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District 9 (2009) – Forget Roswell, The Real Alien Disaster Is Renting A Slum In Johannesburg

Ben Dover October 12, 2026 No Comments

Introduction Grab your remotes and clear your schedules, because tonight we are revisiting District 9, the gritty 2009 sci-fi flick directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson. Set…

Horror

Session 9 (2001) – The ultimate guide to toxic work environments.

Ben Dover October 12, 2026 No Comments

Preview If you enjoy watching blue-collar handymen inhale toxic black mold while slowly losing their grip on reality, dust off your remote because Session 9 is waiting for you on…

Animation Fantasy

9 (2009) – 9 proves that if you give a potato sack a zipper, it will accidentally start World War IV

Ben Dover October 7, 2026 No Comments

Preview If you enjoy bleak gray dirt, rusty junk, and burlap potato sacks running around in fear for seventy-nine straight minutes, Hollywood has cooked up something special for you. Directed…

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Roofman (2025) – He robbed McDonald’s. I can’t even get extra napkins.

Ben Dover October 2, 2026 No Comments

Movie Preview: Roofman If Hollywood loves anything more than charging twenty bucks for stale popcorn, it is falling completely head over heels for a charming criminal. Roofman brings the stranger-than-fiction…

Crime Drama

Gangs of New York (2002) – Three hours of screaming, mud, and bad accents

Ben Dover September 25, 2026 No Comments

Newspaper Preview Martin Scorsese’s bloated historical punch fest Gangs of New York is finally limping out onto home screens and streaming gadgets everywhere. Set in 1862 during the chaotic Civil…

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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) – No Meetings!

Ben Dover September 16, 2026 No Comments

Preview The ultimate nineties comedy for anyone who wishes they could attend their reunion with a silencer. High school reunions are widely considered by civilized people to be a form…

Thriller

Identity (2003) – Ten strangers enter, one giant migraine leaves

Ben Dover September 16, 2026 No Comments

When a vicious torrential downpour washes out the roads in rural Nevada, ten complete strangers find themselves stranded at a run-down, desolate desert motel. Cut off from all communication and…

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

John Carter (2012) The greatest movie ever made about a guy named John who hops really, really high.

Ben Dover September 4, 2026 No Comments

Star Wars meets the Civil War, but with more sand and fewer good haircuts. Disney threw a staggering 250 million dollars at director Andrew Stanton to bring Edgar Rice Burroughs’…

Action Crime

Normal (2026) – Put down your phone, grab a cold beer, and watch the Fonz blow things up

Ben Dover August 27, 2026 No Comments

Bob Odenkirk proves once again that midlife crises are best handled with heavy artillery and a bad attitude. Preview If you have ever driven through a sleepy Midwest hamlet and…

Drama

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

Ben Dover August 27, 2026 No Comments

Loud, incredibly manipulative, and strictly for people who love public meltdowns. Stephen Daldry directs Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel about a precocious…

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Sci-Fi

District 9 (2009) – Forget Roswell, The Real Alien Disaster Is Renting A Slum In Johannesburg

Horror

Session 9 (2001) – The ultimate guide to toxic work environments.

Animation Fantasy

9 (2009) – 9 proves that if you give a potato sack a zipper, it will accidentally start World War IV

Comedy Crime Drama

Roofman (2025) – He robbed McDonald’s. I can’t even get extra napkins.

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