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SXSW Exclusive: 'The Fall Guy' Review: A Hilarious, Stunt-tacular, Popcorn Poppin' Movie of the Year [SXSW 2024]

Insanely comedic performances elevate the insanely impressive stunt masterclass of ‘The Fall Guy’ to the point of… well, insanity. Continue for our full SPOILER-FREE review.

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'Arthur the King' Review: A King's Struggling Journey of Survival

Arthur the King’ is arguably the best and most emotional film of the year - a true story about a dog’s resilience, pain, inspiration, life and belief as he goes from abuse and fighting for his life, to finding a family through the roughest conditions that the environment tends to throw at him.

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SXSW EXCLUSIVE: 'Immaculate' Review: Another Creepy Step For Sweeney’s Rise [SXSW 2024]

While ‘Immaculate’ won’t go down as a horror classic, it won’t harm Sydney Sweeney’s rising star like her last release almost did. In fact, the film had potential that it just couldn’t reach due to the lack luster writing. Continue for our full SPOILER-FREE review.

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SXSW EXCLUSIVE: 'Monkey Man' Review: A Brutal and Bloody Directorial Debut [SXSW 2024]

Monkey Man’ is a more human take on the classic revenge driven martial arts genre that escalates into a brutal and bloody triumph for the first time director Dev Patel. Continue for our full SPOILER-FREE review.

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‘Road House’ Review: Jake’s Take is Worthy Enough [SXSW 2024]

Fresh off the premiere at SXSW 2024, ‘Road House’ is entertaining in spite of a weak script that could have derailed the entire movie if not for great fight sequences and the unbridled chaos that is the films conclusion. Continue for our full SPOILER-FREE review.

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'Wish' Review: A Flawed Yet Fantastic Fever Dream For Disney Fans

Even by Disney’s own standards, ‘Wish’ is often too generic and predictable. For a film billed as a celebration of Disney’s centennial and a love letter to its lore, it only feels a fraction as special as it should.

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'Fair Play' Review: Buy Into This Psychosexual Corporate Thrill Ride [TIFF 2023]

‘First Play’ serves more as a thriller than a drama though and takes a certain level of comfortability with serious topics to be able to watch. Hopefully, with it’s success on the platform, Netflix will go back to giving more artists a creative domain to showcase their newest works.

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'The Royal Hotel' Review: A Tense Travel Thriller [TIFF 23]

If ‘The Royal Hotel’ is any indicator, Kitty Green will definitely be a voice to keep following within the thriller genre, fusing modern tensions and issues with the cinematic language of a thriller to provide a uniquely captivating viewing experience.

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'A Haunting In Venice' Review: A Scary Good Time

Make no mistake. ‘A Haunting in Venice’ may not be perfect, but it’s still a scary good time. While it’s hard to say if it’s the best in the franchise, it is undeniably just as good as the first two entries.

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'The Haunted Mansion' Review: The Right Disney Movie At The Wrong Time

A priest, a psychic, and an astrophysicist walk into a haunted house. While you might think that’s a setup for some cheesy joke, it’s a partial plot description for Disney’s latest film adaptation of its iconic theme park attraction, ‘The Haunted Mansion

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'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' Review: The Clock's Run Out

As the title suggests, the latest Harrison Ford-led film, ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ sees Ford return as the iconic veteran archaeologist/adventurer searching for yet another mystic artifact and battle more Nazis.

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'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' Review: A Dynamic Explosion Of Creative Freedom

Ever since Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse was released in 2018, animated movies have been held to an entirely new standard. Could it’s highly anticipated sequel Across The Spider-Verse: Part 1 make the comics feel vibrant once again and match the original?

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'The Little Mermaid' Review: A Long Overdue Adaptation that Makes a Splash

Since it was first announced, Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid has been swimming against a seemingly impossible current. Yet this live action remake is a massive success as it tastefully recontextualizes the original story, while delivering a bold new vision.

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SXSW EXCLUSIVE: 'Bottoms' Review: A Refreshing Freshman in the High School Class [SXSW 2023]

Premiering at SXSW 2023, Bottoms’ is a film that is equal parts violent, funny, surreal, meta, and weird which makes for a definite highlight of the festival. Continue for our full SPOILER-FREE review.

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SXSW EXCLUSIVE: 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Review [SXSW 2023]

As if on the wings of a chubby dragon, the legendary tabletop RPG inspired action-adventure comedy ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ premiered as the opening film of SXSW and FilmSpeak has you covered. Continue for our Spoiler-Free Review.

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