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ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR (2025) is largely a rehash of the original that feels like White Lotus-lite
We’re big fans of the original A Simple Favor, a fun satire on true crime and mommy bloggers that seemed very timely given the rise of bloggers like Bailey Sarian, who mixed makeup tips with breakdowns of serial killers. Queue that up with Blake Lively playing against type of her public persona and Paul Feig’s…
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THE SURFER (2025) delivers an intense claustrophobic descent into madness in this unhinged and tense psychological thriller
Nicolas Cage plays a man on the edge of losing his dream of getting a piece of his youth back in this off-kilter examination of hardcore zen from director Lorcan Finnegan Nicolas Cage does his best work in film when playing characters on the edge of losing themselves. You can see this as early in…
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THE UGLY STEPSISTER (2025) subverts the Cinderella story and beauty standards through the lens of body horror.
Director Emilie Blichfeldt’s debut feature casts the spotlight on Cinderella’s stepsister in showing what depths someone will go through for love, acceptance and finding their dreams no matter the cost in this genre period piece. Once upon a time is how most fairy tales begin. From the exposure many first have of them in the…
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THUNDERBOLTS* (2025) is a reminder that Marvel can still deliver fun action and energy to the big screen
Director Jake Schreier (Netflix’s Beef) delivers one of the most engaging features to the Marvel Canon since the heyday of the era of the Russo Brothers and James Gunn. There’s something to the idea that the Peak TV era delivered its best returns as entries in the MCU. When you look at the best films…
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Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS (2025) is a triumph of genre, storytelling and film.
Ryan Coogler’s period set Southern Gothic vampire film transcends the label of elevated horror to deliver one of 2025’s best films of the year. Going into Sinners, the latest film from writer/director Ryan Googler, you might think from the film’s marketing you were just getting something along the lines of From Dusk ‘Til Dawn, a…
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REVIEWS: MICKEY 17 (2025) is a fun and timely satire on the woes of the working class in Bong Joon Ho’s latest exploration of late-stage capitalism
Robert Pattinson plays the unlikely hero in a satire that rings a little close to reality in this sci-fi send-up of populist politics. It’s no secret that Bong Joon Ho harbors a definitive point of view towards populism; the idea that the elites in society are only out for themselves at the expense of the…
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REVIEW: HEART EYES (2025) is the definitive horror movie for the Valentine’s Day holiday
Director Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within) delivers a fun satire of the romantic comedy genre’s tropes while serving up an homage to some of horror’s best slasher films. Horror slashers have been making something of a comeback the past several years after being absent from big screens largely since their 1980’s heyday. From the resurgence of…
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WOLFMAN (2025) is a body horror meditation on grief and longing in this new Blumhouse world of gods and monsters
Director Leigh Whannell’s follow-up to 2020’s The Invisible Man continues his exploration of the human condition behind the veneer of losing it in this adaptation of the classic Universal Monster tale. Over the past several years, Leigh Whannell has been crafting a cinematic universe of post modern horror under the umbrella of Blumhouse and Universal.…
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MOVIE REVIEW: STREET TRASH (2024) is a gooey reimagining of a cult classic that improves on the original
We love 80’s horror here at Cult Classics. From Return of the Living Dead to They Live and The Thing, the 1980’s are rich in material to mine for genre nostalgia and material to reimagine. But while some films from that decade have been both reimagined and pseudo-sequelized like The Thing was in 2011, the…
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Movie Review – HERETIC is one of the Best Genre Films of 2024 with Strong Character Work
Beck and Woods’ exploration of religious belief and control owes more than a little to their past work, but strong performances from Sophie Thatcher and Hugh Grant makes this release from A24 a must-see. It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ work as genre filmmakers. The duo were…
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Movie Review: VENOM: THE LAST DANCE (2024) Leaves You Wanting More.
Tom Hardy’s supposed final outing as the classic Todd McFarlane anti-hero promises a a climactic final battle between the symbiote and their creator and leaves you with a meandering buddy comedy. — It’s been a yin/yang of a year for fans of the comic book superhero genre. While Deadpool & Wolverine hit a slam dunk…
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VIDEO REVIEW – Ti West’s MAXXXINE (2024) is a Throwback Grindhouse Blast to Close Out the X Trilogy!
Your pals at Cult Classics watched the new #a24 movie MAXXXINE and had a great time with it! Check out our review here and let us know what you think! #maxxxine #movies #filmreviews
