280 | 28 Years Later

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 55min

• Directed by Danny Boyle

• Written by Alex Garland

• Stars: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

• Release in US theaters June 20, 2025

• RT: 88% critics / 63% audience

  Synopsis

  12yr old Spike lives with his domineering father and mysteriously ill mother on a small island less than a mile away from mainland northern England. While safe there from the infected, the citizens uphold a tradition that sees their young people escorted to the mainland to kill infected as a rite of passage. Disillusioned after his outing and determined to locate the rumored doctor there, Spike sneaks out of the compound with his mother in tow in an attempt to cure her illness.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Damned, currently streaming on Hulu

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279 | The Ugly Stepsister

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 49min

• Written & Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt

• Stars: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss and Ane Dahl Torp

• Premiered at Sundance January 23, 2025

• Limited Release in US theaters April 18, 2025

• Currently Streaming on Shudder and AMC+

• RT: 96% critics / 86% audience

  Synopsis

  Rebekka and her two daughters, Elvira and Alma, move into the estate of her new husband, Otto, and his beautiful daughter, Agnes. Elvira, the oldest of Rebekka’s daughters, is a dreamy, braces-wearing teen who swoons over the kingdom’s handsome prince and his romantic poetry. But when Otto dies suddenly and it is revealed that he was deeply in debt, Rebekka is forced to pile all her hopes for financial stability on the prince choosing Elvira as his bride at the upcoming ball. In order for the plain and gawky Elvira to catch his eye, she must undergo a series of horrifying medical procedures to become more beautiful.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing 28 Years Later, currently playing in theaters.

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278 | Bring Her Back

• Rated PG-13 

• Runtime: 1hr 43min

• Written & Directed by Logan George & Celine Held

• Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen and Lauren Ambrose

• Released on streaming October 10, 2024

• RT: 76% critics / 79%  audience

  Synopsis

  Siblings Andy and Piper, who have just lost their father, are placed in foster care with a mysterious and seemingly unstable woman named Laura who is also grieving a loss. They also meet their new foster brother, Oliver, a mute and extremely creepy little boy.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Ugly Stepsister, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

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277 | Caddo Lake

• Rated PG-13 

• Runtime: 1hr 43min

• Written & Directed by Logan George & Celine Held

• Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen and Lauren Ambrose

• Released on streaming October 10, 2024

• RT: 76% critics / 79%  audience

  Synopsis

  In Louisiana, near the border of Texas, the mother of a young man named Paris has a seizure and falls off a bridge while driving her car with her son. He saves himself but is not able to rescue his mother who disappears in Caddo Lake. In a house near the lake, teenager Ellie lives with her mother Celeste, her stepfather Daniel and her eight-year-old stepsister Anna. Ellie has arguments with her mother because of her father that she never knew and questions whether he really died. When Anna disappears in Caddo Lake, Sheriff Taylor organizes a search party to look for her in the lake. Meanwhile Paris is researching why his mother had seizures when the water level is low in the lake. Ellie decides to look for Anna in the lake and finds a mystery.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Bring Her Back, opening in theaters May 30.

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276 | Repo! The Genetic Opera

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

• Written by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich

• Stars: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head and Sarah Brightman

• Premiered at Fantasia FF July 18, 2008

• Limited release in theaters November 7, 2008

• RT: 37% critics / 73%  audience
  

  Synopsis

  By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Caddo Lake, currently streaming on Max and available elsewhere to rent.

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275 | Sinners

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 2hr 17min

• Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler

• Stars: Miles Caton, Saul Williams and Michael B. Jordan

• Released theaters April 18, 2025

• RT: 98% critics / 97%  audience

  Synopsis

  Twin brothers return to their home town in 1930s Mississippi to open a juke joint with money stolen from the Chicago mob. Opening night festivities take a turn for the worse when vampires arrive at the juke joint to be let in.

Join us in two weeks when we review Repo: The Genetic Opera, which is currently streaming on Prime.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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274 | The Dead Thing

• Unrated 

• Runtime: 1hr 34min

• Directed by Elric Kane

• Written by Elric Kane and Webb Wilcoxen

• Stars: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen and Katherine Hughes

• Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 26, 2024

• Released (limited) in US theaters February 11, 2025

• RT: 83% critics / no audience score

  Synopsis

  A depressed young woman goes on a series of meaningless dates in Los Angeles. When she makes a connection with a man who then ghosts her, she begins to follow him and investigate his life.

Join us in two weeks when we review Sinners, which will be in theaters on April 18th.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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273 | Red Rooms

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 58min

• Written & Directed by Pascal Plante

• Stars: Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

• Premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 4, 2023

• Released (limited) in US theaters September 6, 2024

• RT: 96% critics / 75% audience

  Synopsis

  A taciturn model is obsessed with the trial of a notorious murder suspect, who allegedly tortured and killed three young girls in “red rooms,” murders-for-pay that are streamed over the dark web to the highest bidder.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Dead Thing, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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272 | MadS

• Rated TV-MA

• Runtime: 1hr 29min

• Written & Directed by David Moreau

• Stars: Lucille Guillaume, Laurie Pavy and Milton Riche

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 21, 2024

• Released on streaming in US October 18, 2024

• RT: 93% critics / 71% audience

  Synopsis

  A guy encounters a frantic woman on the road who pulls him into a frightening series of events.

Join us in two weeks when we review Red Rooms, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

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