220 | Knock at the Cabin

• Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

• Written by M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman, Based on the novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

• Stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 40mins 

• Released February 3, 2023

• RT: 67% critics, 64% audience 

• Available in theaters

  Synopsis 

  A family’s vacation rental is invaded by four strangers who ask them to sacrifice one of their number in order to save the world.

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Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Near Dark, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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175 | Army of the Dead

Directed by Zack Snyder

Stars Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera

Released 5/21/2021

Available on Netflix

Rated R

Runtime: 2hrs 28mins 

RT: 69% critics, 75% audience

Synopsis: An army transport accident leads to a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas. Many people are killed but the city is eventually walled off, the outbreak contained within Vegas. Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) was a hero in the outbreak, but now works as a line cook in a diner, having become estranged from his daughter. One day a mysterious millionaire offers him a heist job that will pay big. The only catch? The vault is in Las Vegas, of course. Can Ward and his team get the money and get out alive? And can they do it before a nuclear bomb is dropped, annihilating the city?

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Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing A Quiet Place part deux. Let’s see if they came up with an interesting follow-up to the first film, without her having another baby…

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