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Movie Review: RESIDENT EVIL (2026)

RESIDENT EVIL (2026) movie poster | ©2026 Sony/Columbia Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser Writers: Zach Cregger & Shay Hatten Director: Zach Cregger Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures Release Date: September 18, 2026 When a character in a horror movie pauses to take a better look, and the audience anxiously (as opposed to mockingly) tells him to keep moving, the filmmakers are clearly onto something. This is the case with RESIDENT EVIL. The first videogame in the RESIDENT EVIL franchise was released in 1996 and went on to spawn a franchise. The first live-action film based on the game, also titled RESIDENT EVIL, was […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BURNING (OT)

BURNING (OT) movie poster | ©2026 IndiePix

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Asanat Edigeeva, Omurbek Izrailov, Kalicha Seidalieva, Zhanilai Isakova, Askar Kachkynbaev, Ruslan Orozakunov Writers: Aizada Amangeldy & Dastan Madalbekov Director: Radik Eshimov Distributor: IndiePix Films Release Date: September 4, 2026 (IndiePix Unlimited on Prime Video); October 13, 2026 (DVD/VOD/digital)  Here’s something we in the West don’t see every day: a horror movie (or any kind of movie, for that matter) from Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is (per Wikipedia) a landlocked country in Central Asia that shares a border on one side with Kazakhstan and on another with China. Despite the proximity to China, the cultural […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM

SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM movie poster | ©2026 GKids

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Nina Sosanya Writers: Mark Burton & Giles Pilbrow, characters created by Nick Park Directors: Steve Cox & Matthew Walker Distributor: GKids Release Date: September 18, 2026 SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM subscribes to the notion that mid-September is not too early to celebrate Halloween. Hence the film’s embrace of the holiday and its September 18 theatrical release date. However, it is manifestly safe for little ones. The movie playfully declares its intentions at the start, with shapes that look scary resolving into the harmless and comical Farmer, his devoted […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PRACTICAL MAGIC 2

PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 movie poster | ©2026 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña, Solly McLeod, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing Writers: Akiva Goldsman and Georgia Pritchett and Kelly Marcel, based on the novel THE BOOK OF MAGIC by Alice Hoffman Director: Susanne Bier Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: September 9, 2026 The new movie PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 is a sequel to the 1998 film PRACTICAL MAGIC, which was adapted from Alice Hoffman’s 1995 novel of the same title. PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 is also adapted – by director Susanne Bier and screenwriters Akiva Goldsman and Georgia Pritchett and Kelly Marcel […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE UPRISING

THE UPRISING movie poster | ©2026 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Woody Norman, Katherine Waterston, Sam Chapman Writer: Paul Greengrass Director: Paul Greengrass Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: September 10, 2026 For those wondering about the film’s veracity, the 1381 uprising of common folk in England (sometimes referred to as “the peasants’ uprising,” although the term “peasant” wasn’t coined until a century or two later) was a series of real events. Writer/director Paul Greengrass has dramatized this in THE UPRISING, which is mostly a rousing history lesson, with a little bit of Robin […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LOCKJAW

LOCKJAW movie poster | ©2026 Magenta Edge Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Blu Hunt, Colin Burgess, Kevin Grossman, Sally Sum, Nick Corirossi, Ally Davis, Lena Redford Writer: Sabrina Greco Director: Sabrina Greco Distributor: Magenta Edge Films Release Date: August 8, 2026 (theatrical); September 8, 2026 (VOD, digital) An onscreen title tells us it’s September 18, 2023. Friends Rayna (Blu Hunt), Mitch (Colin Burgess), and Noah (Kevin Grossman) are barhopping in a Los Angeles neighborhood that looks like Silverlake. Rayna is extremely drunk but, despite Mitch’s best efforts to take her keys, she gets into her car – and promptly has an accident. Six weeks later, Rayna’s jaw is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE GIRL IN THE RIVER

THE GIRL IN THE RIVER movie poster | ©2026 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Maggie Grace, Devon Sawa, Tiffany Haddish, Ralph Macchio, Andrew Stevens, Angelena Swords, David Moncrief, Darron Dunbar, Lucy Blair Writer: Brando Benetton Director: Brando Benetton Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: September 4, 2026 THE GIRL IN THE RIVER is a mostly decently-executed procedural. In its structure, it could be mistaken for a long episode of a serious-minded TV crime-solving series, assuming the show has two leads who don’t like or trust each other very much. Newly-minted Mississippi Department of Investigations (a fictional government branch that resembles the FBI) agent Amelia Pembrock (Maggie Grace) isn’t sure she’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ONSLAUGHT

ONSLAUGHT movie poster | ©2026 A24

Rating: R Stars: Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Eric Wareheim, Reginald VelJohnson, Blake Kennedy, Michael Biehn, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, Rebecca Hall, Dave Campbell, Tyler Hall Writer: Simon Barrett, story by Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett Director: Adam Wingard Distributor: A24 Release Date: September 4, 2026 Directed by Adam Wingard and scripted by Simon Barrett from a story by both men, ONSLAUGHT puts a sci-fi/horror spin on the well-armed marauders attacking a small target genre. ONSLAUGHT begins with an onscreen clock and countdown – it’s 7:04 AM, and so many hours and so many minutes until an unnamed event (presumably the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BY ANY MEANS

BY ANY MEANS movie poster | ©2026 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen III, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, Giancarlo Esposito, David Strathairn Writer: Sascha Penn Director: Elegance Bratton Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: September 4, 2026 In 1964, Black civil rights leader Malcolm X gave a speech that included the words, “We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.” “By any means” has largely been interpreted as “including violence.” BY ANY MEANS the movie certainly takes it that way. Directed by Elegance Bratton and scripted by Sascha Penn, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: C.O.G.

C.O.G. movie poster | ©2026 Brainstorm Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Piper Curda, Noel Fisher, Josh Zuckerman, Natasha Behnam, Lucius Baybak. Ritesh Rajan, Kyle S. More Writer: Angie Simms Director: Tommy Savas Distributor: Brainstorm Media Release Date: September 4, 2026 (theatrical), September 25, 2026 (VOD) C.O.G. (original title COGNAITIVE) is about an A.I. that goes rogue in the final stages of its (her?) development. “Haven’t you seen TERMINATOR?” a programmer snaps when asked what’s the worst that could happen. Obviously, the irony is that the programmer certainly saw it and went ahead with her job anyway – right until it reaches crisis point. Written by Angie Simms […]Read On »


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