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<b><i> Weapons</i> Delivers a Raw, Unflinching Portrait of Youth and Violence    </b>

Weapons Delivers a Raw, Unflinching Portrait of Youth and Violence

FilmAugust 12, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Weapons is a visceral, uneasy film that arrests the viewer from its opening moments and refuses to relent. Without resorting to sentimentality, it captures the…

<b><i>Nobody 2</i>: Bob Odenkirk’s Reluctant Hero Returns with Fists Flying </b>

Nobody 2: Bob Odenkirk’s Reluctant Hero Returns with Fists Flying

FilmAugust 12, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Nobody 2 wastes no time plunging back into the bruised, breathless world of Hutch Mansell, the once-mild suburban dad whose dormant assassin skills roared back…

<b>Sydney Sweeney Shines in Gritty, Offbeat Crime Caper <i>Americana</i>  </b>

Sydney Sweeney Shines in Gritty, Offbeat Crime Caper Americana

FilmAugust 12, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Americana is a blazing balletic collision of crime, mythology, and flawed humanity, anchored by Sydney Sweeney’s magnetic turn as Penny Jo Poplin. In director Tony…

<b><i>Freakier Friday</i> Serves Up Double the Body-Swap Chaos with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan</b>

Freakier Friday Serves Up Double the Body-Swap Chaos with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan

FilmAugust 11, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Two decades after their first swap shocked and delighted audiences, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan return in Freakier Friday, a high-energy sequel that doubles…

<b>Lily James Brings the Heat in <i>Swiped</i>, Portraying the Woman Who Revolutionized Modern Dating</b>

Lily James Brings the Heat in Swiped, Portraying the Woman Who Revolutionized Modern Dating

FilmAugust 11, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In Swiped, Lily James sheds her period-drama image to play Whitney Wolfe Herd, the woman who helped create Tinder and then went on to found…

<b>Danielle Deadwyler Commands The Big Screen In <i>40 Acres</i></b>

Danielle Deadwyler Commands The Big Screen In 40 Acres

FilmJuly 13, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Danielle Deadwyler is the breakout star of the highly anticipated thriller 40 Acres (sometimes stylized as “Forty Acres”). Though relatively new to mainstream cinema, Deadwyler’s authentic,…

<b>Brad Pitt Wants Tom Cruise to Join Him in ‘F1’ Sequel</b>

Brad Pitt Wants Tom Cruise to Join Him in ‘F1’ Sequel

Film, NewsmakersJuly 10, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Los Angeles — July 9, 2025 Following the adrenaline-fueled debut of F1, Brad Pitt is already revving up for a sequel — and he has…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Discuss<i>The Accountant 2</i> & <i>The Ballad Of Wallis Island</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper DiscussThe Accountant 2 & The Ballad Of Wallis Island

FilmJune 22, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Movie Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island By Tandy Culpepper and Reba Merrill Written by and starring Tim Key and Tom Basden, The Ballad of…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Films <i>Smile 2</i> & <i>Summer Of 69</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Films Smile 2 & Summer Of 69

FilmJune 21, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Movie Review: Smile 2 Written and Directed by Parker Finn Reviewed by Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Following the runaway success of 2022’s Smile, which…

<b><i>F1</i> Delivers a High-Octane Return to the Track with Brad Pitt at the Wheel     </b>

F1 Delivers a High-Octane Return to the Track with Brad Pitt at the Wheel

FilmJune 18, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

F1 accelerates into theaters as a full-throttle spectacle that combines real-world racing thrills with emotional undercurrents—anchored firmly by Brad Pitt’s committed performance as Sonny Hayes,…

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