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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…

Action Animation

Akira (1988): Too much screaming, too many explosions, but somehow a classic

Ben Dover August 14, 2026 No Comments

Preview Set in the futuristic year of 2019, thirty-one years after Tokyo was completely wiped off the map by a nuclear explosion, Akira plunges audiences into the corrupt, neon-drenched metropolis…

Action Crime Thriller

Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) – Trash, but its top-tier trash that kept this cranky old man awake on a Tuesday night.

Ben Dover August 12, 2026 No Comments

Movie Preview: Hitman: Agent 47 Action fans looking for something fast and loud on their streaming devices have a fresh target on their home screens this week. Hitman: Agent 47…

Crime

Heat (1995) – Watch two senior citizens with automatic weapons show the kids how real crime movies are made

Ben Dover August 8, 2026 No Comments

Preview Streaming audiences looking for a gritty, high-stakes crime drama can tune into Michael Mann’s 1995 epic, Heat. The film pits two cinematic titans against each other in mid-nineties Los…

Adventure Comedy

72 Hours (2026) – 72 Hours feels like 72 days in a room full of screaming toddlers.

Ben Dover July 31, 2026 No Comments

Preview Director Tim Story brings another high-octane studio comedy to the screen with 72 Hours, a wild comedy starring Kevin Hart that takes a hard look at generational divides, corporate…

Comedy

Little Brother (2026) – Grab a beer, turn off your brain, and watch two grown men destroy a Porsche on Netflix!

Ben Dover July 31, 2026 No Comments

Preview If you have scrolled through your Netflix menu lately and felt your brain cells slowly leaking out of your ears, you are not alone. Streaming services keep pumping out…

Comedy Drama Family

Simon Birch (1998) A movie so sappy it ought to come with a pancake breakfast.

Ben Dover July 31, 2026 No Comments

Preview Coming to video and streaming services this week is “Simon Birch,” a 1998 tearjerker about a tiny kid in 1960s Maine who believes God made him small for a…

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The Sisters Brothers (2018) – Two hitmen, one toothbrush, and zero clue how to deal with their feelings.

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Savages (2012) – Super Mario Bros. only with more violence and weed.

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Face / Off (1987) – Absolute proof that Nicolas Cage has always been completely out of his mind.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – No computers, no TikTok dancers, just raw 1970s madness.

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