Category: Fantasy
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Mortal Kombat II: A waste of an R-rating
MORTAL KOMBAT II (2026) Now I know movies can’t be all things to all people. As they say, you can’t please everyone. But couldn’t they have at least pleased, just a little bit harder, the original, die-hard, arcade-going Mortal Kombat fans that are now of a certain age? I wanted violence. Received, thank you. I…
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Predator: Killer of Killers Review: We will survive
PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS (2025) A few years ago, Dan Trachtenberg gave us Predator (1987-) franchise fans a refreshing entry with Prey (2022). Like Assassins Creed (the game), the franchise delved into another era and explored how human warriors of old might fare against the Yautja. The call came cirqua 1719, to the Comanche warrior…
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A Different Man Review: Definitely Different
A DIFFERENT MAN (2024) A Different Man is the adult fairy tale we didn’t know we needed. Instead of a big bad wolf to fear, it’s one’s projections that lead to despair and suffering. Imagine Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid (2023), Charlie Kaufman’s Synechdoche, New York (2008), Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (2024), a Cronenberg-ian biological…