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  1. Love Lies Bleeding [2024 Movie] Reclusive gym manager falls hard for an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. Their lesbian bodybuilding relationship ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of the gym managers criminal family. This is bizarre film noir on steroids, so bad its good, with such a b-grade preposterous ending, the stuff of cult classics.
  2. Nickel Boys [2024 Movie] Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida in the 1960's. As soon as this movie starts you know you are watching something special, a unique immersive experience that comes close to being a masterpiece, tho some will find the camerawork jarring approach excessive. One of the years best.
  3. September 5 [2024 Movie] During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcasting team must adapt to live coverage the Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group. A tense and absorbing drama about the worlds first ever globally televised live hostage drama - worth seeing.
  4. Nosferatu [2024 Movie] A gothic tale remake of the obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. High budget, professional looking production, dramatic cinematography, a strong cast, this is strictly for the horror genre audience with a penchant for the absurd.
  5. Blue Lights [2023 TV] Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a front-line response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers as it mixes confrontations within the police, drug pushers and communities. Yet another police series, and yet another quality one worth seeing. Excellent character development and believable stories on a budget. A second series is already out with more scheduled.
  6. Lockerbie: A Search for Truth [2025 TV] Based on the true events of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie in 1988. A doctor who lost his daughter seeks justice and the truth, and still strives for such today. A strong lead just holds the interest in an otherwise slow moving five part mini series, yet watching this can be a frustration with excessive melodramatics and no clear conclusion. A new trial is set for later in the year of this release.
  7. Landman [2024 TV] A modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of Permian Basin West Texas oil. A solid lead performance keeps the oil drama pumping, in a stylish but otherwise cliched cowboy macho style actioner. The script, with a nod to the anti-woke brigade will appeal to certain audiences. A second series beckons as this becomes addictive.
  8. Blitz [2024 Movie] Director Steve McQueen follows the journey of a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother sends him to safety in the English countryside. Defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in various perils, while a distraught mother searches for her missing son. An unusual war drama, expensive looking production, with subversive mixed messages that come across as flawed at times. Unusual to see Paul Weller of the Jam in a role!
  9. The Return [2024 Movie] After 20 years Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands. To win back his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his strength. Based on the Homer's Iliad fictional myth, this has two big name leads talk it out wisely in a simple caveman style melodrama. Average at best.
  10. A Real Pain [2024 Movie] Mismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother, but their old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Award winning touching emotional roller coaster drama with two solid believable leads.
  11. Gladiator II [2024 Movie] After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, a gladiator is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people. Twenty four years since the original by the same director, with a penchant for hit and miss epics, this is a visual feast, with some fine performances saving an otherwise preposterous script that at moments is more comic fantasy than historical fact. Entertaining but not as good as the original.
  12. The Day of the Jackal [2024 TV] The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. Old school style killer assassin theatrics does what it says on the label, entertaining, the superb lead here makes this a good binge watch and one of the years best TV series. More TV series to come from what was originally a 1973 movie.
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