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'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


'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 24


'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 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


'Beef' season 2 review: Netflix dark comedy fights a losing cattle
We're all out of waspf, but we do have more Beef if you're interested. In season two of this anthology series, we meet fresh-faced Gen Z sweethearts Ashley (Cailee Spaeny) and Austin (Charles Melton). They work at a Californian country club. A recent engagement and financial struggles are on their minds. They smell an opportunity when they see and film a fierce fight between their manager Joshua (Oscar Isaac) and his English wife Lindsay (Carey Mulligan), an affluent, millenn

S.J.
Apr 16


'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' review: Look at those ripped Peach buddies
Following the success of 2023's 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie', its sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, heads off to space. Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are back to cause some brotherly commotion alongside Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) after vanquishing Bowser (Jack Black) previously. Bowser's son Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie) seeks revenge by kidnapping Peach's sister Rosalina (Brie Larson). Mario, Luigi and Peach team up with Yoshi (Donald Glover) and Fox McC

S.J.
Apr 12


'Project Hail Mary' review: Ryan Gosling rocks out in Christopher Miller & Phil Lord's sci-fi adventure
Do you believe in miracles, perchance? Or do you believe in the power of Project Hail Mary instead? Adapted from Andy Weir's novel of the same name, the sci-fi adventure certainly wants you to. Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a very real name, who wakes up all alone on a spacecraft with some signs of amnesia. He was recruited by Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller), an elusive higher-up overseeing a scientific mission. On his travels, Ryland comes across an alien whom he befriends

S.J.
Apr 5


'We Bury The Dead' review: Daisy Ridley digs up regrets, unfinished business & zombies
This is how we get to We Bury The Dead. Ava (Daisy Ridley) is an American physiotherapist who flies to Tasmania in order to volunteer for military-led clean-up duties, uncovering bodies and helping to eliminate zombies. Against orders, Ava and fellow volunteer Clay (Brenton Thwaites) join forces and travel on their own towards the place where Ava's husband Mitch was last seen. Let's not bury the lede here because what we get is a pretty nifty and contemplative 90-minute zombi

S.J.
Mar 29


'Daredevil: Born Again' season 2 review: Disney+ action crime drama gives 'em hell
Daredevil: Born Again returns to crush bodies and wrestle with faith as its second season follows Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox) when he is forced to operate in the shadows. Daredevil investigates a cargo ship carrying suspicious weapons, which seemingly has ties to New York City's mayor Wilson Fisk's (Vincent D'Onofrio) anti-vigilante guidelines that seek to capture and punish vigilantes. Matt and his girlfriend Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) are mostly in hiding becaus

S.J.
Mar 29
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