Eternals Quicktake: Heartfelt, Ambitious, Thoughtful, and Muddled After a remarkable 13-year 25 film run, the MCU’s winning streak is finally over, at least in the eyes of critics. Eternals is Marvel Studios’ first critical bomb, currently sitting at 47% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes (based on nearly 400 reviews). To be clear, those poor reviews aren’t …
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I’m just going to come out and say it. Spider-Man: No Way Home is the greatest live-action Spider-Man movie of all time. Director Jon Watts delivers all the action, drama, and laughs we expect from a Spider-Man film while taking the superhero genre in a bold new direction. Spider-Man: No Way Home is a pulse-pounding …
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Extraordinary: The Revelations Quicktake: Experiencers & Whistleblowers Go on the Record Extraordinary: The Revelations doesn’t waste any time diving into a high-stakes world of UFOs and alien life. According to the film, human-alien hybrids are here on earth blending into society. And this alien presence poses a threat, unlike anything humanity has ever faced. At …
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Extraordinary: The Seeding Quicktake: Glimpsing Ufology’s Eccentric Side Anyone looking to solve the UFO mystery ends up with more questions than they started with. Or, as ufology historian Richard Dolan puts it, the more we learn about the world we’re in, the greater the mysteries. Dolan is one of the many thoughtful UFO experts featured …
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Nefarious – Dope Black Movies Interview with writer-director Rhett S. Butler On the latest Dope Black Movies, Victor Stiff sits down for a conversation with filmmaker Rhett S. Butler. Butler’s new movie Nefarious is a dark and gritty horror/crime flick shot on location in Jamaica. Up-and-coming directors would be wise to check out this filmmaker’s …
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The Observers – UFO Movie Club Review The first UFO Movie Club video review looks at director Roger R. Richards’ UFO/UAP documentary The Observers. Shot amidst the buzz of the Pentagon June 2021 UAP report, the film examines the mysterious UFO phenomenon from various angles. Richards interviews a cast of UFO experts to hear their …
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House of Gucci Quicktake: Committed Performances, Tonally At Odds with Itself, & Way Too Long Heading into the fall, House of Gucci was one of award season’s most buzzworthy contenders. Director Ridley Scott’s Oscar hopeful has the perfect combination of elements to grab moviegoers and awards voters’ attention. House of Gucci features a star-studded cast, …
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The Observers Quicktake: Expert Interviewees, Covers Plenty of Ground, Could Use Alternative Perspectives on the Topic It’s been 80 years since UFOs invaded popular culture. And after all these decades, they’re still on our minds in a big way. UFOs and aliens appear in our most popular movies, literature, and video games. So what is …
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Quicktake: Delightful Cast, Witty Script, Intensely Nostalgic How strange is it that we haven’t had a proper Ghostbusters sequel since 1989? We’re up to 26 Marvel movies, and the MCU only kicked off in 2008. Since Ghostbusters II hit theatres, there have been eight Star Wars movies, ten Harry Potter titles, and three …
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Don’t Say Its Name Quicktake: Great Performances, Atmospheric, Can’t Quite Stick the Landing As a horror movie diehard, I’ll be the first to admit that the genre is wildly inconsistent. Taking a flyer on an under-the-radar film is rewarding, at times. But most often, these gambles don’t pay off, and I end up sitting through …
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