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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) Trailer 8.3/10 IMDb 94% Rotten Tomatoes 78% Metacritic 96% liked this movie Google users With the price on his head ever increasing, legendary hit man John Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Japan to Berlin.Description Release date: March 24, 2023 (Canada) Director: Chad Stahelski Cinematography: Dan Laustsen Film series: John Wick Distributed by: Lionsgate Films   Keanu Reeves...John Wick Laurence Fishburne...Bowery King George Georgiou...The Elder Lance Reddick...Charon Clancy Brown...Harbinger Ian McShane...Winston Marko Zaror...Chidi Bill Skarsgård...Marquis Donnie Yen...Caine Aimée Kwan...Mia Hiroyuki Sanada...Shimazu Shamier Anderson...Tracker Rina Sawayama...Akira

6.5/10 IMDb 77% Rotten Tomatoes 4.8/5 Facebook 90% liked this movie Google users Pilot Brodie Torrance saves passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island -- only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When dangerous rebels take most of the passengers hostage, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI.Description Release date: January 13, 2023 (Canada) Director: Jean-François Richet Budget: 25 million USD Distributed by: Lionsgate Films Box office: $51.8 million Cinematography: Brendan Galvin

7.9/10 IMDb 95% Rotten Tomatoes 81% Metacritic 82% liked this movie Google users When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Release date: April 1, 2022 (Canada) Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture Screenplay: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Distributed by: A24

7/10 IMDb 75% Rotten Tomatoes 3.6/5Letterboxd 84% liked this movie Google users A homicide detective and an FBI agent team up to find the human host of an alien life-form responsible for turning citizens into homicidal maniacs.Description Release date: October 30, 1987 (USA) Director: Jack Sholder Music composed by: Michael Convertino Film series: The Hidden Distributed by: New Line Cinema

7.3/10IMDb 86%Rotten Tomatoes 5/5Common Sense Media 83% liked this movie Google users A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the `mogwai' but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him to bright light, water, or to feed him after midnight. All of this happens and the result is a gang of gremlins that decide to tear up the town on Christmas Eve. Release date: June 8, 1984 (Canada) Director: Joe Dante Awards: Saturn Award for Best Director Box office: 212.9 million USD Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures Cinematography: John Hora

We had audio problems, so instead of putting up the annual Trapped In Paradise episode, enjoy our friends at Podcasting After Dark.    We had audio problems, so instead of putting up the annual Trapped In Paradise episode, enjoy our friends at Podcasting After Dark. Podcasting After Dark  Podcasting After Dark is a deep-dive into the world of cult horror and action movies from the 70's, 80's, and early 90's. Each episode, Corey Stevenson and Zak Shaffer breakdown and review a different late-night flick from their youth. These are the movies your parents didn’t want you to watch growing up!

6/10IMDb 77%Rotten Tomatoes 3.8/5Shudder Anna and the Apocalypse got a 3.829 stars review on Shudder. 79% liked this movie Google users A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other. Release date: November 30, 2018 (UK) Director: John McPhail Music by: Roddy Hart; Tommy Reilly Box office: $670,430 Distributed by: Orion Pictures, Vertigo Films Based on: "Zombie Musical" (short film); by Ryan McHenry

7.6/10IMDb 94%Rotten Tomatoes 4.6/5Amazon.ca 81% liked this movie Google users Description After avenging the death of his wife and young son at the hands of a vicious gang leader, Max (Mel Gibson) drives the post-apocalyptic highways of the Australian outback, fending off attacks from nomadic tribes that prey on outsiders. Falling into an encampment led by the relatively peaceful Pappagallo (Mike Preston), Max at first schemes to steal their oil, but soon becomes the group's reluctant defender against the hulking Humungus (Kjell Nilsson) and his ruthless marauders. Release date: December 24, 1981 (Canada) Director: George Miller Box office: 36 million USD (theatrical rentals) Narrator: Harold Baigent Awards: AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film, MORE Budget: 4 million AUD, 4.5 million AUD

3.7/10IMDb 2.4/5Letterboxd A small-town doctor (Adam West) and a former blackjack dealer (Tina Louise) stand up to a motorcycle gang.Description

7.2/10IMDb 69%Rotten Tomatoes 67%Metacritic 83% liked this movie Google users Deirdre (Natascha McElhone) puts together a team of experts that she tasks with stealing a valuable briefcase, the contents of which are a mystery. The international team includes Sam (Robert De Niro), an ex-intelligence officer, along with Vincent (Jean Reno), Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard) and others. As their operation gets underway, several team members are found to be untrustworthy, and everyone must complete the mission with a watchful eye on everyone else. Release date: September 25, 1998 (USA) Director: John Frankenheimer Screenplay: David Mamet, J.D. Zeik Budget: 55 million USD Box office: 70.7 million USD

7.7 - IMDB 100% - Rotten Tomatoes   92% liked this film Google users Former secret agent Tae-shik's only contact is with a girl named So-mi, who's mother smuggles drugs for a gang. When the gang realise who Tae-shik is they kidnap So-mi and her mother, demanding that Tae-shik make a drug delivery.Description Release date: August 4, 2010 (South Korea) Director: Lee Jeong-beom Languages: Korean, English Box office: 43 million USD Awards: Grand Bell Award for Best Actor, MORE Cinematography: Lee Tae-yoon

5.5/10IMDb 96%Rotten Tomatoes 3.4/5Letterboxd 69% liked this film Google users A sound technician in New York City turns to vigilantism after his pregnant wife is murdered.Description Initial release: October 2021 Distributed by: Vinegar Syndrome

6.2/10IMDb 76%Rotten Tomatoes 77%Metacritic 86% liked this film Google users A grotesquely deformed Siamese twin joins forces with his brother to stalk the physician who separated them at birth.Description Release date: April 1982 (USA) Director: Frank Henenlotter Sequel: Basket Case 2 Budget: 35,000 USD Screenplay: Frank Henenlotter

6.4/10IMDb 65%Rotten Tomatoes 51%Metacritic 83% liked this film Google users Brought together on a mysterious planet, a mercenary (Adrien Brody) and a group of coldblooded killers now become the prey. A new breed of aliens pursues the ragtag humans through dense jungle. The group must work together to survive, or become the latest trophies of the fearsome intergalactic hunters.Description Release date: July 7, 2010 (USA) Director: Nimród Antal Screenplay: Alex Litvak, Michael Finch Cinematography: Gyula Pados

7/10IMDb 90%Rotten Tomatoes 3.7/5Letterboxd 80% liked this film Google users A punk rock band becomes trapped in a secluded venue after finding a scene of violence. For what they saw, the band themselves become targets of violence from a gang of white-power skinheads, who want to eliminate all evidence of the crime. Release date: April 15, 2016 (USA) Director: Jeremy Saulnier Box office: 3.8 million USD Screenplay: Jeremy Saulnier Nominations: Empire Award for Best Horror Budget: 5 million USD

7.2/10IMDb 86%Rotten Tomatoes 3.6/5Letterboxd 87% liked this film Google users A year after a severe emotional trauma, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) goes to North Carolina to spend some time exploring caves with her friends; after descending underground, the women find strange cave paintings and evidence of an earlier expedition, then learn they are not alone: Underground predators inhabit the crevasses, and they have a taste for human flesh. Release date: July 8, 2005 (United Kingdom) Director: Neil Marshall Sequel: The Descent Part 2 Screenplay: Neil Marshall Box office: 57.1 million USD Awards: British Independent Film Award for Best Director, British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement

This week we take a look at our favourite comedies of the 90's.

6.5/10IMDb 79%Rotten Tomatoes 3.2/5Letterboxd 87% liked this film Google users After making a speech in Moscow vowing to never negotiate with terrorists, President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) boards Air Force One with his family (Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews) and advisers. When a group of terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) hijacks the flight, the President's principles are put to the test. Feigning escape, ex-solider Marshall stows away in the aircraft and must race against time to rescue his family and everyone else on board. Release date: July 25, 1997 (Canada) Director: Wolfgang Petersen Box office: 315.2 million US   Harrison Ford President James Marshall Gary Oldman Ivan Korshunov Glenn Close Vice President Kathryn Bennett Wendy Crewson Grace Marshall Liesel Matthews Alice Marshall Paul Guilfoyle Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd Xander Berkeley Agent Gibbs William H. Macy Major Caldwell Dean Stockwell Defense Secretary Walter Dean Tom Everett NSA Advisor Jack Doherty

5.1/10IMDb 33%Rotten Tomatoes 59% liked this film Google users A man wakes up missing his memories. Directed by a mysterious voice from a device in his ear, he sets off on a hostage rescue mission rife with danger.Description Initial release: August 5, 2022 Director: Jeong Byeong-Gil Budget: 30 billion KRW Distributed by: Netflix