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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 3, 2025 | Featured |

Blending MCU levels of fan service with British baking-competition levels of coziness, this final entry in the beloved historical drama satisfyingly brings gentry and staff alike into the 1930s.

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 3, 2025 | Featured |

The once-scary paranormal franchise finally gives up the ghost – and none too soon.

Caught Stealing

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 27, 2025 | Featured |

Darren Aronofsky’s violent screwball tragedy might be his most “mainstream” movie to date, but it displays the intensity and darkness that’s become his calling card.

KPop Demon Hunters

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 26, 2025 | Spotlight, Hollywood |

Wit, style, and some inescapably catchy songs has earned this Sony-Netflix animated feature a well-deserved global fandom.

Nobody 2

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 13, 2025 | Featured |

While this follow-up lacks the wicked surprises of the original — it’s a sequel, after all — Bob Odenkirk’s nebbishy super-assassin and Sharon Stone’s deranged super-villain make for an amusingly violent late-summer trifle.

Author: Alonso Duralde

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Caught Stealing

KPop Demon Hunters

Nobody 2