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AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Review: Another Visual Marvel Undercut by Sloppy Storytelling, Underdeveloped Characters, and Cliched Dialogue
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Despite their supposed lack of pop cultural impact or influence, the James Cameron-directed Avatar films (2009, 2022) have collectively grossed more than five billion dollars, suggesting that, whatever the series’s inability to break through to the terminally online, Avatar and...
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THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE Review: Portrait of a Lady on Religious Fire
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Amanda Seyfried stars in Mona Fastvold's ode to the 18th century religious figure. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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THE HOUSEMAID Review: Delightful, Surprisingly Effective Trash
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Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in Paul Feig's new, airport-trashy thriller. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide 2025 Episode 2: Shout Factory, Warner, Neon Eagle and Cauldron
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Welcome to Episode two of the Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide for 2025.   The first episode highlighted releases from Kino. This episode covers stuff that was sent by Shout Factory, Warner Brothers, Neon Eagle and Cauldron.   I...
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IS THIS THING ON? Review: Standup Comedy, Midlife Marital Crisis, Familiar Trajectory
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Will Arnett and Laura Dern star in Bradley Cooper's new film. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Dallas Critics Honor ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER as Best Film of 2025
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Also: 'Kpop Demon Hunters' as Best Animated Film; 'Sentimental Value' as Best Foreign Language Film.' [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA 4K Review: Barefoot in a Suit
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Spike Lee directs an electrifying film that leaps off the stage in Criterion's sterling new release. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide 2025 Episode 1: Kino
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Dave Canfield, your Creature Feature Preacher here with the Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide for 2025. We’ve got several episodes coming in the next few days that showcase a bunch of easily-obtained, movie-related movies, music and collectibles, courtesy of...
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AMSTERDAMNED II Review: A Playful Late Sequel
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Let's start with a bit of history. Back in the eighties, we had this young upstart director in the Netherlands who did things everybody told him you couldn't do. His name was Dick Maas and I'll be damned if he...
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Criterion in March 2026: Tsui Hark’s THE BLADE, Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, More
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Springtime -- specifically, March 2026 -- brings many good gifts for home video enthusiasts from The Criterion Collection, beginning with Tsui Hark's superlative action epic The Blade (1995) in 4K (?!). I love the official description, so allow me to...
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