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'Carolina Caroline' review: Kyle Gallner & Samara Weaving feel the heat in romantic crime drama
Here's how we get to Carolina Caroline, which stars Samara Weaving as the titular Caroline and Kyle Gallner as Oliver. She works at a Texan gas station when one day Oliver comes in through the door. He runs a small cash scam. Caroline, showing her smarts, notices this and confronts Oliver outside. Following some flirtation, boundary testing and a rendezvous, the two fall head over heels in love with each other. Naturally, Caroline and Oliver team up to become a fiery, crime-l
S.J.
Jun 7


'Passenger' review: One demon for the road, what could go wrong?
For now, we're hitting the road with Passenger. This new supernatural horror kicks into high gear when two guys, Daniel (Alan Trong) and Lucas Tedesco (Miles Fowler), are driving at night. Then we meet Maddie Brecker (Lou Llobell) and Tyler Genocchio (Jacob Scipio), a couple who are brand new to the "van life" thing. They witness a deadly car accident. Later, their van gets marked by mysterious scratches. It turns out that a spine-chilling presence (Joseph Lopez) is now torme
S.J.
May 31


'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed' season 1 review: Tatiana Maslany faces facts in Apple TV drama thriller
Tatiana Maslany stars in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed as Paula who's a divorced mom and fact checker whose online life leads to unpredictable outcomes. She regularly chats and pays for private shows with "Trevor" (Brandon Flynn). He later calls her asking for money, saying that he'll be killed unless he pays his debts to the attacker. Paula reports this to the police and detectives Sofia Gonzalez (Dolly De Leon) and Baxter (Jon Michael Hill) are assigned to the case. Oh, but t
S.J.
May 25


'Obsession' review: Curry Barker's supernatural horror sends its worst wishes to Inde Navarrette & Michael Johnston
In Obsession, one of our players is Bear (Michael Johnston), a twentysomething music store employee living in a generic American town. He's bottling up his awkward crush on his best friend and colleague Nikki (Inde Navarrette) as he's never dared to try and make a move to get himself out of the friendzone. Shopping at a store for a gift that would accompany his romantic confession, he encounters a "One Wish Willow", which would make your one wish come true. Disturbing and fre
S.J.
May 24


'Mercy' review: You will see Chris Pratt & this sci-fi thriller in court
Open wide because Mercy is "inevitable", whether you like it or not. Los Angeles, California, United States. The year is 2029. A man wakes up tied to a chair in a futuristic room. Chris Raven (Chris Pratt), a LAPD detective, is being charged with the murder of his wife Nicole (Annabelle Wallis). But times have changed and "justice" is now served by an AI program called Mercy Capital Court, which uses a human avatar judge called Maddox (Rebecca Ferguson) to walk you through th
S.J.
May 17


'Thrash' review: Survival thriller's sharkest hour is just before the dawn
Thrash loves to do such switcheroos as it tells us that there are plenty more fish in the sea. We find ourselves in the seaside town of Annieville in South Carolina. A devastating hurricane is about to hit this town. The storm floods the town and a damaged truck full of meat and other animal substances draws hungry sharks to the scene. There are essentially three paths here. Perhaps the most compelling is one where we follow Lisa (Phoebe Dynevor), a young woman who is extreme
S.J.
May 10


'War Machine' review: Sci-fi actioner forces Alan Ritchson to rage against everything
In the meantime, we shall stake out War Machine. Alan Ritchson stars as "81" (you can also call him Big Dude™), a number that is a reference to the identifier this unnamed protagonist rocks on his military outfit. Directed by Patrick Hughes, who also co-wrote the screenplay alongside James Beaufort from a story by Hughes, the sci-fi action barrage isn't here to rewrite the rules of the aforementioned genre. It wears its sales pitch on its sleeve. The movie is perfectly fine f
S.J.
May 3


'Apex' review: Charlize Theron is the prey to Taron Egerton's predator
This message is brought to you by Apex, the new survival action thriller that may prevent you from enjoying the wilderness the next time you're trying to touch grass. Charlize Theron stars as Sasha whose significant other Tommy (Eric Bana) dies in the movie's harrowing opening scene when they're climbing in Norway. Five months later, Sasha is travelling solo in Australia. On her way to the national park, she's harassed by local hunters until another local fella, Ben (Taron Eg
S.J.
Apr 26


'I Swear' review: Robert Aramayo breaks the silence on the world's lack of awareness
Scotland is calling our names anyway in the form of I Swear, which is a biographical dramedy with enough naughty language to last a lifetime. In a small town of Galashiles, we meet John Davidson, portrayed by Robert Aramayo. John starts to display uncontrollable motor and verbal tics. The cause of this is unknown for both John and those around him, including his mom Heather (Shirley Henderson). Eventually, we fast-forward to the 1990s when John has already been diagnosed with
S.J.
Apr 19
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