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Onwards and Sideways

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! A romantic comedy about two senior citizens...

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Baby Sea Turtle

THE SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Baby Sea Turtle is written, directed, produced, and...

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Naked Alien Massacre

Deep in the woods, a team of scientists goes hunting for signs of extraterrestrial life. What...

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Godmother

FANTASTIC FEST 2026 REVIEW! It’s been a banner year for Internet personalities dipping their...

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Alterity

According to the Alien Ancestry Theory, some human bloodlines are tied to alien ones. Somehow,...

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Riptides

The dark comedy Riptides, written and directed by Alex Karpovsky, best known for his deadpan...

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Backpay

There’s an old saying that “payback is a bitch.” Filmmaker/actor Mike Gallant’s new...

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Dolph: Unbreakable

“There’s no easy way out, there’s no shortcut home” aren’t just lyrics from the...

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Familiar

Everybody's working for the vampire weekend in the strung-out-on-blood found footage horror...

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Big Shoes to Fill

How bad does life have to get for you to not measure up to a clown? That's the question asked...

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon feels like somebody took the open-world mayhem of the Grand Theft Auto franchise,...

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Pinball: Beyond the Bumpers

Believe it or not, the sweet game of pinball is alive and well. It was the first "arcade" game...

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Atonement

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! In Atonement, Kenneth Branagh plays Michael...

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Who’s Watching

Horror movies about “obsession” are all the rage these days, ever since actress Inde...

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Digger

I intensely dislike Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s latest epic cinematic offering, Digger. I also...

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What Cinema Can Learn From the Growth of Interactive Entertainment

Cinema has spent more than a century developing ways to hold an audience’s attention. Strong stories, memorable characters, visual...

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Previs on a Shoestring: How Indie Directors Are Using AI Video Before the First

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Ask a first-time feature director where the money went and you will rarely hear "cameras." You will hear "the days we lost." A location that read...

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From Script to Set: How a Micro-Budget Feature Ran Pre-Production and Ten Shoot

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On every small crew I've worked on, nobody has just one job. The person breaking down the script is also building the shot list, calling the DP about a...

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From the Big Screen to the Small Screen: Why Mobile Entertainment Keeps Growing

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Entertainment is closer than ever. While going to the cinema remains a distinct experience, audiences can now watch films and shows from virtually anywhere...

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College Bowl Season And The Rise Of Crypto-Friendly Sportsbooks

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Bowl season compresses more meaningful college football betting volume into a few weeks than any other stretch of the calendar, with dozens of matchups...

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Celebrity Documentaries Are Everywhere. These Stars Chose Someone Else’s S

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Malala Yousafzai, Eva Longoria Bastón, and Kelly Rohrbach Walton have each put their names behind a documentary in the past four...

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Why Coin-Based Game Platforms Belong in the Conversation About Interactive Enter

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For most of film history, audiences watched. They sat in theaters, followed a story, reacted to performances, discussed endings, and waited for the next...

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Top Online Casinos Ireland With Bonuses

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The word "bonus" does a lot of heavy lifting in casino marketing, and it rarely means the same thing twice. Anyone searching for top online casinos Ireland...

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Canto Bight Was Right: What Indie Filmmakers Get Wrong About Casino Scenes (and

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I've seen a folding table dressed up as a blackjack pit more times than I can count. Green felt, thrifted poker chips, one guy in a rented vest pretending...

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AI Previsualization: Test Your Film Before Final Production Costs

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Every independent filmmaker has felt it. The writing is already done and the budget is determined, and then the money is spent. Sites are booked, equipment...

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American Baby

In her feature-length debut, American Baby, filmmaker Ellen Rodnianski cunningly explores what it would be like to be a...

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THE SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Addison Melfi wrote, directed, produced, and stars in Jake. The short drama follows...

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