Tag: Cult Films

• Strange Harvest Review – Stuart Ortiz’s Grotesque Mockumentary Pulls No Punches

  

  Release Date: August 8, 2025 (United States — limited theatrical release) Runtime: 94 minutes (1 h 34 m) Rated: R — disturbing violent content; language; grisly violent content Production Companies: Adorable Damage, Pathogen Pictures Producers: Bruce Guido, Stuart Ortiz, Alex Yesilcimen Cinematography: Seth Fulleer Editing: Stuart Ortiz Music / Composer: Sarah DeCourcy Strange Harvest (2025) Director & Screenwriter: Stuart Ortiz…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  August 12, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Horror, Mockumentary, Movie Analysis, Thriller

  2025 Films, 2025 Movies, Cult Films, Detective Films, Film Criticism, Film Critique, Film Recommendations, Film Review, Film Reviews, Found Footage Film, Horror, Horror Cinema, Horror Films, Horror Movie Review, Horror Movie Reviews, Horror Movies 2025, Independent Cinema, Independent Film, Independent Horror, Indie Film, Indie Films, Indie Horror, Mockumentary Horror, Movie Recommendations, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, New Horror Films, New Movie Releases 2025, Peter Zizzo, Strange Harvest, Stuart Ortiz, Terri Apple, True Crime Film

• Unpacking the Chaos of Eddington: Ari Aster’s Pandemic-Era Provocation

  

  Release Date: July 18, 2025 (U.S.) Runtime: 2 h 28 m (148 min) Rating: R Production Companies: A24, IPR.VC, 828 Productions, Square Peg Producers: Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen (+ exec. producers Alejandro De Leon, Robert Dean, Harrison Huffman, Todd Lundbohm, Andrea Scarso) Cinematography: Darius Khondji Music / Composers: Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) and Daniel Pemberton Eddington (2025)…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  August 6, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, A24 Movies, Action, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Movie Analysis, Thriller

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• Weekend Watchlist: Villains, Veterans, and Virtuosos

  

  The Rule of Jenny Pen Directed by: James Ashcroft Starring: Geoffrey Rush and John John Lithgow John Lithgow masterfully embodies the unsettling presence of Dave Crealy, an antagonist who reflects the darker side of aging and vulnerability. The film explores isolation, dementia, elder neglect, abuse, and the shifting power dynamics that come with aging —…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  March 17, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, Drama, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Horror, Movie Analysis, Psychological Drama

  2025 Movies, Ayo Edebiri, Celebrity Culture, Cult Films, Drama, Family, Family Drama, Film Analysis, Film Criticism, Film Critique, Film Recommendations, Film Review, Film Reviews, Horror, Horror Movies 2025, Indie Films, John Lithgow, John Malkovich, Military Drama, Movie Recap, Movie Recommendations, Movie Review, Movie Thoughts, Natalie Morales, New Movie Releases 2025, Psychological Horror, Psychological Thriller, Sonequa Martin-Green, Veterans in Film, Weekend Watchlist