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Reviews: Trainspotting – Restoration

June 5, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 In 1996, the English filmmaker Danny Boyle released his first massive hit: Trainspotting. Narrating the wounds of the youth in the…

Reviews: Groove – Physical Release

June 4, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Blu-Ray Recommendation: Recommend Rave culture was not a new film subject at the turn of the century, with directors like Doug…

Reviews: Power Ballad

June 3, 2026

Final Rating: 3.5/5 In Power Ballad, Paul Rudd plays Rick Power, a retired rockstar turned wedding singer whose life begins to unravel when one…

Reviews: 2026 Hot Docs Round Up – Part 4

June 1, 2026

Pressing play on a new documentary short is a bit like reaching into Forest Gump’s proverbial box of chocolates: You never know what you’re…

Reviews: Moneyball – Physical Release

May 28, 2026

Final Rating: 5/5 Blu-Ray Recommendation: Recommend How can you not be romantic about baseball? Moneyball is a 2011 film, directed by Bennett Miller, chronicling…

Reviews: Best Boy

May 27, 2026

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Best Boy is a darkly comic story of familial turmoil from director and screenwriter Jesse Noah Klein. After their father’s (Dylan…

Reviews: 2026 Hot Docs Round Up – Part 3

May 25, 2026

In four stories that span the globe, individuals and entire societies face down four different challenges to their continued right to self-determination – whether…