews

Reviews

May 1, 2025 · by Matthew Allan

‘Freaky Tales’ Review: A Fun Love Letter to Exploitation Cinema

When watching Freaky Tales from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, both of whom also have writing credits, there is an unapologetic punk energy wrapp...

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April 29, 2025 · by Matthew Allan

Review: 'Until Dawn' has a Love-Hate Relationship with its Source Material

Another entry from PlayStation Studios as Sony aims to adapt their library. Until Dawn was released in 2015 by Supermassive on PlayStation 4,...

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April 28, 2025 · by Nadia Arain

'Havoc' Review: Gareth Evans’ Latest Action Thriller Pulls No Punches

Netflix hasn’t exactly had the greatest track record with their original titles, with The Electric State (2025), one of the most expensive fi...

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April 25, 2025 · by Danny Jarabek

*PFS Springfest* ‘40 Acres’ Review: An Adrenaline-Soaked Near-Future Dystopia

If you were to Google “dystopian movies,” you’d find a list of hundreds of examples going back to the earliest years of film history. It’s th...

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April 22, 2025 · by Kam Ryan

'Sinners' Review: Music is the Beating Heart of Ryan Coogler’s Ambitious New Film

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (2025) is an ambitious film that navigates race, history, power, desire, love, and survival. Oh, and it’s also a vampi...

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Essays

April 21, 2025 · by Nandita Joshi

20 Years of Joe Wright's 'Pride & Prejudice:' An Encapsulation of All Facets of Love

It is hard to have lived your life without seeing a piece of media that has, in some way, been adapted or inspired by a Jane Austen novel. Wi...

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April 21, 2025 · by Joshua Mbonu

‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: This Twisted Classic Fairy Tale is Grotesque in All the Right Ways

The famous fairy tale of Cinderella has been told in many incredibly distinct ways over many centuries, from Disney’s 1950 and 2015 reimagini...

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April 18, 2025 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'Warfare' is an Intense Experimentation of Unconventional Storytelling

Last year, Alex Garland’s Civil War received heavy criticism due to its lack of perspective in portraying a divided America engaged in a seco...

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April 16, 2025 · by Evan Miller

‘The Last of Us’ - Season 2, Episode 1 Review: A Promising Start to a Pivotal Season

HBO’s first season of The Last of Us (2023-) was a game-changer. It proved that if done right, video games can be an apt format to adapt to f...

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April 15, 2025 · by Matthew Allan

‘G20’ Review: Viola Davis’ ‘Die Hard’ Knockoff with Geopolitics

I have always enjoyed inspired Die Hard knockoffs, which 2025 so far has been a year with two: G20 and Fight or Flight.  Looking at the recen...

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April 11, 2025

'The White Lotus: Season 3' Review: The Yin-Yang of Brilliance and Boredom

Major Spoilers Ahead. Late into the third installment of HBO staple The White Lotus (2021–Present), our dear, bereft Chelsea (Aimee Lou W...

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April 10, 2025 · by Joshua Mbonu

‘Drop’ Review: Blumhouse’s New Phone-centric Thriller is a Solid Pulse Pounder

The wave of recent Blumhouse original films over the past few years has had significantly more misses than hits. There's their recent smash c...

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