285 | The Long Walk

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 48min

• Directed by Francis Lawrence

• Written by JT Mollner, based on the novel by Stephen King

• Stars: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill

• Released in US September 12, 2025

• RT: 90% critics / 85% audience 

• Currently in theaters

  Synopsis

  In the United States of an undetermined year, 50 boys are chosen from a lottery - one from each state - to walk as long as they possibly can. They may not drop below 3mph. The last boy standing wins.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Cuckoo, currently streaming on Hulu and Kanopy.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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284 | Final Destination: Bloodlines

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 50min

• Directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein

• Written by Guy Busick & Lori Evans Taylor

• Stars: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones and Tony Todd

• Released in US May 16, 2025

• RT: 92% critics / 87% audience

• Currently streaming on HBO

  Synopsis

  Tragedy is averted in the 1960s when a woman has a premonition of a tower collapse and alerts revellers in time to get everyone out safely. Unfortunately, Death can hold a grudge for a loooong time, because in the present day, that woman’s granddaughter is plagued by dreams of the same tower collapse and returns home from college to get to the bottom of why. Soon she learns that Death has been taking all the survivors of the near-tragedy one by one, as well as all the children they shouldn’t have been able to have, and she will soon be next.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Long Walk, opening in theaters September 12.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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283 | Weapons

• Rated R

• Runtime: 2hr 8min

• Written & Directed by Zach Cregger

• Stars: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Benedict Wong

• Released in US August 8, 2025

• RT: 94% critics / 86% audience

• Currently in theaters

  Synopsis

  Early one morning every child but one from teacher Justine’s elementary school class runs outside and disappears. Angry parents demand answers from the teacher, but the remaining child, Alex, is who they should be asking.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Final Destination: Bloodlines, currently streaming on HBO

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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280 | 28 Years Later

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 55min

• Directed by Danny Boyle

• Written by Alex Garland

• Stars: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

• Release in US theaters June 20, 2025

• RT: 88% critics / 63% audience

  Synopsis

  12yr old Spike lives with his domineering father and mysteriously ill mother on a small island less than a mile away from mainland northern England. While safe there from the infected, the citizens uphold a tradition that sees their young people escorted to the mainland to kill infected as a rite of passage. Disillusioned after his outing and determined to locate the rumored doctor there, Spike sneaks out of the compound with his mother in tow in an attempt to cure her illness.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Damned, currently streaming on Hulu

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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279 | The Ugly Stepsister

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 49min

• Written & Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt

• Stars: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss and Ane Dahl Torp

• Premiered at Sundance January 23, 2025

• Limited Release in US theaters April 18, 2025

• Currently Streaming on Shudder and AMC+

• RT: 96% critics / 86% audience

  Synopsis

  Rebekka and her two daughters, Elvira and Alma, move into the estate of her new husband, Otto, and his beautiful daughter, Agnes. Elvira, the oldest of Rebekka’s daughters, is a dreamy, braces-wearing teen who swoons over the kingdom’s handsome prince and his romantic poetry. But when Otto dies suddenly and it is revealed that he was deeply in debt, Rebekka is forced to pile all her hopes for financial stability on the prince choosing Elvira as his bride at the upcoming ball. In order for the plain and gawky Elvira to catch his eye, she must undergo a series of horrifying medical procedures to become more beautiful.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing 28 Years Later, currently playing in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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278 | Bring Her Back

• Rated PG-13 

• Runtime: 1hr 43min

• Written & Directed by Logan George & Celine Held

• Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen and Lauren Ambrose

• Released on streaming October 10, 2024

• RT: 76% critics / 79%  audience

  Synopsis

  Siblings Andy and Piper, who have just lost their father, are placed in foster care with a mysterious and seemingly unstable woman named Laura who is also grieving a loss. They also meet their new foster brother, Oliver, a mute and extremely creepy little boy.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Ugly Stepsister, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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276 | Repo! The Genetic Opera

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

• Written by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich

• Stars: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head and Sarah Brightman

• Premiered at Fantasia FF July 18, 2008

• Limited release in theaters November 7, 2008

• RT: 37% critics / 73%  audience
  

  Synopsis

  By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Caddo Lake, currently streaming on Max and available elsewhere to rent.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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272 | MadS

• Rated TV-MA

• Runtime: 1hr 29min

• Written & Directed by David Moreau

• Stars: Lucille Guillaume, Laurie Pavy and Milton Riche

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 21, 2024

• Released on streaming in US October 18, 2024

• RT: 93% critics / 71% audience

  Synopsis

  A guy encounters a frantic woman on the road who pulls him into a frightening series of events.

Join us in two weeks when we review Red Rooms, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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271 | The Monkey

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Written & Directed by Osgood Perkins, based on the short story by Stephen King

• Stars: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany and Christian Convery

• Released in theaters February 21, 2025

• RT: 78% critics / 59% audience

  Synopsis

  Twin brothers discover their father’s dark secret - a toy monkey whose drum playing equals a grisly death from someone nearby. They soon learn that the monkey is attached to their family, bringing destruction wherever it turns up.

Join us in two weeks when we review MADS, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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