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When Love Hurts, Just How Bad Can It Be?

The answer is as mystifying as what kind of movie is this meant to cater to? Love Hurts is a mix of comedy, martial-arts and gangsters.

Love Hurts 2025 Movie Poster When the movie Love Hurts tries to be a bit of Everything, Everywhere All At Once (movie review link), not even Ke Huy Quan can save it. As much as I love the fact he’s returned to acting following the seminal hit which won him a Golden Globe, not every new film can be as spectacular. The problem is that the premise is better off as a picture starring Jackie Chan than anyone else.

When the fact this film includes various shootouts close to Valentine’s Day along with a reveal concerning sibling rivalry, there’s just too much happening. This work doesn’t try to be a particular genre, but many. It’s a romantic action adventure comedy with an idea or two from John Wick on top.

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What Went Horribly Wrong With Star Trek Section 31? And Ideas In How To Fix It!

When the showrunners of Nu-Trek want to be just that, Star Trek Section 31 is going to suffer.

When producer Alex Kurtzman and writers Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt decide to not acknowledge why The Federation’s most covert operation exists, trying to present a different version Star Trek Section 31 a bad idea. An old Hollywood Reporter interview acknowledged this fact, and I’m surprised more fans didn’t voice their opinions then.

This group turned from being a mysterious Men in Black type of organization to an order whose operatives are agents from Mission Impossible. The story that’s presented missed a tremendous opportunity to bring back certain characters from the past. Although early reports revealed Michelle Yeoh is the focus, I was hoping for a cameo or two, or some time travel romp where she’s the mysterious leader who went back and forth in time to recruit!

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How The Wild Mech West Was Won

Technically, money helps because this series needs the support of fans backing this ongoing crowdfunded project. However, Mech West deserves to get a Hollywood producer behind it as well!

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Who needs the Wild Wild West when David Gallagherr’s Mech West can reimagine steam-powered machines properly? I’m not talking about the celebrated television show which delivered cowboy diplomacy in the best way possible. Instead, the film, despite its flaws, had a cool moment with that huge mecha spider as the ultimate threat which had to be brought down. Although the series rarely featured steampunk at that extreme level, I don’t think many other takes featured robots powered by coal.

In this YouTube animated series, smaller sized machines need to be fed to keep on going. They’re like little bitumen powered bunnies, and I suspect most of these machines are pack mules or utilitarian for a lot of settlers. When they can’t provide milk, some bots have autonomy and others not. Some are mules and others replace the pony express. It’s a different world other weird west tales have not always explored.

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On Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles the Miniseries. Getting Back Up to Speed.

Slow and steady wins the race, especially when processing and wanting to know what the grander picture is as the world expands in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. And Knuckles is included!

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Of all the video game film adaptations, only one franchise surpasses all others, and that’s Sonic the Hedgehog! That’s because nobody tried to put their unique interpretation on top, and best of all, the producers listened to the fans. While feedback is important during test screenings, the reason I love Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the backstory of another rodent unfolding during the film. He’s the lead character’s ultimate rival and the emotional attachment he had with a human is comparable to Sonic’s with his surrogate parents. This beating heart is why I’m so invested.

Also, whether Jim Carrey “came out of retirement” so he can play Robotnik is debatable. He’s most likely being a lot more picky these days because some roles are draining for this aging comedian. When he plays two characters in this latest film, I wonder who his stand-ins are and what cinematic witchcraft made those scenes with the two characters look seamless. Although a film based on SEGA’s hottest mascot won’t feel like one without him, I can handle it (more on this later).

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Night of the Zoopocalypse! All Is Not Well When Zombies Invade!

Humour and zombies are abound in this sneak preview of Night of the Zoopocalypse! So where are the Penguins?

Release Date: March 7, 2025

These days, it’s very rare to hear about what Clive Barker is up to, and I’m certainly glad he’s not retired. And although his attempts to get some of his stories animated has been tough (I remember hearing about failing to get Thief of Always made a long time ago), it seems Viva Pictures have done what others could not move forward! Night of the Zoopocalypse is a story concept this author pitched some time ago, and the casting and trailer look awesome!

The art style reminds me of Illumination Pictures’ work (I see a lot of Scrat in it), and I fully expected the Jaws homage. As for whether this work will carry some of that dark edge Barker is famous for, hopefully this film will balance what’s needed to make this work accessible for all ages.

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That’s No Kung Fu “Panda Plan” When Jackie Chan is Involved. At Least the Fun is Amped Up!

When Jackie Chan has a Panda Plan, that’s all fans need to know with this movie now playing at select theatres near you.

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Quite often, the roles Jackie Chan plays are not unique. He hasn’t played some notorious gangster or a bad guy yet. As far as I know, he’s been a random thug, but these were uncredited roles. In his latest, Panda Plan (熊猫计划), he’s simply being himself much like in the cartoon, Jackie Chan Adventures. Since it really is this animated series brought to real life, minus the grandfather and kid side-kick. The only difference is that in this toon, he’s an archaeologist with connections with a secret agency and in this film, he’s an actor/stuntman. Although most of the scenes with the cub are CGI, I bought into the illusion since to have a real one on set would bring out the activists.

The humour is classic; the stunts are over the top, and the situations he ends up in are gonzo! Hu Hu is the star of a local zoo and this cutie pie steals the show (even though most of the scenes are digital). His caretaker is Xiao Zhu (Shi Ce) and although she doesn’t quite get the screen time she deserves, thankfully she isn’t forgotten.

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