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'Smoke' series review: Apple TV+ crime drama plays with fire, Taron Egerton & Jurnee Smollett
And where there's a new miniseries called Smoke, there's also something charred, like fragile souls of men. Someone who knows a thing or two about that is David "Dave" Gudsen (Taron Egerton), a former firefighter and current arson investigator in the city of Umberland. There are two suspected serial arsonists terrorising the community so Dave receives a brand new partner in Michelle Calderone (Jurnee Smollett), a detective seemingly demoted to less important duties like arson

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2 days ago


'Dangerous Animals' review: When their shark is worse than their bite
But that is why we now have Dangerous Animals, a horror thriller directed by Sean Byrne from a script by Nick Lepard. We set sail for Gold Coast in Australia where we first meet Tucker (Jai Courtney), a local boat captain hosting cage dives in the shark-infested waters for tourists, though this is all an elaborate ruse because he's a serial killer who kills by feeding those tourists to sharks. This is bad news for Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), a young American woman living a noma

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5 days ago


'How To Train Your Dragon' review: Live-action remake has a flight of fantasy adventure
Well, Hollywood certainly has, as evidenced by the arrival of 2025's How To Train Your Dragon, a live-action remake of the 2010 film and another adaptation of Cressida Cowell's novel of the same name. Dean DeBlois returns to write and direct, only this time all by himself, while most of the cast gets a makeover. Hiccup (Mason Thames) is a teen boy living with his disapproving dad Stoick (Gerard Butler, reprising his role) in a Viking village called Berk where humans hunt and

S.J.
Jun 21


'Echo Valley' review: Julianne Moore as a desperate mother isn't the one biting the dust
No one knows more about that than Kate Garretson (Julianne Moore), the main character in the new thriller drama Echo Valley. Kate is a horse riding instructor living alone on her Pennsylvanian farm, mourning the recent death of her wife whilst struggling with finances. Making matters worse is the fact that her daughter Claire (Sydney Sweeney) has been off-the-radar. However, Claire returns home briefly before running away with her no-good boyfriend Ryan Sinclair (Edmund Donov

S.J.
Jun 13


'Novocaine' review: Jack Quaid gets hit right in the feels for the very first time
Our main event of the week is Novocaine, which introduces us to, wait for it, Nate Caine (Jack Quaid) who's a manager at a credit union in San Diego, but most importantly, he is also an awkward guy with a total insensitivity to pain. He's got the hots for his co-worker Sherry (Amber Midthunder) and after stumbling around for a bit, they do go on a date and things go so well that he puts his ultimate Girlfriend Guyâ„¢ hat on.

S.J.
Jun 8


'The Better Sister' series review: Jessica Biel & Elizabeth Banks bury the hatchet in Prime Video drama
Most of these also happen to have a lust for blood, including The Better Sister, a new miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Alafair Burke. Jessica Biel's character Chloe Taylor has some kind of a fancy job in media and lives a high-end life with her lawyer husband Adam Macintosh (Corey Stoll) and their 15-year-old son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) in New York. But things go sideways real fast when Chloe comes home one night and finds Adam stabbed to death.

S.J.
May 28


'Fountain Of Youth' review: John Krasinski & Natalie Portman could use a nice, warm bath
Fountain Of Youth comes from director Guy Ritchie and screenwriter James Vanderbilt, and it'll take you around the world in the company of archaeologist and thieving treasure hunter Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) as well as his sister, art curator Charlotte (Natalie Portman). All roads lead to an adventure as the siblings eventually team up to unearth the titular fountain. Their team includes Owen Carver (Domnhall Gleeson), Patrick Murphy (Laz Alonso) and Deb McCall (Carmen Ejo

S.J.
May 26


'Final Destination Bloodlines' review: Those who party in glass towers shouldn't throw coins
Causing said diabolical terror is Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth entry in the 'Final Destination' franchise. Based on the characters by Jeffrey Reddick, and written by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor from a story by the duo and Jon Watts, this bloody horror sends the grim reaper to the doorstep of Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), a struggling college student who's having a recurring nightmare about her reclusive grandma Iris' deadly date night when she was young

S.J.
May 21


'Until Dawn' review: A friend group needs someone to give them a daybreak
Are you able to survive Until Dawn? Based on the video game of the same name, this survival horror invites us to join a group of twentysomethings—Clover (Ella Rubin), Max (Michael Cimino), Nina (Odessa A'zion), Megan (Ji-Young Soo) and Abe (Belmont Cameli)—on a road trip as they are looking into the disappearance of Clover's sister Melanie (Maia Mitchell), arriving at a rural gas station. The gas station's owner (Peter Stormare) points the group towards a place called Glore V

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May 14


'Fréwaka' review: Folk horror passes down a sinister fairy tale
Pour some whiskey to your morning coffee with sugar and cream because we're checking out Fréwaka, which buys us a one-way ticket to Ireland. Meet Siubhán a.k.a "Shoo" (Clare Monnelly), a care worker who has recently lost her mom and is getting ready to become a mom herself since her partner Mila (Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya) is pregnant. Shoo gets sent on a work assignment to a rural village where she is meant to temporarily care for an elderly lady, Peig (BrÃd Nà Neachtain), w

S.J.
May 6


'Havoc' review: Tom Hardy wreaks you know exactly what
And in case you're still in the dark somehow, today we're talking about Havoc, which is a new action thriller written and directed by Gareth Evans. Tom Hardy's character Walker is a hard-boiled, American-accented detective in an unnamed city. He is called into action after a group of thieves driving a freight truck filled with drugs end up injuring cops that are chasing them. This leads Walker, who teams up with young police officer Ellie (Jessie Mei Li), towards a larger con

S.J.
Apr 30


'Sinners' review: Michael B. Jordan hopes that Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror doesn't suck
Allegedly, this said source of excitement is Sinners, writer-director Ryan Coogler's new supernatural horror. We're turning back the clock all the way to the 1930s and landing in Mississippi where we meet our main characters, twin brothers "Smoke" and "Stack" (Michael B. Jordan pulling double duty), who are returning to their home turf to do business and open a juke joint after having worked for the mafia in Chicago and "gaining" some capital. And as you'd expect, madness ens

S.J.
Apr 27
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