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Hugh Verheylewegen

HauntedMansionReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Haunted Mansion (2023)

Directed by Justin Simien and based on the theme park ride of the same name, Haunted Mansion follows Gabbie (Rosario Dawson) and her son Travis (Chase W. Dillon) who move into a mansion, only to find that it is haunted. To combat the spirits, they enlist the aid of a team to help exorcise their

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TheWitcherSeason3Volume2 Review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Witcher Season 3 Volume 2

Helmed by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, The Witcher Season 3 Volume 2 follows directly after the events of Volume 1. Massive revelations have sparked the fires of war and all major parties collide together in a battle that will determine the fate of the Continent and its inhabitants forever. Due to the spoiler-heavy nature of this

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OppenheimerReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Oppenheimer

Directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer tells the story of the personal and historical life of “the father of the atomic bomb,” J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose work at the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory led to the invention of the first nuclear weapons during World War II, changing the course of world history forever.

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BarbieFilmReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Barbie

Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling), who are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land, full of other Kens and Barbies. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and

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MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPart1Review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 follows Ethan Hunt and the IMF team who must track down a terrifying new weapon in the form of an Artificial Intelligence, a threat to all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the

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TheWitcherSeason3Volume1Review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Witcher Season 3, volume 1

Helmed by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, The Witcher Season 3 continues the story of Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri. Monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent are competing to capture Ciri so Geralt takes her into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Yennefer, who is entrusted with Ciri’s magical

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IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestinyReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Directed by James Mangold, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny follows daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) as he races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi

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SkullIslandReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Skull Island

Helmed by Brian Duffield (Spontaneous, Love and Monsters), Skull Island takes place 20 years after the events of Kong Skull Island and follows a group of well-meaning explorers who venture out to sea to rescue a girl named Annie (Mae Whitman) from the ocean. In doing so, they find themselves shipwrecked on the perilous Skull

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ElementalReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Elemental

Directed by Peter Sohn, Elemental is set in Element City, a world inhabited by anthropomorphic elements of nature, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story follows Ember (Leah Lewis), a tough, quick-witted, and fiery fire elemental, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow water elemental named Wade (Mamoudou Athi) challenges her beliefs

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