The mighty Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) and his Outworld realm are one tournament away from claiming dominion over Earthrealm. But the returning Earthrealm fighters have a secret card up their sleeves: movie star and action hero Johnny Cage (Karl Urban). I had the opportunity to watch 2021’s Mortal Kombat and this sequel as a double … Continue reading Mortal Kombat II
Author Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) travels to Ireland to scatter his parents’ ashes at the location that they honeymooned. However, the honeymoon suite where they stayed is now permanently locked because the owner believes it is haunted by a witch. Hokum is very much interested in stories. It opens on Ohm trying to complete the … Continue reading Hokum
When the young daughter of an American family in Egypt is kidnapped, she is thought lost, but eight years later, she is found in a three-thousand-year-old sarcophagus that has survived the wreckage of a plane crash. But young Katie appears quite changed, and her reunion with her family only worsens the nightmare they have already … Continue reading Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
A plane crash leaves a downtrodden executive marooned on a desert island with her sexist boss, who still fails to see her worth despite her saving his life multiple times over. Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) is an awkward and unliked executive at her corporation. But she is also the person behind the scenes who has … Continue reading Send Help
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein (Christian Bale) tracks down Dr. Euphronius (Annette Bening) and requests that she make him a companion. The outcome is The Bride (Jessie Buckley), who is an amalgamation of the murdered woman that she once was, the spirit of Mary Shelley, who wrote the original story, and the new creature that she … Continue reading The Bride!
Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz) takes a job as a housekeeper at a mysterious high-rise apartment block in search of her younger sister. Unfortunately for her, the wealthy community that make up the building is part of a devil-worshipping cult in search of their next sacrifice. They Will Kill You is both ridiculously derivative and insanely … Continue reading They Will Kill You
After surviving a lethal game of hide and seek, Grace (Samara Weaving) is forced into another round of deadly action. This time with her sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) in tow. Picking up immediately from the end of the original movie, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come gives viewers a brief recap of events as … Continue reading Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come
Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) gives life to a creature (Jacob Elordi) in his experimentations to cure “death”, but his treatment of his own creation will lead to both of their downfalls. The latest adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, released in 1818, is from writer/director Guillermo del Toro, in what appears to be a perfect … Continue reading Frankenstein
Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) now lives in the idyllic small town of Pine Grove with her family. But it seems nowhere is safe from the Ghostface Killers, who have stalked her for decades. This time, a killer claiming to be a vanquished villain from her past has their sights on her daughter, Tatum (Isabel May), … Continue reading Scream 7
When a highly infectious and catastrophically dangerous fungus escapes its holding cell deep within an abandoned US Military facility there are only three people between us and total annihilation; Self-Storage employees Teacake (Joe Keery) and Naomi (Georgina Campbell) and retired bioterrorism agent Robert Quinn (Liam Neeson). Cold Storage is an at times deliciously funny splatter … Continue reading Cold Storage
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