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Movie Review: NOPE

NOPE poster | ©2022 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Keith David, Terry Notary Writer: Jordan Peele Director: Jordan Peele Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: July 22, 2022 NOPE has a title and trailer that suggests it’s going to be about people reacting with unexpected common sense to horror movie tropes. That’s not what NOPE turns out to be. This in itself isn’t a demerit; no movie should be judged by how it does or doesn’t adhere to its advertising, which is often created separate from the filmmakers. However, NOPE is an uneven mixed bag. Director/writer Jordan […]Read On »


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MAGGIE: Actor David Del Rio on new Hulu series – Exclusive Interview

David Del Rio | photo courtesy David Del Rio

MAGGIE is a new romantic comedy series on Hulu. Rebecca Rittenhouse plays the title role, a psychic by nature and profession. The story starts when Maggie discovers that she is destined to be with Ben, a non-psychic played by David Del Rio. Originally from Florida and now based in Austin, Texas, Del Rio’s previous acting credits include series regular roles in THE TROOP and THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY, and the films GREASE LIVE!, PITCH PERFECT, SPARE PARTS, and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT. He is also a multi-hyphenate who also writes, directs, and produces. Del Rio gets on the phone to […]Read On »


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DIARY OF A SPY: Actress Tamara Taylor on new thriller – Exclusive Interview

DIARY OF A SPY Movie poster | ©2022 XYZ Films

In the new film DIARY OF A SPY, now available on VOD and digital, Tamara Taylor stars as Anna. Anna has been an operative for twenty years. The sole survivor of the failure of her last mission, Anna is also alcoholic and broke. To stay in the good graces of her agency, Anna accepts a new assignment. She is to get close to Camden (Reece Noi), a younger man who is tutor to one of the Saudi royal family living in Los Angeles. This doesn’t go as expected. DIARY OF A SPY, written and directed by Adam Christian Clark, was […]Read On »


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MOONHAVEN: Actor Ayelet Zurer on Season 1 of new AMC+ series – Exclusive Interview

Ayelet Zurer as Maite Voss in MOONHAVEN - Season 1 | ©2022 AMC/ Szymon Lazewski

MOONHAVEN is a science-fiction series on AMC+ that premiered July 7, with new episodes debuting on Thursday nights. Created by Peter Ocko, MOONHAVEN is set one hundred years in the future, when humans have established a seemingly idyllic colony on the moon. Bella Sway (Emma McDonald), a pilot and smuggler, gets caught up helping detective Paul Serno (Dominic Monaghan) investigate a case involving the artificial intelligence that allows Moonhaven to function. Tomm Schultz (Joe Manganiello), part of an Earth diplomatic team, is part of the mystery. Ayelet Zurer plays Maite (pronounced “mighty”) Voss, leader of Moonhaven’s council. Zurer, originally from […]Read On »


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Movie Review: H.P. LOVECRAFT’S WITCH HOUSE

H.P. LOVECRAFT'S WITCH HOUSE movie poster | ©2022 Horror Wasteland Pictures International

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Portia Chellelynn, Michelle Morris, Julie Anne Prescott, Erin Trimble, Shonda Laverty, Andie Noir, John Johnson, Joe Padgett, Solon Tsangaras Writers: Bobby Easley & Ken Wallace Director: Bobby Easley Distributor: Horror Wasteland Pictures International Release Date: July 5, 2022 (digital/DVD) Fun fact: H.P. Lovecraft’s 1932 short story “The Dreams in the Witch House” really is partly about geometry. Lovecraft’s protagonist, Walter Gilman, is a mathematician trying to prove that certain shapes and planes, in relation to one another, can create gateways to other universes. That angle (pardon the pun) has been adopted in H.P. LOVECRAFT’S WITCH HOUSE, […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Actors Kayvan Novak and Harvey Guillen give the scoop on Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS - Season 4 - Key Art | ©2022 FX

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is back on FX for its fourth season, with a double-episode premiere on Tuesday, July 12, available the following day on FX on Hulu. The comedy, about a group of vampires un-living in Staten Island with their familiar Guillermo, played by Harvey Guillén, has already been renewed for Seasons 5 and 6. When we last saw vampire servant by inclination, vampire hunter by heredity Guillermo, he was on the verge of having his fondest wish granted. The vampire Nandor, played by Kayvan Novak, had promised to finally make Guillermo into a vampire when they […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER movie poster | ©2022 Marvel Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi (voice), Russell Crowe Writers: Taika Waititi & Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, story by Taika Waititi Director: Taika Waititi Distributor: Disney/Marvel Release Date: July 8, 2022 Because these elements are on the poster for THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, it’s presumably not too spoilery to say the following: First of all, for those who saw Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Asgardian god of thunder, being miserable and out of shape in the last AVENGERS film, he quickly regains the muscular physique so popular with sculptors of ancient deities. He also wields a new […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE PRINCESS

THE PRINCESS movie poster | ©2022 Hulu/20th Century Studios

Rating: R Stars: Joey King, Dominic Cooper, Olga Kurylenko, Veronica Ngo, Alex Reid, Ed Stoppard, Katelyn Rose Downey Writers: Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton Director: Le-Van Kiet Distributor: Hulu/20th Century Studios Release Date: July 1, 2022 (Hulu) THE PRINCESS is set in what looks like a fairytale kingdom, in what looks like the never-never days of yore. In the opening, as a pretty, fantasy-type Celtic score plays, we see a high castle tower above a lake. Within the tower is our Princess (Joey King), wearing a white satin wedding dress, sleeping on a bed adorned with flowers, across the room […]Read On »


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SHARKFEST: CAMO SHARKS: Researcher Gibbs Kuguru on new National Geographic project – Exclusive Interview

Chumming to attract Great Whites to be photographed as part of the color testing experiments in CAMO SHARKS | ©2022 National Geographic/Fiona Ayerst

It’s summer. This means it’s time for vacations, heat waves, and National Geographic’s SharkFest. SharkFest celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, with nearly thirty hours of new programming spread over four weeks. First up is CAMO SHARKS, premiering Sunday, July 10, at 10 PM on National Geographic, then debuting on Disney XD on July 16, and Nat Geo Wild on August 1. In CAMO SHARKS, shark scientists Dr. Ryan Johnson and PhD candidate Gibbs Kuguru investigate whether Great White sharks can change their color to blend in better with their surrounds. The duo also investigates new coloration in rare black-tipped […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU

MINIONS THE RISE OF GRU poster | ©2022 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh, Taraji P. Henson, Julie Andrews Writer: Matthew Fogel, story by Brian Lynch and Matthew Fogel Director: Kyle Balda Distributor: Universal Release Date: July 1, 2022 With their origin story taken care of in 2015’s MINIONS, the little yellow hench-beings (all voiced by Pierre Coffin) first seen in 2010’s DESPICABLE ME and its sequels now get another flashback feature. MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU shows (very briefly) how the Minions came to work for Gru and, at greater length, their early adventures with him. We first met Gru, as […]Read On »


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