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Love Hurts (Movie) Review

Matthew Lomas — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:00:56 +0000

Valentine’s Day, like many other holidays, always brings about a lot of interesting films. While there aren’t a lot of traditional love stories that popped up, there is one that I found attractive called Love Hurts. Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose headline this unexpected romantic action comedy that involves mobsters, hitmen, and a few gorgeous houses to call home! Ke Huy Quan plays Marvin…

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Companion (Movie) Review

Matthew Lomas — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:00:07 +0000

When the first teaser trailer for Companion dropped, I was intrigued and disturbed by the direction that it seemed to be taking. Is witchcraft at play here? Is it a cult-like situation? What could compel someone to stay still while their hand was burning? Why was this man so determined to hurt this woman? These questions swirled in my mind as I entered the theater to see Companion.

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Nosferatu (Movie) Review

Matthew Lomas — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:00:28 +0000

If there is one word to describe Nosferatu it would be weird. Good weird, but weird nonetheless. At the end of seeing this film, my friend and I looked at each other and questioned what we had just watched. It had been hyped so much that I wondered if we had been disillusioned into what to expect. Hence, similar to my recent Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review, I have taken quite a bit of time to digest…

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Movie) Review

Matthew Lomas — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:00:13 +0000

Of all the movies that I have written reviews for, this is the first one in quite a bit that caused me to think about it for a long time. The War of the Rohirrim review also took a bit, but that was more due to scheduling decisions than my thought process. It is personally baffling why it has taken me this long to get these words down considering that this film is not all that deep.

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Top Ten Movie Popcorn Buckets of 2024

Matthew Lomas — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:00:37 +0000

While novelty popcorn buckets have been around for quite a few years, there is no doubt that 2024 is the year that the Popcorn Bucket Wars truly heated up! The standard promotional popcorn bucket of the past was either a paper one with a movie’s promotional art on it or occasionally a tin one with promotional art wrapped around it. Over the last three or four years, the art of popcorn bucket…

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Movie) Review

Matthew Lomas — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:00:41 +0000

Last Thursday, I went with friends to see The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. All of us who went to see it were there for a variety of reasons; I am a big fan of The Lord of the Rings franchise, especially the Peter Jackson films. My other friends were a mix of enjoying The Lord of the Rings or enjoying anime projects. While I have seen quite a bit of debate as to whether The War of…

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Wicked (Part One) Review

Matthew Lomas — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:00:36 +0000

I remember as a Sophomore in High School being taken to New York City for a field trip. It was my first time in the Big Apple and I had begun to get into theatre at that time. One of the posters that I saw while on Broadway was the iconic Wicked poster. Having been a fan of the 1939 The Wizard of Oz film since a child, I was instantly drawn to it. Since then, I have never been rich enough or had…

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Gladiator II (Film) Review

Matthew Lomas — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:00:35 +0000

Since its announcement, there have been many who wondered if Ridley Scott could deliver a great movie that could rival his own masterpiece. I believe that he has. The touch that Ridley Scott has with the Roman Empire has not vanished over the last 25 years. For those who haven’t seen the original Gladiator film, I strongly advise you to watch it first. The opening sequence does give an artsy…

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II (PC) Review

Matthew Lomas — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:00:06 +0000

The fight for the Emperor has made its triumphant return with the arrival of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II. Many of my friends and I got excited when Space Marine II was first announced, so it is quite something to finally have my hands on it after all this time. From a fantastic story and difficult gameplay to a wonderful soundtrack, this game seems to be the ultimate Space Marine experience.

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Backyard Baseball ’97 (PC) Review

Matthew Lomas — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:00:25 +0000

Of all the games that tickle my nostalgia, Backyard Baseball is the one that gets me the most. It is also a game series that I never thought would return in any way. A few months ago, I was shocked to see that a trailer had been released for a revival of Backyard Sports. It seemed like a fever dream and I didn’t have a lot of confidence in where this could go given the juggling of ownership for…

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