Author: Patrick Redmond
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Send Help (2026) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ☆ Directed by: Sam RaimiStarring: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien Two strangers survive a catastrophic plane crash and find themselves stranded on a remote island. What starts as a survival story slowly morphs into something darker — a psychological tug-of-war layered with horror tension, bursts of action, and that signature Sam Raimi…
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We Bury the Dead (2026) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Directed by: Zak HilditchStarring: Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites Set in the aftermath of a devastating global event, We Bury the Dead follows a woman navigating a broken world while searching for answers about what happened to the people she lost. While it wears the skin of a zombie film, this isn’t about nonstop chaos…
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Warfare (2025) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Warfare is a movie I absolutely loved — and one I’m almost certain I’ll never watch again. Not because it isn’t good.It’s great.But because it feels too real. This is a war film that feels deliberately stripped of Hollywood in the best possible way. There’s no gloss, no manufactured adrenaline, no swelling score telling…
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Mercy (2026) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐⭐☆☆ Mercy, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, is one of those movies that ends up being a solid time — but mostly because my expectations were pretty low going in. The premise is undeniably cool. In a near-future world, AI systems have been integrated into the justice system, acting as judge, jury, and executioner. When Chris…
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Captain America (1979) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐☆☆☆☆ Captain America is a reminder that superhero movies were not always what they are today. And while I fully understand this was a late-70s TV production directed by Rod Holcomb, that context only goes so far. Marvel has come an awfully long way since this. Let me be clear — I love older films.…
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Phantasm II (1988) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐☆☆☆ Directed by: Don CoscarelliStarring: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Paula Irvine, Angus Scrimm Picking up after the events of the original, Mike is now older and still obsessed with stopping the Tall Man. Teaming up with Reggie, the two hit the road, tracking funeral homes and trying to put an end to the nightmare once…
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Night Patrol (2026) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐☆☆☆ Night Patrol is one of those movies that sounds awesome on paper — cop thriller meets vampires in a gritty Los Angeles setting — but ends up feeling frustratingly half-baked, messy and boring once you actually watch it. At its core, Night Patrol has an intriguing premise: LAPD officer Xavier Carr (Jermaine Fowler) finds…
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Whistle (2026) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐☆☆☆ Whistle is one of those horror movies where you can clearly see the cool idea — but the execution just never lives up to it. Directed by Corin Hardy (The Nun, The Hallow), the film follows a group of high school students who discover an ancient Aztec death whistle. When it’s blown, it summons…
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Fear and Desire (1953) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐☆☆☆ Fear and Desire is an interesting historical curiosity — it’s the first feature film directed by Stanley Kubrick — but it’s also painfully clear why the director himself disavowed it later in his career. What it might be as a student film or an early experiment in cinema hardly translates into a satisfying experience…
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Talk to Me (2022) Review | MovieTalk+
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Talk to Me is a movie that honestly grew on me the more I sat with it. On my first viewing, I liked it. On repeat viewings, I got it. And once it clicked, it really clicked. On the surface, this is a slick, modern possession movie built around a simple but brilliant hook:…
