Travis Hopson reviews Edward Berger's lurid BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER starring Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, and Fala Chen. Streaming now on Netflix.

SYNOPSIS: “Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) is laying low in Macau – spending his days and nights on the casino floors, drinking heavily and gambling what little money he has left. Struggling to keep up with his fast-rising debts, he is offered a lifeline by the mysterious Dao Ming (Fala Chen), a casino employee with secrets of her own. However, in hot pursuit is Cynthia Blithe (Tilda Swinton) – a private investigator ready to confront Doyle with what he is running from. As Doyle tries to climb to salvation, the confines of reality start to close in.”

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#colinfarrell #BalladOfASmallPlayer #moviereviews

Travis Hopson reviews Nia DaCosta's HEDDA starring Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Tom Bateman, and Imogen Poots! Streaming now on Prime Video.

SYNOPSIS: From writer/director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. HEDDA (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.

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Travis Hopson talks with HEDDA stars Tom Bateman and Nina Hoss about Nia DaCosta's fiery, complex adaptation starring Tessa Thompson!

HEDDA is streaming now on Prime Video.

SYNOPSIS: From writer/director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. HEDDA (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.

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#TomBateman #NinaHoss #Hedda

Travis Hopson talks with Tessa Thompson and HEDDA director Nia DaCosta about their reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's classic play, streaming now on Prime Video!

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SYNOPSIS: From writer/director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. HEDDA (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.

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#TessaThompson #NiaDaCosta #Hedda

Travis Hopson reviews Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons!
SYNOPSIS: Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

BUGONIA is in select theaters now, opens nationwide on October 31st. 

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#Bugonia #EmmaStone #yorgoslanthimos

Travis Hopson is joined by director Justin Lin to talk about his latest film, the John Allen Chau drama LAST DAYS, about the doomed Christian missionary who was killed attempting to convert an isolated but dangerous tribe.

LAST DAYS is open in theaters now.

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#JustinLin #JohnAllenChau #christianmissionaries

Travis Hopson talks with KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN director Bill Condon and breakout star Tomatiuh about the film's messaging on queer identity, the importance of releasing it now, and of course, Jennifer Lopez's showstopping performance. 

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN is in theaters now.

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#kissofthespiderwoman #Tonatiuh #jenniferlopez

Travis Hopson speaks with JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME director Colin Hanks and John Candy's children Chris and Jennifer about the documentary streaming now on Prime Video!

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#ColinHanks #JohnCandy #PrimeVideo

Travis Hopson reviews erotic horror BONE LAKE starring Maddie Hasson, Margo Pigossi, Alex Roe, and Andra Nechita!

A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.

BONE LAKE is in theaters now!

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#BoneLake #moviereview #horrormoviesandchill

Travis Hopson reviews Benny Safdie's THE SMASHING MACHINE starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

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#thesmashingmachine #DwayneJohnson #EmilyBlunt

Travis Hopson chats with UFC great Mark Kerr about the biopic of his life and career, THE SMASHING MACHINE, starring Dwayne Johnson!

THE SMASHING MACHINE is open in theaters now.

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#MarkKerr #DwayneJohnson #thesmashingmachine

Travis Hopson talks with Keegan-Michael Key and Nat Wolff about starring with Mark Wahlberg in the Shane Black action-comedy PLAY DIRTY!

An expert thief rolls out the biggest heist of his life in Play Dirty, an action-packed thriller from director Shane Black. Parker (Mark Wahlberg), along with Grofield (LaKeith Stanfield), Zen (Rosa Salazar), and a skilled crew, stumble onto a score that pits them against the New York mob in this gritty, clever caper.

PLAY DIRTY is streaming now on Prime Video.

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#keeganmichaelkey #NatWolff #PlayDirty

Travis Hopson reviews Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, and Benicio Del Toro!

“When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own’s daughter.”

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is in theaters now.

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#onebattleafteranother #LeonardoDicaprio #paulthomasanderson

Travis Hopson reviews football horror HIM starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, and Julia Fox! Directed by Justin Tipping and produced by Jordan Peele.

HIM stars former college wide-receiver Tyriq Withers (Atlanta, I Know What You Did Last Summer) as Cameron Cade, a rising-star quarterback who has devoted his life, and identity, to football. On the eve of professional football’s annual scouting Combine, Cam is attacked by an unhinged fan and suffers a potentially career-ending brain trauma. Just when all seems lost, Cam receives a lifeline when his hero, Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans), a legendary eight-time Championship quarterback and cultural megastar, offers to train Cam at Isaiah’s isolated compound that he shares with his celebrity influencer wife, Elsie White (Julia Fox; Uncut Gems, No Sudden Move). But as Cam’s training accelerates, Isaiah’s charisma begins to curdle into something darker, sending his protégé down a disorienting rabbit hole that may cost him more than he ever bargained for.

HIM is open in theaters now.

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#JordanPeele #MarlonWayans #footballmovies

Travis Hopson reviews Kogonada's surreal romance A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie!

What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to re-live a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Robbie) and David (Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present…and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.

A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY is in theaters now

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#margotrobbie #colinfarrell #abigboldbeautifuljourney

Travis Hopson reviews Macon Blair's THE TOXIC AVENGER reboot starring Peter Dinklage, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, and Jacob Tremblay.

In THE TOXIC AVENGER, when a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive.

THE TOXIC AVENGER is in theaters now.

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#TheToxicAvenger #PeterDinklage #troma

Travis Hopson reviews THE ROSES starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman!

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film “The War of the Roses,” based on the novel by Warren Adler.

THE ROSES is in theaters now!

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#benedictcumberbatch #OliviaColman #TheRoses

Travis Hopson reviews Darren Aronofsky's thriller CAUGHT STEALING starring Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, Bad Bunny, and Regina King!

Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.

CAUGHT STEALING is in theaters now!

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#AustinButler #ZoeKravitz #CaughtStealing

Travis Hopson reviews Ethan Coen's HONEY DON'T! starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, and Chris Evans!

A dark comedy about small-town private investigator Honey O'Donahue, who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

HONEY DON'T! is in theaters now.

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#margaretqualley #ChrisEvans #HoneyDont

Travis Hopson reviews Alex Russell's tense celebrity thriller LURKER starring Archie Madekwe, Theodore Pellerin, and Havana Rose Liu!

When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

LURKER is open in theaters now!

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#Lurker #archiemadekwe #MUBI