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00:15:50

WWE: Crown Jewel (2025)

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2025/10/15

The latest premium live event from WWE was held in Perth, Australia and had 5 match card. The Crown Jewel event is known as a “Clash of the Champions” within the company. In the men’s match, the WWE Champion, “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes taking on the World Heavyweight Champion, Seth “Freakin” Rollins. On the women’s side, the WWE Women’s Champion, Tiffany Stratton took on the Women’s World Champion, Stephanie Vaquer. In an Australian Street Fight, “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns battles the

00:27:45

Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025)

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2025/10/10

This Netflix documentary series is the 3rd chapter in Netflix anthology series that follows the serial killer known as Ed Gein. Charlie Hannum stars the title character and is joined by Suzanna Son, Laurie Metcalf & Tom Hollander as well as few other actors in recurring roles. The story follows Gein’s life on a farm in Wisconsin to his career as a serial killer that spanned several months in 1957 before his initial arrest. His crimes quickly became national news with headlines all over the world and

00:15:33

The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)

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2025/10/06

The sequel to the 2024 film is once again directed by Renny Harlin and is the 4th film in this franchise. The film sees Madeline Petsch return as well as Gabriel Basso & Emma Horvath. In this film, following the events of the previous film, a young girl is in the hospital after surviving a brutal encounter only to be found by the same 3 masked people that killed her boyfriend. The chase is on but takes a few turns when her trust is put to the test. The film had special premiere in Hollywood,

00:13:16

Bring Her Back (2025)

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2025/10/03

This supernatural horror film was co written and directed by Danny & Michael Philippou who are YouTubers who have made the transition to film directing after the success of their previous film, 2023’s “Talk to Me”. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Billy Barrett, Sora Wong & Jonah Phillips. In this film, after the death of their adoptive father, 2 step siblings are taken in by woman who has also lost a child but things a dark and twisted turn when they learn more of her “odd” behavior. Once again, A24

00:13:51

Together (2025)

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2025/10/02

This supernatural horror was written and directed by Michael Shanks in his directorial debut and stars Alison Brie & Dave Franco, who also serve as producers. In this film, a couple moves from the big city to a small countryside town but their move becomes dark when after falling into a cave, they began to notice an unseen presence bring them together both literally and figuratively. This film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2025 before hitting theaters nationwide on July 30th,

00:32:25

America’s Team (Netflix Series)

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2025/09/24

This Netflix series centers around one of the historic franchises in the National Football League and the origins of their current owner. The franchise is the Dallas Cowboys and their owner is Jerry Jones. Jones was oil tycoon who purchased the team in 1989 and quickly shaped into a football dynasty. With a Hall of Fame coach in Jimmy Johnson and a band of Hall of Fame players in certain positions that included Troy Aikman at quarterback, Emmitt Smith at running back, Michael Irvin at wide receiver

00:26:45

WWE: Wrestlepalooza (2025)

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2025/09/21

The WWE makes it debut on ESPN as this premium live event was held in Indianapolis, Indiana and saw the 2 big in ring returns. The show opened with John Cena taking his most dangerous and dominant opponent in his career, “The Beast” Brock Lesnar, who is making his in ring return after a 3 year absence. A tag team matchup saw the long awaited reunion of the Usos as Jimmy & Jey took on the team known as “The Vison”, “Big” Bronson Reed & “The Mad Dog” Bron Breakker. As a last minute surprise, “The

00:13:32

The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)

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2025/09/15

This film was based on a true story, is the 4th in “The Conjuring” series but the 9th film in “The Conjuring Cinematic Universe” and was directed by Michael Chaves, who directed the previous film as well as 2 other films in this cinematic universe. Vera Farmiga & Patrick Wilson return as the titular characters and are joined by Mia Tomilson & Ben Hardy. In this film, a family in a small Pennsylvania town in 1989 begin experiencing paranormal activity that leads paranormal investigators, Ed &

00:22:22

Peacemaker (S2: Ep. 1-3)

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2025/09/10

The surprise hit series from 2023 gets another season and dropped the first 3 episodes on HBO Max. The series sees John Cena return to the title character and joined by a slew of returning characters such as Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Holland, Freddie Stroma & Steve Agee returning to their respective roles. New characters include Frank Grillo & Tim Meadows.

00:15:23

Twisted Metal (Season 2 Review)

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2025/09/06

This Peacock original series returns for another season of high octane motor mayhem that is based on the popular video game franchise of the same name. Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Will Arnett, Samoa Joe & Mike Mitchell return from Season 1 are joined by a new cast that includes Saylor Curda, Michael James Shaw, Tiana Okoye & Anthony Carrigan. Season 2 takes place 6 months after the events of Season 1 and sees a new villain emerge and create a special tournament for all drivers to compete for

00:20:48

Wednesday (Season 2 Part 2 Review)

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2025/09/05

The next 4 and final episodes of this season are now available on Netflix.

00:25:32

WWE: Clash in Paris (2025)

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2025/09/01

The latest WWE premium live event was held at the Paris La Defense arena in Paris, France. The match card features a few changes but led to a historic event for the company. “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns went on one on with “Big” Bronson Reed, the WWE Tag Team Championships were up for grabs as Lumis & Gacy of The Wyatt Sicks defended against The Street Profits, DeAngelo Dawkins & Montez Ford. “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus & “The Bulgarian Destroyer” Russev faced off in “Donnybrook Match” where the

00:10:35

Death of A Unicorn (2025)

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2025/08/20

This film was written, produced and directed by Alex Scharfman and stars Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Tea Leoni & Richard E. Grant. In this film, a father and daughter are traveling on a business trip to a remote cabin the Canadian Rockies when they unexpectedly hit what they thought was a horse but turns out to be a mythical creature. This film debuted at the South By SouthWest Film Festival on March 8th, 2025 before hitting theaters nationwide on March 28th.

00:18:41

Weapons (2025)

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2025/08/18

This horror film was written, directed, co produced, composed by Zach Cregger and stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Benedict Wong, Alden Ehrenreich & Amy Madigan. In this film, when an entire 3rd grade all go missing under very bizarre circumstances, the teacher and a grieving parent plan to do some private investigating but soon uncover a shocking turn of events. This film had a huge change in cast back in 2023 during pre production. The cast was originally consisted of Pedro Pascal, Bryan Tyree

00:24:07

Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)

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2025/08/17

This film was directed by Gareth Edwards and is written David Koepp, who wrote the first 2 films in the “Jurassic Park” series. This is the 7th film overall but the 4th film in the “World” series. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Marhershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend & Ed Skrein. In this film, a research team goes to deserted island to retrieve dinosaur DNA in hopes to find a cure for certain human diseases but things take an unexpected turn when they realize that some dinosaurs have

00:14:55

Karate Kid: Legends (2025)

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2025/08/14

This film was directed by Jonathon Entwistle and is the 6th movie in “The Karate Kid” series and a serves as a continuation of both the 2010 film, “The Karate Kid” as well as the “Cobra Kai” series. The film sees Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan return to their respective roles and are joined by Ben Weng, Joshua Jackson & Ming-Na Wen. In this film, after the death of his older brother, a young martial arts prodigy moves from China to New York City only to discover that trouble has followed him as a

00:17:51

Quarterback (Season 2 Review)

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2025/08/12

This Netflix sports series has returned for another season that follows 3 NFL Quarterbacks during the 2024 NFL season. The 3 QBs are Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals and Kirk Cousins of the Atlanta Falcons. Cousins was the only QB to return from the previous but only after being traded from the Minnesota Vikings to Atlanta. Patrick Mahomes & Peyton Manning both serve as producer with Manning being the executive with his production team behind the series.

00:12:06

Wednesday (Season 2 Part 1 Review)

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2025/08/07

The first half of the second season of the Netflix’s dark comedy series is now available on the platform. The series sees Jenna Ortega return as the titular character along with Emma Myers, Luis Guzman, Catherine Zeta - Jones & Hunter Doohan and joined by newcomers Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper & Thandiwe Newton. Tim Burton also returns as director and producer. The second half of the season is scheduled to hit Netflix on September 3rd, 2025.

00:14:03

War of the Worlds (2025)

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2025/08/06

This film was directed by Rich Lee and is based on the 1898 H.G. Wells novel of the same name. The film stars Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg & Iman Benson. In this film, a DHS tech officer is investigating a cyberterrorist when a meteor shower hits multiple cities all over the world but things take a darker turn when those meteors come to life in the form of these giant robots that begin attacking the cities. This film was shot during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 but sat on the shelf for years

00:32:09

WWE: Summerslam (2025)

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2025/08/04

WWE’s biggest party of the Summer was held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey and for the first time ever, it was a 2 night show. Night featured a tag team match between “Main Event” Jey Uso & “The Tribal Chief” taking on the team of “Big” Bronson Reed & “The Mad Dog” Bron Breakker, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships are on the line as Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against the unlikely duo of Alexa Bliss & Charolette Flair. Sami Zayn & Karrion Kross look to end their

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