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MOVIE REVIEW OF THE ''BEAST" An avenging lion turns into a maneater in “Contraband” director Baltasar Kormákur’s exotic animal opus “Beast” (** OUT OF ****) after African poachers armed with...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THERE ARE NO SAINTS" A nihilistic exercise in misogyny, sadism, murder, and revenge, Hispanic helmer Alfonso Pineda Ulloa’s unsavory actioneer “There Are No Saints” (**1/2...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING" Movies made from bestsellers rarely live up to their literary origins. Happily, “Where The Crawdads Sing” (*** OUT OF ****) qualifies as an...

MOVIE REVIEW OF "WOLF HOUND" The spectacle of watching vintage World War II era aircraft perform aerial maneuvers in writer & director Michael B. Chait’s “Wolf Hound” (*** OUT OF ****) should make...

UMMA//MOVIE REVIEW Some of the best scary sagas involve the occult. The filmmakers need not resort to jarring jump scares, shrieking musical cues, and/or prosthetic gore to induce fear. Our heroine tangles...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''BOON" Sometimes, disposable B-movies can be refreshing. You rent them on impulse with low expectations. Typically, if the first 30 minutes don’t drum up enough drama, you search...

"SHARK BAIT" MOVIE REVIEW “Shark Bait” (*** OUT OF ****) lives up to its alluring title. British producer & director James Nunn’s aquatic opus qualifies as one of the best shark survival...

"THE BATMAN" MOVIE REVIEW Prepare yourself for a different kind of Caped Crusader in “The Batman” (**** OUT OF ****) as a ripped Robert Pattinson dons the cape and cowl. A grave looking Bruce Wayne...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''UNCHARTED" The beginning and ending stunts in “Venom” director Reuben Fleischer’s “Uncharted” (**1/2 OUT OF ****) qualify as the best scenes in this otherwise uninspired adaptation...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM" Everything goes sideways for the wicked villains in writer & director Christian Sesma’s gritty but formulaic revenge thriller “Every Last One of Them”...