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Frederick Lantern

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Him is able to capture some of the potential horrors from being in the NFL. This unique and creative film suffers some missteps in story and pacing. Monkey Paw Studios)

Him Fails to Go All the Way

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer September 23, 2025
While Him has mesmerizing visuals and jaw-dropping performances by Tyriq Withers and Marlon Wayans, it fumbles in its pace and is more style than substance.
Sophie Thatcher, star of Yellowjackets and Heretic, shows amazing range in Companion (Warner Bros. Discovery)

A Nearly Perfect Companion

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer February 4, 2025

The following review is for a film rated R by the MPA. The film contains excessive profanity, blood and violence, drug and alcohol abuse, misogyny, and implied sexual acts.    "There were two...

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The Joke’s on Us for Watching

Alex Lyman, Staff Writer October 7, 2024

In 2019, Warner Bros. released a gritty throwback to late seventies and early eighties films like Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy featuring one of DC Comics' most iconic villains: the Joker. Both...

Joey King leads an ensemble of "teenage" rebels (who are clearly in their late 20s) in Uglies, Netflix's adaptation of a 2006 YA novel. Given the tacky effects, predictable storyline, and obvious metaphors, this one should have stayed in 2006. (Netflix)

Uglies is an Ugly Flick

Kendan Cartwright, Staff Writer September 25, 2024

Film series based on dystopian young adult novels were all the rage in the 2010s. The four Hunger Games films (before last year's Songbirds and Snakes) had a combined box office of $3.3 billion, the Maze...

"Don't rush, die slow." Slotherhouse, a PG13 horror flick where a sloth murders sorority girls, is a fantastic example of a so-bad-its-good horror B-movie. While not perfect by design, this campy throwback stands out among a market dripping with elevated horror.

Sloth Movie Deserves a Slow Clap

Brandon Coon, Staff Adviser September 4, 2023

With Hollywood on strike and small studios like A24 and Blumhouse still in production, the time is right for indie horror movies to flourish. January's M3GAN and July's Talk to Me have become surprising...

Ellie and her family as they start to become worried about her. Photo credits: Warner Bros.

Evil Dead is Wickedly Good

Cameran Martinez, Staff Writer May 22, 2023

Evil Dead Rise was released on April 21st and is the latest addition to the Evil Dead franchise. This Evil Dead movie is directed by Lee Cronin and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This movie is the...

Cocaine Bear is Really Wild

Christopher Ward, Writer May 4, 2023

Elizabeth Banks' latest film "Cocaine Bear" is based on a genuine tale that occurred in the 1980s. The narrative centers on a black bear in Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest who consumed a sizable...