Category: Movies
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The Running Man (2025): When Entertainment Becomes the Executioner
There are stories that refuse to stay buried, not because Hollywood loves nostalgia, but because the world keeps inching closer to the nightmare they warned us about. The Running Man (2025) is one of those stories. Marketed as a reimagining rather than a remake, this new adaptation finally does what many fans of Stephen King’s…
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Holiday Films Monthly – Feature Review“The Fabled Christmas” – A Novel You Watch Instead of Read
Hallmark has never been shy about leaning into its own identity: snow-glossed small towns, meet-cute mishaps, romantic certainty, and a healthy dusting of Christmas magic. But The Fabled Christmas—if ever there were a film whose title feels tailor-made for its genre—manages to take that formula and wrap it in a decidedly unusual narrative choice: it’s…
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Predator: Badlands – A Franchise Stumble Lost in the Dust
The Predator franchise has always been built on a simple but irresistible hook: elite humans pitted against a technologically superior alien hunter. From the oppressive jungles of Val Verde in 1987 to the chaotic, multiverse-leaning experiments of the 2010s, the core appeal has relied on primal tension, muscular action, and a certain grit that made…
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THE DIMMING LIGHTS: HOW THE UK CINEMA EXPERIENCE LOST ITS SHINE
For generations, heading to the cinema in the UK was an event — a small slice of glamour tucked between everyday routines. It meant neon signs, plush seats, curtains sweeping open before the first reel, and a sense of communal magic as the lights dimmed. But today, that once-golden experience is flickering, and no amount…
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Wicked for Good – A Visually Lush but Surprisingly Flat Return to Oz
Sequels to iconic musicals rarely have an easy road, and Wicked for Good is a testament to just how difficult it is to recreate magic once it’s already been bottled and sold to the world. As the follow-up to the internationally adored Wicked, this second chapter arrives under enormous pressure—and from the opening number, it…
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25 Days of Christmas Watching
Your Movie-a-Day Festive Guide: Nov 28 – Dec 25 Looking for the perfect way to slide into the Christmas spirit? Here’s a carefully curated 28-day watchlist beginning December 1st and running right through to Christmas Day. It’s Hallmark-forward (because Christmas = Hallmark), but with a few mainstream and streaming gems mixed in to keep things…
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Review: Kiss at Pine Lake (2019) – A Hallmark Detour That Still Delivers the Cheese
Hallmark has long perfected the art of comfort-cinema: familiar towns, predictable sparks, and endings you can set your watch by. But 2019’s Kiss at Pine Lake takes a small—yet refreshing—step off the studio’s usual path. Set around a rustic summer camp rather than the quaint main streets, bakeries, or holiday-dusted towns the brand is known…
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Welcome Back to the Morgans — Holiday Edition
When The Family Plan hit screens in 2023, it did so not in cinemas, but as an offering on Apple TV+ — and in doing so quickly became one of the platform’s most-watched original films. Now, two years later, its follow-up, The Family Plan 2, arrives in time for the holidays: released globally on Apple…
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Christmas upcoming movies 2025
The festive movie season is fast kicking into gear. For UK viewers, this year’s line-up promises to deliver plenty of the comfort, familiarity and cheerful clichés we’ve come to expect—thanks to the heavy-hitting offerings from Hallmark Channel and the streaming giants like Netflix. Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” Hallmark is once again front-and-centre with its annual…
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A Top 10 of Christmas movies to usher in the season
From Hallmark’s Legendary Cheese to Mainstream Holiday Magic As November rolls in, the national argument begins: Is it too early for Christmas movies?Of course it isn’t.The moment the Halloween decorations vanish, the Hallmark Channel transforms into its glorious natural state: a 24/7 conveyor belt of festive romance, small-town magic, questionable CGI snow, and heartwarming clichés.…