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Movie Review: Lionsgate’s ‘Beast’ is an Action-Packed Knockout with Heart

If you think you’ve seen every possible iteration of the grizzled, washed-up fighter crawling back into the cage for “one last round,” Lionsgate’s new mixed martial arts movie, Beast, is here to challenge your stamina. Directed by Tyler Atkins, the film aims to prove that while the redemption arc might be a tale as old as time, a fresh coat of paint and some heavy-hitting star power can still make it a total blast. The narrative blueprint is a lean, classic underdog setup. We follow Patton James (Daniel MacPherson), a once-feared, retired MMA champion. Patton’s pulled back into the world of flying knees and chokeholds for cash and to avenge his brother. However, to fix it, Patton must reunite with Sammy (Russell Crowe), the bitter trainer who originally sculpted him into a legend. The ultimate objective? One final, apocalyptic showdown. He faces the reigning titleholder, Xavier Grau (Bren Foster). He’s a man with whom Patton shares a bloody and brutal

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 1, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Nesting (2025)

Official synopsis A deeply unsettling portrait of grief and psychological unraveling, Nesting follows Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault), a new mother struggling with postpartum depression and the lingering trauma of her sister’s death. As sleep deprivation takes hold, the boundary between dream and reality begins to collapse, pulling her into a paranoid and increasingly dangerous spiral. Review With Nesting (Peau à Peau; Switzerland/Canada, 2025), writer/director Chloé Cinq-Mars crafts an absolutely harrowing character study of new mother Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault) and how being held at gunpoint during a store robbery worsens her postpartum depression into a downward spiral of full-fledged madness. Cinq-Mars deftly balances the dramatic elements that drive the first two acts documenting Pénélope’s worsening conditions and the horror elements that truly kick in for the third act. Perreault gives an incredible performance as Pénélope, which is no easy feat as the character goes through sudden emotional and psychological changes. The robbery incident triggers memories of her sister Charlotte’s (Marie Bélanger) death,

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Joseph Perry
May 29, 2026

Game Review: ‘FORENSIC – M.E. Protocol’

Back in the early 2000s, CSI was insanely popular, as seen with almost every major city in the U.S. being represented in its own series. There were games based on the show, and they were…interesting. But now, fans of forensic science can look forward to a goofy indie game I was given to try by K148 Game Studio and JanduSoft titled FORENSIC – M.E. Protocol. In FORENSIC – M.E. Protocol, you take on the role of a cop that’s part of the forensics team, and it’s your job to investigate the scene of suspected crimes to determine if a crime was committed or not. Now, onto the game itself! The controls for this game will take some time to get used to, as it’s quite… unique. Unfortunately, there’s no real tutorial telling you how to use the controls, or even how to properly use some of the equipment you’re using in the game. There is a training level, but that

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 28, 2026

An Unplayable Mess: ‘Necrophosis: Full Consciousness’

What happens when Lovecraft meets Beksiński? You get Necrophosis: Full Consciousness. That alone should be exciting news. Unfortunately, the copy I got for the Xbox is, as the title says, an unplayable mess. I was only able to get to the second map in the game, where I’m softlocked by a puzzle. At the time of writing this, when I reported the game-crashing bug, I was told that it’s just me and that the game is fine. I call BS. I don’t know if it’s just for the Xbox that this bug happened, or if the other console ports of this game have this issue. I know the good ol’ adage of turning it off and on again is running through some of your minds, and I did just that. I did a hard restart of the game, and even restarted the main game’s story. The game break took a strange turn. Instead of restarting me at the start of

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 27, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: The Devil You Become

Synopsis Amidst a super virus that ravages most of the world’s population, a tenacious microbiology student (Brian K. Millard) leads a small team through a rogue planned exposure. But the human trials end tragically, taking his friends’ lives one by one and leaving potential treatments untested. As he becomes more and more isolated, the line between what’s real and what’s not begins to blur. Review I’m a hard sell on genre films inspired by — and often made during — COVID-19 lockdown, mainly because of burnout on the subgenre at this point, so when a new film about a deadly virus comes along that offers something exciting and unusual with original ideas, it gets my attention. The most recent feature film to do so is director Anthony Bushman’s Psychopomp (U.S., 2024), a horror-adjacent science fiction thriller made by Bushman and his cowriter and costar Brian K. Millard during the lockdown. Millard delivers an absolutely riveting lead performance as Theo, who

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Joseph Perry
May 26, 2026

Breakdown: ‘The Boys’ Series Finale is the Brutal, Beautiful End We Deserved

Warning! Spoilers! Well, it’s officially over. After five seasons of explosive whale carcasses, exploding heads, and enough psychological trauma to keep a stadium of therapists in business for life, “The Boys“ has taken its final, blood-soaked bow. While saying goodbye to Amazon’s flagship superhero satire hurts, we should all be profoundly grateful it didn’t become one of those franchises that get dragged behind the corporate cash-cow shed long past their expiration dates. Looking at you, “The Walking Dead.” Instead, showrunner Eric Kripke gave us an ending that wrapped everything up in a neat, heavily traumatized little bow. Let’s break down how the showdown went down. A Funeral, an Execution, and a Virus The finale’s emotional anchor kicked off with the crew burying Frenchie. Losing one of the show’s absolute best characters was a gut-punch, but it served as the ultimate catalyst. It finally lit a fire under the Boys’ collective asses to do what should have been done five seasons

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Personhood (MidWest WeirdFest)

Official Synopsis In a near-future world, a lonely, physically challenged man purchases a companion robot to escape his isolation. But his own insecurities and a jealous brother threaten his chances of ever finding love. Review Films about robots interacting with humans and the possible dangers that could bring have been with us since the silent era. Technology brings such fare ever closer to science fact than science fiction. With his intriguing feature Personhood, writer/director/editor Richard Jordan examines emotional problems that may occur when “artificial humans” become lovers with human beings. Waylen (Elliot Harris) is a physically challenged man who viewers learn right away craves intimacy, and that initial scene shows him going about things in a privacy-invading manner. He seems to be highly successful in his professional life and he lives in a beautiful, spacious, well-appointed home. The beautiful Gala (Agathe Levi) arrives at his front gate and proclaims that she will be very happy. Because the synopsis states that

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Joseph Perry
May 21, 2026

Checking out the Bermuda Triangle Gaming Glasses by GUNNAR

Gunnar has once again teamed up with Alienware to take players’ gaming experiences and comfort out of this world! For those not familiar with our friends at Gunnar, they specialize in making glasses that have anti-blue light tech. Screens give off blue light that’s invisible to the eyes but can cause strain and fatigue for them. Gunnar’s glasses help block this light to allow those who look at screens all day to work in comfort. Gunnar’s glasses are used by pro e-sport players, gamers, the military, and even animators at Dreamworks. The Alienware Burmuda Triangle glasses are a wraparound shield lens that’s befitting the aesthetics of Alienware. The lens offers a panoramic view that is perfect if you have multiple screens with your rig or a large monitor. The nosepads are adjustable and move with the shape of your nose, allowing a comfortable fit. The lenses are scratch and smudge-resistant, and the arms proudly display Alienware’s logo. The glasses are

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 18, 2026

Movie Review: The Paranormal (1998) – Visual Vengeance Blu-ray

Something preternatural is taking place within the wicked walls of The Englewood theater down Missouri way! Enter: Kyle Jennings (Todd Norris, who directed and co-wrote the picture along with C. Wayne Owens… who has a roll in the film as well), a paranormal investigator desperate to prove his scientific worth to the university he’s employed by. Kyle, along with his Department Head/believer in the supernatural, Cass Charbonneau (Lisa Winegar), head out to the eerie Englewood (located in his ol’ hometown no less), and finds the theater to be managed by his old high school gal pal, Lynne Meredith (Audrey Crabtree)… who is one of two employees of the establishment along with projectionist Johnnie (Gina Tarantino). The ghostly presence wastes no time, as shortly after our hero’s arrival a campy action/horror film called Z is for Zombie begins playing on it’s own and the doors to the outside world are locked tight by an outré force! To make matters worse, during

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DanXIII
May 17, 2026

Movie Review: Colony Mutation (1995) – Visual Vengeance Blu-ray

Scientist Meredith Weaver (Anna Zizzo) catches her hubby Jim Matthews (David Rommel) having an affair so she does what anyone would do in that situation… she infects him with her latest experiment that results in severe, uncurbable mutation. Meredith’s problem soon becomes everyone’s dilemma as her douche of a husband gains the ability to send forth monstrous versions of his various and sundry body parts to do the ol’ murder biz on anyone they choose… and given Jim’s ever increasing desire to eat live meat, that body count is going to rise quickly! Tom Berna’s Colony Mutation is like an early Cronenberg flick minus the Canadian tax breaks… but lack of funds did nothing to reduce this feature’s imagination! David Rommel is fantastic as our sleazy, horny, main character, and he really sells both the character’s smarminess as well as his ramping psychosis… not to mention how he relishes in his body’s new found ability to fuck up everyone’s day

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DanXIII
May 17, 2026

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Movie Review: Lionsgate’s ‘Beast’ is an Action-Packed Knockout with Heart

If you think you’ve seen every possible iteration of the grizzled, washed-up fighter crawling back into the cage for “one last round,” Lionsgate’s new mixed martial arts movie, Beast, is here to challenge your stamina. Directed by Tyler Atkins, the film aims to prove that while the redemption arc might be a tale as old as time, a fresh coat of paint and some heavy-hitting star power can still make it a total blast. The narrative blueprint is a lean, classic underdog setup. We follow Patton James (Daniel MacPherson), a once-feared, retired MMA champion. Patton’s pulled back into the world of flying knees and chokeholds for cash and to avenge his brother. However, to fix it, Patton must reunite with Sammy (Russell Crowe), the bitter trainer who originally sculpted him into a legend. The ultimate objective? One final, apocalyptic showdown. He faces the reigning titleholder, Xavier Grau (Bren Foster). He’s a man with whom Patton shares a bloody and brutal

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 1, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Nesting (2025)

Official synopsis A deeply unsettling portrait of grief and psychological unraveling, Nesting follows Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault), a new mother struggling with postpartum depression and the lingering trauma of her sister’s death. As sleep deprivation takes hold, the boundary between dream and reality begins to collapse, pulling her into a paranoid and increasingly dangerous spiral. Review With Nesting (Peau à Peau; Switzerland/Canada, 2025), writer/director Chloé Cinq-Mars crafts an absolutely harrowing character study of new mother Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault) and how being held at gunpoint during a store robbery worsens her postpartum depression into a downward spiral of full-fledged madness. Cinq-Mars deftly balances the dramatic elements that drive the first two acts documenting Pénélope’s worsening conditions and the horror elements that truly kick in for the third act. Perreault gives an incredible performance as Pénélope, which is no easy feat as the character goes through sudden emotional and psychological changes. The robbery incident triggers memories of her sister Charlotte’s (Marie Bélanger) death,

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 29, 2026

Game Review: ‘FORENSIC – M.E. Protocol’

Back in the early 2000s, CSI was insanely popular, as seen with almost every major city in the U.S. being represented in its own series. There were games based on the show, and they were…interesting. But now, fans of forensic science can look forward to a goofy indie game I was given to try by K148 Game Studio and JanduSoft titled FORENSIC – M.E. Protocol. In FORENSIC – M.E. Protocol, you take on the role of a cop that’s part of the forensics team, and it’s your job to investigate the scene of suspected crimes to determine if a crime was committed or not. Now, onto the game itself! The controls for this game will take some time to get used to, as it’s quite… unique. Unfortunately, there’s no real tutorial telling you how to use the controls, or even how to properly use some of the equipment you’re using in the game. There is a training level, but that

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 28, 2026

An Unplayable Mess: ‘Necrophosis: Full Consciousness’

What happens when Lovecraft meets Beksiński? You get Necrophosis: Full Consciousness. That alone should be exciting news. Unfortunately, the copy I got for the Xbox is, as the title says, an unplayable mess. I was only able to get to the second map in the game, where I’m softlocked by a puzzle. At the time of writing this, when I reported the game-crashing bug, I was told that it’s just me and that the game is fine. I call BS. I don’t know if it’s just for the Xbox that this bug happened, or if the other console ports of this game have this issue. I know the good ol’ adage of turning it off and on again is running through some of your minds, and I did just that. I did a hard restart of the game, and even restarted the main game’s story. The game break took a strange turn. Instead of restarting me at the start of

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 27, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: The Devil You Become

Synopsis Amidst a super virus that ravages most of the world’s population, a tenacious microbiology student (Brian K. Millard) leads a small team through a rogue planned exposure. But the human trials end tragically, taking his friends’ lives one by one and leaving potential treatments untested. As he becomes more and more isolated, the line between what’s real and what’s not begins to blur. Review I’m a hard sell on genre films inspired by — and often made during — COVID-19 lockdown, mainly because of burnout on the subgenre at this point, so when a new film about a deadly virus comes along that offers something exciting and unusual with original ideas, it gets my attention. The most recent feature film to do so is director Anthony Bushman’s Psychopomp (U.S., 2024), a horror-adjacent science fiction thriller made by Bushman and his cowriter and costar Brian K. Millard during the lockdown. Millard delivers an absolutely riveting lead performance as Theo, who

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 26, 2026

Breakdown: ‘The Boys’ Series Finale is the Brutal, Beautiful End We Deserved

Warning! Spoilers! Well, it’s officially over. After five seasons of explosive whale carcasses, exploding heads, and enough psychological trauma to keep a stadium of therapists in business for life, “The Boys“ has taken its final, blood-soaked bow. While saying goodbye to Amazon’s flagship superhero satire hurts, we should all be profoundly grateful it didn’t become one of those franchises that get dragged behind the corporate cash-cow shed long past their expiration dates. Looking at you, “The Walking Dead.” Instead, showrunner Eric Kripke gave us an ending that wrapped everything up in a neat, heavily traumatized little bow. Let’s break down how the showdown went down. A Funeral, an Execution, and a Virus The finale’s emotional anchor kicked off with the crew burying Frenchie. Losing one of the show’s absolute best characters was a gut-punch, but it served as the ultimate catalyst. It finally lit a fire under the Boys’ collective asses to do what should have been done five seasons

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Personhood (MidWest WeirdFest)

Official Synopsis In a near-future world, a lonely, physically challenged man purchases a companion robot to escape his isolation. But his own insecurities and a jealous brother threaten his chances of ever finding love. Review Films about robots interacting with humans and the possible dangers that could bring have been with us since the silent era. Technology brings such fare ever closer to science fact than science fiction. With his intriguing feature Personhood, writer/director/editor Richard Jordan examines emotional problems that may occur when “artificial humans” become lovers with human beings. Waylen (Elliot Harris) is a physically challenged man who viewers learn right away craves intimacy, and that initial scene shows him going about things in a privacy-invading manner. He seems to be highly successful in his professional life and he lives in a beautiful, spacious, well-appointed home. The beautiful Gala (Agathe Levi) arrives at his front gate and proclaims that she will be very happy. Because the synopsis states that

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 21, 2026

Checking out the Bermuda Triangle Gaming Glasses by GUNNAR

Gunnar has once again teamed up with Alienware to take players’ gaming experiences and comfort out of this world! For those not familiar with our friends at Gunnar, they specialize in making glasses that have anti-blue light tech. Screens give off blue light that’s invisible to the eyes but can cause strain and fatigue for them. Gunnar’s glasses help block this light to allow those who look at screens all day to work in comfort. Gunnar’s glasses are used by pro e-sport players, gamers, the military, and even animators at Dreamworks. The Alienware Burmuda Triangle glasses are a wraparound shield lens that’s befitting the aesthetics of Alienware. The lens offers a panoramic view that is perfect if you have multiple screens with your rig or a large monitor. The nosepads are adjustable and move with the shape of your nose, allowing a comfortable fit. The lenses are scratch and smudge-resistant, and the arms proudly display Alienware’s logo. The glasses are

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 18, 2026

Movie Review: The Paranormal (1998) – Visual Vengeance Blu-ray

Something preternatural is taking place within the wicked walls of The Englewood theater down Missouri way! Enter: Kyle Jennings (Todd Norris, who directed and co-wrote the picture along with C. Wayne Owens… who has a roll in the film as well), a paranormal investigator desperate to prove his scientific worth to the university he’s employed by. Kyle, along with his Department Head/believer in the supernatural, Cass Charbonneau (Lisa Winegar), head out to the eerie Englewood (located in his ol’ hometown no less), and finds the theater to be managed by his old high school gal pal, Lynne Meredith (Audrey Crabtree)… who is one of two employees of the establishment along with projectionist Johnnie (Gina Tarantino). The ghostly presence wastes no time, as shortly after our hero’s arrival a campy action/horror film called Z is for Zombie begins playing on it’s own and the doors to the outside world are locked tight by an outré force! To make matters worse, during

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 17, 2026

Movie Review: Colony Mutation (1995) – Visual Vengeance Blu-ray

Scientist Meredith Weaver (Anna Zizzo) catches her hubby Jim Matthews (David Rommel) having an affair so she does what anyone would do in that situation… she infects him with her latest experiment that results in severe, uncurbable mutation. Meredith’s problem soon becomes everyone’s dilemma as her douche of a husband gains the ability to send forth monstrous versions of his various and sundry body parts to do the ol’ murder biz on anyone they choose… and given Jim’s ever increasing desire to eat live meat, that body count is going to rise quickly! Tom Berna’s Colony Mutation is like an early Cronenberg flick minus the Canadian tax breaks… but lack of funds did nothing to reduce this feature’s imagination! David Rommel is fantastic as our sleazy, horny, main character, and he really sells both the character’s smarminess as well as his ramping psychosis… not to mention how he relishes in his body’s new found ability to fuck up everyone’s day

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 17, 2026
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