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Game Review: ‘My Friendly Neighborhood’

With all this talk about defunding children's shows for whatever the voices in people's heads are telling them, what would happen if the puppets go rogue? This is what awaits players in Evan & John Szymanski and DreadXP's first-person mascot...
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Spoiler-Free Review: HOLD THE FORT (Fantasia 2025) 

Official synopsis: HOLD THE FORT follows Lucas and Jenny, who think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a...
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Spoiler-Free Review: JAPANESE AVANT GARDE PIONEERS (Japan Cuts 2025) 

Official synopsis from Japan Cuts:  『日本前衛派の開拓者』(Nihon Aen'ei-Ha No Kaitaku-Sha)  Dir. Amélie Ravalec, 2024, 100 min., DCP, color, in English and Japanese with English subtitles.  With Nobuyoshi Araki, Tadanori Yokoo, Keiichi Tanaami.  Exploring the...
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Spoiler-Free Review: TEKI COMETH (Japan Cuts 2025) 

Official synopsis from Japan Cuts:  Dir. Daihachi Yoshida, 2024, 108 min., DCP, black and white, in Japanese with English subtitles.  With Kyozo Nagatsuka, Kumi Takiuchi, Yuumi Kawai, Asuka Kurosawa.  A retired college professor lives a quiet life...
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