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Netflix’s animated series “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” has just debuted its fifth action-packed season. You may be thinking, why is she reviewing a kids’ show? The simple answer is, that it’s a great series. The series follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Camp Cretaceous, a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar who must work together to survive after things go very wrong. Camp Cretaceous goes beyond just entertainment, teaching viewers about the dinosaurs that the teens come in contact with, survival tips, and more. It also deals with very serious themes such fear and death. As for the characters, they aren’t one dimensional like in most children’s series. They have depth, they are sympathetic and relatable, and are pretty realistic. They are voiced by Paul-Mikel Williams as Darius; Jenna Ortega as Brooklynn; Ryan Potter as Kenji; Raini Rodriguez as Sammy; Sean Giambrone as Ben; and Kausar Mohammed as Yaz. Returning
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He’s Watching, the latest feature from director Jacob Estes (Mean Creek; Don’t Let Go) is bound to frustrate some viewers while keeping others glued to the screen. I fell toward the latter; this film that started out as a family project filmed during COVID-19 lockdown has its share of slow moments and found-footage tropes, but it also delivers an effectively eerie atmosphere and believable performances from two real-life siblings, Estes’ teen daughter Iris Serena Estes and his younger son Lucas Estes. Iris and Lucas are left to their own devices when a virus that affects only adults puts their parents in the hospital. The kids send messages to Jacob and their mom (Gretchen Lieberum) that go unanswered but are seemingly being watched by the parents. The siblings think that each one is being pranked by the other, with tension and incidents escalating and lots of bickering going on, but soon enough they realize that something called The Closet Creeper has
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Fans of the Jurassic franchise have been eagerly awaiting the final film, Jurassic World: Dominion and it’s finally out On Demand and VOD. I’m a huge fan of the franchise and I’m a bit of a dinosaur nerd (and not ashamed of it). So I was pumped to kick back and watch it last night. Jurassic World: Dominion plays heavy on nostalgia as they bring all of the main characters/actors from the previous films together, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Isabela Sermon, and BD Wong. We also see some of our favorite dinosaurs including Rexy and Blue, who have somehow given birth to a baby, Betta. It was a great idea, especially seeing that this is supposedly the final film of the franchise. A ton of new characters join the film including DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Campbell Scott, and more. One of the main characters, Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) has grown quite a bit,
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Lux Aeterna begins with legendary French actress Béatrice Dalle (Betty Blue) playing herself (or writer/director Gaspar Noé’s version of her anyway) having a lengthy conversation with the star of her upcoming witch trial flick God’s Work, Lars von Trier muse Charlotte Gainsbourg. The fireside chat steers towards the perils they have faced in the entertainment industry (and seems agonizingly authentic even if it was faked for film), and as the conversation progresses we can’t help but think of the parallels between the way women are treated in a male dominated world and the witches of old… yeah man, this is an art house flick with plenty on its mind, and the point is hard to dismiss right down to the usage of sequences from Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 cinematic treatise on the evolution of witchcraft, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages during the film’s opening. Naturally, the production goes slightly off the rails when a bunch of clueless dudes (an American director,
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Sir Christopher Lee had one hell of a run, and while being one of the greatest screen Dracula’s of all-time he also found time to star in some of the biggest film franchises in cinema history such as Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings… he also found time to star in all-manner of seriously bizarre shit, such as the 1983 superhero parody The Return of Captain Invincible (which I reviewed right here) and much of the material that comprises The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee: Collection 2 from those delightful devils at Severin Films! Kicking off this creepy collection is 1959’s Uncle Was a Vampire… Always one to get down with a fang bang, Lee stars as Baron Roderico, a vampire… imagine that! Anyway, Baron R picks up stakes (not literally, that would kill the auld fellow) and arrives at the castle of his broke as a joke nephew… only to find it has been converted to a hotel
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If I told you there’s an FPS game that looks and feels like Crysis and COD, but it’s indie, you would probably think I lost my mind. Well, I just played a game just like that and I was quite surprised that I enjoyed it! Let me introduce you to Bright Memory: Infinite, an FPS by FYQD Studio and Playisim who I would like to take this time to thank for the reviewing opportunity! Bright Memory: Infinite takes place in China where players play as Shelia, a member of an organization called the SRO, who is working to understand a strange anomaly that had appeared in the sky over a province causing destruction. Shelia, with the use of a power suit and supernatural abilities, finds herself fighting soldiers from a military organization as well as ancient foes. Now onto the game itself! For all the FPS vets like me, you may have to get used to these controls as the
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Chiaksan Mountain Writer/director Kim Sun-Ung’s science fiction/horror film Chiaksan Mountain leans heavily into the cabin in the woods scare-fare tropes — including a group of teenagers featuring an annoying girlfriend and an emotionally troubled main protagonist, being out of cell phone range, a local warning the disbelieving group members that they are destined to die, and so forth — but what it lacks in originality it makes up for in sheer gusto. A group of friends who are mountain biking enthusiasts go to the forest cottage of YeonJi’s (Kim YeWon) deceased father. Her cousin MinJoon (Yun KyunSang) is the group leader, and when floods of red light, ear-piercing noises, and strange entities in the woods begin terrifying the group, it’s just the beginning of horrifying things to come. The cast, which also features Bae GeuRin, Yoon JeWook, and Lee TeaHwan, does a solid job with performances, and the third act gets pretty bonkers. Director Kim builds the tension and mystery
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From Executive Producer Dario Argento, U.K. chiller She Will seeps under the skin at a slow-burn pace that builds to a fitting climax. Director Charlotte Colbert’s feature successfully blends themes of feminism, aging, and trauma with occult and psychological horror. Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige of Ghost Story and Sleepwalkers) is an actress who shot to stardom in her film debut as a 13-year-old but who is now in her mid-sixties and has recently undergone a double mastectomy. She heads to a touchy-feely retreat in the Scottish Highlands, thinking that only she and her young, put-upon nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt) will be there. Instead, the place is loaded with seemingly well-off New Age types headed up by a man named Tirador (Rupert Everett). Relegated to a cabin set off from the main building, Ghent and Desi find themselves in a place where oozing mud contains ashes of women burned as witches centuries earlier — and Veronica becomes increasingly drawn to the
Continue reading →
GamingIndieProductReviews
The need to feel nostalgic is ever-growing as those of us who have grown up in the 80s and 90s are (un)admittedly getting older. One field of nostalgia some crave is in the realm of interactive entertainment… for the whipper snappers, Video Games. LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide are working together to bring the looks of gaming in the 80s back with Mothmen 1966. I would like to thank LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide for the reviewing opportunity. Mothmen 1966 follows three playable characters who are having quite the out-of-this-world experience one night in rural West Virginia at the height of a meteor shower that only occurs every 33 years that has a strange effect on the local wildlife as well as spawning sightings of an infamous resident of West Virginia, The Mothman. Now onto the game itself. When it comes to a game based on 80s-style dos games, there’s not a whole lot to expect control or
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Horror films often mirror reality and real fears. And that’s the case with American Carnage by director Diego Hallivis. The movie, laced with humor, tackles some heavy subjects, including immigration, and the fear of growing old. In the film, a party for PJ’s sister is interrupted by an ICE team based on a law passed by a twisted governor who wants both illegals and their US-born children gone before election day. PJ is one of the teens sent to a senior facility to serve for three months to have the charges of aiding an illegal (his mom) dropped. But things take a very sinister turn when PJ and his new friends learn the truth about the center and the fate that awaits them. Of course, they refuse to go down without a fight. The big twist is a nasty one that will leave you thinking twice about ever eating fast food again. Part of the story is taken right out
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NetflixNewsReviewsStreaming TVTrailers
Netflix’s animated series “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” has just debuted its fifth action-packed season. You may be thinking, why is she reviewing a kids’ show? The simple answer is, that it’s a great series. The series follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Camp Cretaceous, a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar who must work together to survive after things go very wrong. Camp Cretaceous goes beyond just entertainment, teaching viewers about the dinosaurs that the teens come in contact with, survival tips, and more. It also deals with very serious themes such fear and death. As for the characters, they aren’t one dimensional like in most children’s series. They have depth, they are sympathetic and relatable, and are pretty realistic. They are voiced by Paul-Mikel Williams as Darius; Jenna Ortega as Brooklynn; Ryan Potter as Kenji; Raini Rodriguez as Sammy; Sean Giambrone as Ben; and Kausar Mohammed as Yaz. Returning
Continue reading →
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He’s Watching, the latest feature from director Jacob Estes (Mean Creek; Don’t Let Go) is bound to frustrate some viewers while keeping others glued to the screen. I fell toward the latter; this film that started out as a family project filmed during COVID-19 lockdown has its share of slow moments and found-footage tropes, but it also delivers an effectively eerie atmosphere and believable performances from two real-life siblings, Estes’ teen daughter Iris Serena Estes and his younger son Lucas Estes. Iris and Lucas are left to their own devices when a virus that affects only adults puts their parents in the hospital. The kids send messages to Jacob and their mom (Gretchen Lieberum) that go unanswered but are seemingly being watched by the parents. The siblings think that each one is being pranked by the other, with tension and incidents escalating and lots of bickering going on, but soon enough they realize that something called The Closet Creeper has
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsTrailers
Fans of the Jurassic franchise have been eagerly awaiting the final film, Jurassic World: Dominion and it’s finally out On Demand and VOD. I’m a huge fan of the franchise and I’m a bit of a dinosaur nerd (and not ashamed of it). So I was pumped to kick back and watch it last night. Jurassic World: Dominion plays heavy on nostalgia as they bring all of the main characters/actors from the previous films together, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Isabela Sermon, and BD Wong. We also see some of our favorite dinosaurs including Rexy and Blue, who have somehow given birth to a baby, Betta. It was a great idea, especially seeing that this is supposedly the final film of the franchise. A ton of new characters join the film including DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Campbell Scott, and more. One of the main characters, Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) has grown quite a bit,
Continue reading →
MoviesReviewsThriller
Lux Aeterna begins with legendary French actress Béatrice Dalle (Betty Blue) playing herself (or writer/director Gaspar Noé’s version of her anyway) having a lengthy conversation with the star of her upcoming witch trial flick God’s Work, Lars von Trier muse Charlotte Gainsbourg. The fireside chat steers towards the perils they have faced in the entertainment industry (and seems agonizingly authentic even if it was faked for film), and as the conversation progresses we can’t help but think of the parallels between the way women are treated in a male dominated world and the witches of old… yeah man, this is an art house flick with plenty on its mind, and the point is hard to dismiss right down to the usage of sequences from Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 cinematic treatise on the evolution of witchcraft, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages during the film’s opening. Naturally, the production goes slightly off the rails when a bunch of clueless dudes (an American director,
Continue reading →
ForeignMoviesReviews
Sir Christopher Lee had one hell of a run, and while being one of the greatest screen Dracula’s of all-time he also found time to star in some of the biggest film franchises in cinema history such as Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings… he also found time to star in all-manner of seriously bizarre shit, such as the 1983 superhero parody The Return of Captain Invincible (which I reviewed right here) and much of the material that comprises The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee: Collection 2 from those delightful devils at Severin Films! Kicking off this creepy collection is 1959’s Uncle Was a Vampire… Always one to get down with a fang bang, Lee stars as Baron Roderico, a vampire… imagine that! Anyway, Baron R picks up stakes (not literally, that would kill the auld fellow) and arrives at the castle of his broke as a joke nephew… only to find it has been converted to a hotel
Continue reading →
GamingIndieParanormalProductReviewsSci-Fi
If I told you there’s an FPS game that looks and feels like Crysis and COD, but it’s indie, you would probably think I lost my mind. Well, I just played a game just like that and I was quite surprised that I enjoyed it! Let me introduce you to Bright Memory: Infinite, an FPS by FYQD Studio and Playisim who I would like to take this time to thank for the reviewing opportunity! Bright Memory: Infinite takes place in China where players play as Shelia, a member of an organization called the SRO, who is working to understand a strange anomaly that had appeared in the sky over a province causing destruction. Shelia, with the use of a power suit and supernatural abilities, finds herself fighting soldiers from a military organization as well as ancient foes. Now onto the game itself! For all the FPS vets like me, you may have to get used to these controls as the
Continue reading →
EventsFilm FestivalsForeignIndieMoviesReviews
Chiaksan Mountain Writer/director Kim Sun-Ung’s science fiction/horror film Chiaksan Mountain leans heavily into the cabin in the woods scare-fare tropes — including a group of teenagers featuring an annoying girlfriend and an emotionally troubled main protagonist, being out of cell phone range, a local warning the disbelieving group members that they are destined to die, and so forth — but what it lacks in originality it makes up for in sheer gusto. A group of friends who are mountain biking enthusiasts go to the forest cottage of YeonJi’s (Kim YeWon) deceased father. Her cousin MinJoon (Yun KyunSang) is the group leader, and when floods of red light, ear-piercing noises, and strange entities in the woods begin terrifying the group, it’s just the beginning of horrifying things to come. The cast, which also features Bae GeuRin, Yoon JeWook, and Lee TeaHwan, does a solid job with performances, and the third act gets pretty bonkers. Director Kim builds the tension and mystery
Continue reading →
Reviews
From Executive Producer Dario Argento, U.K. chiller She Will seeps under the skin at a slow-burn pace that builds to a fitting climax. Director Charlotte Colbert’s feature successfully blends themes of feminism, aging, and trauma with occult and psychological horror. Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige of Ghost Story and Sleepwalkers) is an actress who shot to stardom in her film debut as a 13-year-old but who is now in her mid-sixties and has recently undergone a double mastectomy. She heads to a touchy-feely retreat in the Scottish Highlands, thinking that only she and her young, put-upon nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt) will be there. Instead, the place is loaded with seemingly well-off New Age types headed up by a man named Tirador (Rupert Everett). Relegated to a cabin set off from the main building, Ghent and Desi find themselves in a place where oozing mud contains ashes of women burned as witches centuries earlier — and Veronica becomes increasingly drawn to the
Continue reading →
GamingIndieProductReviews
The need to feel nostalgic is ever-growing as those of us who have grown up in the 80s and 90s are (un)admittedly getting older. One field of nostalgia some crave is in the realm of interactive entertainment… for the whipper snappers, Video Games. LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide are working together to bring the looks of gaming in the 80s back with Mothmen 1966. I would like to thank LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide for the reviewing opportunity. Mothmen 1966 follows three playable characters who are having quite the out-of-this-world experience one night in rural West Virginia at the height of a meteor shower that only occurs every 33 years that has a strange effect on the local wildlife as well as spawning sightings of an infamous resident of West Virginia, The Mothman. Now onto the game itself. When it comes to a game based on 80s-style dos games, there’s not a whole lot to expect control or
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsTrailers
Horror films often mirror reality and real fears. And that’s the case with American Carnage by director Diego Hallivis. The movie, laced with humor, tackles some heavy subjects, including immigration, and the fear of growing old. In the film, a party for PJ’s sister is interrupted by an ICE team based on a law passed by a twisted governor who wants both illegals and their US-born children gone before election day. PJ is one of the teens sent to a senior facility to serve for three months to have the charges of aiding an illegal (his mom) dropped. But things take a very sinister turn when PJ and his new friends learn the truth about the center and the fate that awaits them. Of course, they refuse to go down without a fight. The big twist is a nasty one that will leave you thinking twice about ever eating fast food again. Part of the story is taken right out
Continue reading →
