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Derrick T Dunn

“Beatles 64” hits all the right notes

Director David Tedeschi collaborates with esteemed producer Martin Scorsese to examine the significant impact of The Beatles’ inaugural visit to the United States in the documentary “Beatles ’64,” available on

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Derrick T Dunn

“The Clean up Crew” is a cinematic mess

Following the underwhelming ‘Cult Killer,’ director Jon Keeyes fails to deliver an enjoyable action film with ‘The Clean up Crew,’ released by Saban Films. The screenplay, penned by Matthew Rogers,

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Derrick T Dunn

The Abandon offers up engaging sci-fi thrills

Director Jason Satterlund has presented a compelling second feature film, “The Abandon,” a production of the renowned Lionsgate. The screenplay for the film was skillfully crafted by Dwain Worrell.

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Derrick T Dunn

Presumed Innocent is an engaging miniseries

Celebrated Academy Award Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, following his successful tribute to an 80s classic earlier this spring, is poised to showcase his acting prowess in the miniseries “Presumed Innocent.” Renowned

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Derrick T Dunn

BBD takes fans Behind the Music

Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe, famously known as Bell Biv DeVoe, are taking a break from their tour to join the latest episode of Behind the Music from

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Derrick T Dunn

Sugar is enjoyable throwback style mystery

Academy Award Nominee Colin Farrell returns his talents to the small screen in “Sugar” from Apple TV. Iconic screenwriter Mark Protosevich served as showrunner and wrote four episodes. Fernando Meirelles

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Derrick T Dunn

Diarra from Detroit mixes comedy and mystery

Diarra Kilpatrick, an Emmy Award-winning actress, has partnered with the esteemed executive producer Kenya Barris to showcase her talents in the comedic mystery series “Diarra from Detroit,” exclusively available on

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Derrick T Dunn

Mean Girls is a fetch remake

Paramount Pictures has given a new twist to the classic high school comedy in the form of “Mean Girls,” which coincides with the movie’s twentieth anniversary. This story was previously

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Derrick T Dunn

Ted is a hilarious prequel series

Comedic television writer Seth MacFarlane brings one of his screen creations to the small screen in the prequel series Ted. The show is set in 1993; after the first film’s

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Derrick T Dunn

Reacher is back on the case for Season 2

After leaving his wandering lifestyle behind, Reacher joins three of his ex-teammates, who are now like family to him, to conduct an investigation. The team includes Frances Neagley (played by

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Derrick T Dunn

Invincible Season 2 sticks the landing

The highly anticipated second season of the famous Prime Video series Invincible, created by The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman, has finally arrived after a long wait. Based on a Skybound/Image

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Derrick T Dunn

Milli Vanilli is an engrossing documentary

Director Luke Korem sheds light on one of the most controversial con jobs in music history with Milli Vanilli. The documentary tells the story of Robert “Rob” Pilatus and Fabrice “Fab” Morvan,

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Derrick T Dunn

Aporia is a different time travel story

Jared Moshe explores the classic science fiction trope in his latest film, Aporia from Well Go USA. Since losing her husband Mal (Edi Gathegi) in a drunk-driving incident, Sophie (Judy

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Derrick T Dunn

Mindless action fills King of Killers

Multi-faceted talent Kevin Grevioux brings his graphic novel King Of Killers to life in a same-titled film from Lionsgate. Following the murder of his wife, former Agency hitman Marcus Garan

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Sharper
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Derrick T Dunn

Sharper is a good ole fashioned con flick

The con is on in director Benjamin Caron’s sophomore film Sharper, a joint production with A24. Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka pen the film’s screenplay, which opens with text explaining

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Swallowed
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Derrick T Dunn

Swallowed is a strong body horror flick

After a brief hiatus, Carter Smith returns to the horror genre in Swallowed. Smith also pens the film’s screenplay. After a drug run turns disastrous, two friends, Benjamin (Cooper Koch)

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High Heat
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Derrick T Dunn

Typical action fuels High Heat

Director Zach Golden transitions to the action genre for his sophomore feature, High Heat, from Saban Films. Screenwriter James Pedersen makes his debut with the film. Former KGB operative Ana

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Willow
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Derrick T Dunn

Willow is a whimsical sequel

A beloved eighties fantasy film receives a sequel in a series format three decades later in Willow from Disney+. Based on George Lucas’ 1988 fantasy-adventure film Willow, the series picks

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Dangerous Game
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Derrick T Dunn

Dangerous Game is one you can skip

Director Sean McNamara takes a break from the family fare to go a bit dark in his latest feature, Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders, from SP Media Group.

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Rise
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Derrick T Dunn

Rise is a fast break true story

Director Akin Omotoso brings a heartwarming true-life tale to Disney+ in the winning basketball drama Rise. Audiences have never seen a story like that of the Antetokounmpos. After emigrating from

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Agent Game
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Derrick T Dunn

Agent Game is a tepid spy thriller

From Saban films, espionage, fisticuffs, and gunplay fill director Grant S. Johnson’s latest directorial effort, Agent Game. Harris (Dermot Mulroney), a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself

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6:45 is a horror time loop mix
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Derrick T Dunn

6:45 is a horror time loop mix

Filmmaker Craig Singer collaborates with writer Robert Dean Klein for the time loop horror flick 6:45 from Well Go Entertainment. A pulse-pounding psychological thriller about a dream vacation gone very,

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Winning time poster
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Derrick T Dunn

Winning Time is a slam dunk mini series

Philip Noyce directs Naomi Watts in the thriller The Desperate Hour from Vertical Entertainment. A recently widowed mother, Amy Carr (Watts), is doing her best to restore normalcy to the

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Master
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Derrick T Dunn

Sundance Review : Master

Writer-director Mariama Diallo makes her debut with Master, which focuses on three women striving to find their place at a prestigious New England university whose frosty elitism may disguise something

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Fresh
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Derrick T Dunn

Sundance Review: Fresh

Mimi Cave flips the cinematic trope of a meet-cute with her directorial debut Fresh. Collaborating with screenwriter Lauryn Kahn for the film Cave gives the audience an interesting look at

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Fortress
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Derrick T Dunn

Fortress is another stinker for Bruce Willis

Director James Cullen Bressack and writer Alan Horsnall help Bruce Willis retain his direct-to-home-market crown in the action flick, Fortress from Lionsgate. Willis plays Robert, a retired CIA agent living

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Karen
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Derrick T Dunn

Karen is trash cinema

Coke Daniels explores the current racial climate in his new film Karen, from Quiver Distribution. Karen Drexler (Taryn Manning), a racist white woman who makes it her personal mission to

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Zone 414
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Derrick T Dunn

Zone 414 is a stinker

Andrew Baird makes his feature-directing debut in Saban Films, Zone 414. Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, and Travis Fimmel star in the sci-fi thriller set in Zone 414, a dangerous, dark

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What If
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Derrick T Dunn

What If is another winner for Marvel

The latest series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe arrives on Disney + in “What If…?” Bryan Andrews serves as the director while AC Bradley is the head writer on the

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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master
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Derrick T Dunn

Another IP Man Tale

For the third time, martial artist Dennis To portrays legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in director Liming Li’s Ip Man: Kung Fu Master. Li also handles scripting duties for

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Step
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Derrick T Dunn

Flashback Friday Movie Review : Step

Dance movies can be hit or miss, as I generally only see them for the dancing unless it is a documentary. Fox Searchlight Pictures highlighted “Black Girl Magic” to significant

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Hydra
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Derrick T Dunn

Hydra is a quick action romp

Action coordinator Kensuke Sonomura makes his directorial debut with Hydra from Well Go USA Entertainment. First things first, the film is not an adaptation of the Marvel Comics fictional terrorist

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Siberia
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Derrick T Dunn

Siberia is strictly for Dafoe and Ferrara fans

Willem Dafoe reunites with director Abel Ferrara in the psychological thriller Siberia from Vertical Entertainment. Partially inspired by Carl Jung’s The Red Book, Siberia introduces the audience to Clint (Dafoe),

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Rogue Hostage
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Derrick T Dunn

Rogue Hostage is a miss for Tyrese

Tyrese Gibson attempts his version of Die Hard in director Jon Keeye’s Rogue Hostage from Vertical Entertainment. Single father and former Marine Kyle Snowden (Tyrese Gibson) must save his daughter

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