Over the weekend Netflix held its 2025 Tudum event live at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. A star-packed lineup was on hand to share news, first looks, and release dates for some of the platform’s biggest upcoming movies and television shows. Fans of television got plenty of new announcements for hit shows like “Stranger … Continue reading
REVIEW: “Fountain of Youth” (2025)
Those of us who enjoyed the two Nicholas Cage led “National Treasure” movies from the mid-2000s will find a lot of similarities in the latest Guy Ritchie feature, “Fountain of Youth”. Ritchie’s latest hearkens back to an era of big studio features like those silly but fun Cage movies, Brendan Fraser’s “The Mummy” film series, … Continue reading
New Character Posters Released for Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme”
Fresh off its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, writer-director Wes Anderson’s latest film, “The Phoenician Scheme” is set to open in select theaters this weekend ahead of its full release on June 6th. This “espionage black comedy” features a sterling ensemble of Anderson regulars and new faces including Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael … Continue reading
REVIEW: “Fear Street: Prom Queen” (2025)
Back in July of 2021, Netflix made the audacious choice to release a slasher movie trilogy over the course of three weeks. The movies were inspired by the popular Fear Street book series from author R.L. Stine. Unfortunately, the quality of the three films ranged from so-so to all-out terrible. Overall the trilogy wasted a … Continue reading
New on Home Video: “The Alto Knights” on Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is bringing the biographical crime drama “The Alto Knights” to home video. Robert De Niro takes on dual roles in this underseen and underappreciated telling of the complex relationship between New York crime bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. Unfortunately the movie failed to make a splash at the box … Continue reading
REVIEW: “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (2025)
Perched high among my most anticipated films of 2025 is the latest Mission: Impossible extravaganza – “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”. This is the EIGHTH feature in the Tom Cruise led action spy film series and the fourth consecutive M:I movie written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. The film has been teased as the … Continue reading