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Michael B. Jordan in SINNERS. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
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‘Beast’ roars for your attention | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosAugust 18, 2022
Idris Elba as Nathan in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
In Beast, a doctor and his two young daughters find themselves at the wrong end of a lion's taste for vengeance as they become trapped in the South African bush Over the running time of Beast, wildlife biologist and animal sanctuary protector Martin (Sharlto Copley) remarks a few times that what is happening isn't normal.…
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‘Prey’ gives The Predator new life | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosAugust 4, 20221
(L-R): Amber Midthunder as Naru and Dane DeLiegro as the Predator in 20th Century Studios' PREY, exclusively on Hulu. Photo by David Bukach. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

A young Native American woman in the 1700s hunts down a vicious other-worldly predator terrorizing her tribe’s land. Or is it hunting her?

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ leans into weirdness and queerness | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosJuly 7, 2022
Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Love and Thunder. Courtesy of Disney.

In his fourth solo outing, Thor: Love and Thunder finds Thor and Valkyrie align with an unlikely new hero to take down a villain with a taste for revenge.

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‘EO’ and the donkey that enchanted Cannes | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosMay 21, 2022
An image from Eo, which is competing for the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Eo follows life through the eyes of the eponymous donkey as he experiences life and conflict in the human world

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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ brings horror to the MCU | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosMay 3, 202217
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Doctor Strange has to go up against his fellow Avenger Wanda Maximoff in order to save a young girl and the fabric of the multiverse Don't worry, Sam Raimi fans. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness fully goes horror—jump scares, body horror, a smattering of diabolical kills and all. It's a Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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Cold War gay romance ‘Firebird’ lacks spark | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosApril 29, 2022
Tom Prior stars as Sergey and Oleg Zagorodnii as Roman in Peeter Rebane’s FIREBIRD Photo Credit: Herrki-Erich Merila Courtesy of Roadside Attractions, LLC / The Factory

Firebird tells the true story of a hidden romance between a private in the Cold War-era Soviet military and a star fighter pilot

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‘Crush’ is a typical high school rom-com — and that’s a good thing | movie review

ComedyKarl DelossantosApril 28, 2022
Rowan Blanchard and Auli'i Cravalho in Crush. Courtesy of Hulu.

Crush follows an awkward queer high schooler as she tries clear her name as the school vandal while navigating a new crush

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‘The Northman’ goes south | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosApril 25, 2022
Alexander Skarsgard in The Northman. Courtesy of Focus Features.

Years after witnessing his father’s murder, a Viking prince goes on a rampage across Scandinavia to avenge his death and save his mother.

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2022 Oscars: And the Oscar for worst ceremony goes to…

AwardsKarl DelossantosMarch 28, 2022
Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur, Jessica Chastain, Will Smith, Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars

In an effort to make the Oscars cool again, The Academy made the Oscars deeply uncool

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‘X’ is a Texas Boogie Nights Massacre | movie review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 17, 2022
The Cast of X. Credit: Christopher Moss

X follows a young group of aspiring filmmakers who travel to an isolated farm to film a porn. It doesn’t go well.

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