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Dogma

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  • Title: Dogma
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Returning to theaters for the film’s 25th anniversary, writer/director Kevin Smith‘s Dogma stars Linda Fiorentino as an apathetic Catholic who is chosen by the angel Metatron (Alan Rickman) to prevent two angels from entering a church in New Jersey which, because of a little known loophole in Catholic dogma, would put all of reality at risk. All of this is actually the plan of the demon Azrael (Jason Lee) who has put these events in motion as he would rather destroy reality than return to Hell.

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Tornado

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  • Title: Tornado
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Set at the end of the 18th Century in a mostly desolate stretch of wilderness, Kōki stars as our titular protagonist who chooses to help a young boy (Nathan Malone) foolish enough to rob a band of ruthless outlaws, temporarily distracted by the puppet show Tornado was putting on with her father (Takehiro Hira). The puppet show showcased a bloody battle between good and evil which Tornado’s own story will soon mirror as her decisions to try and keep the gold will soon cost her everything.

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Karate Kid: Legends

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  • Title: Karate Kid: Legends
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Clocking in at just 94 minutes, Karate: Kid Legends is a perfectly fine summer movie that doesn’t overstay its welcome when it combines the star of the original Karate Kid and the star of the 2010 version casting both Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan in supporting roles as mentors for the next kid to be trained in the Miyagi style. Our star this time around is high schooler Li Fong (Ben Wang) who starts out lost in more ways than one moving to New York with his mother (Ming-Na Wen) who demands “no fighting” in an attempt to start a new life following the death of Li’s brother (Yankei Ge).

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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

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  • Title: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life isn’t what you might expect. It’s more of a throwback art house character-driven story than trashy Hollywood romcom. And, despite the title, Jane Austen‘s writing is celebrated throughout. The film introduces us to Agathe Robinson (Camille Rutherford), a lonely middle-aged bookseller obsessed with Austen who works in a local shop with her best friend (Pablo Pauly). Without her knowledge, Félix submits her writing in a contest winning a two-week writers retreat at the Jane Austen Residency. However, the road to the retreat is fraught with anxiety, kissing Félix on a whim, a broken-down car, and insulting Austen’s descendant Oliver (Charlie Anson) who Agathe immediately dislikes. 

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Lilo & Stitch

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  • Title: Lilo & Stitch (2025)
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“This is my family. I found it, all on my own. It’s little, and broken, but still good.”

Disney’s latest live-action remake gives us a story of friendship and family that would make Dominic Toretto proud. With a few notable exceptions, most in the final act of the film, the new Lilo & Stitch follows the events of the original faithfully starting with the exiled Experiment 626 (Chris Sanders) crashlanding on Earth. The early sequences involving the United Galactic Federation are all CGI, but to limit the amount of effects needed on Earth, outside of the alien “dog” whom Lilo (Maia Kealoha) adopts, we get Dr. Jumba Jookiba (Zach Galifianakis) and Agent Wendy Pleakley (Billy Magnussen) holographically disguised as humans for the majority of the film.

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