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Freeze Frame: “The Surfer” (R), “Another Simple Favor” (R), “Bullet Train Explosion” (PG-13)

Freeze Frame: “The Surfer” (R), “Another Simple Favor” (R), “Bullet Train Explosion” (PG-13)

Update: 2025-05-02
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Nicholas Cage gives yet another gonzo performance in "The Surfer," an Australian production inspired by and modeled on 70s-era exploitation movies. Cage returns to the beach of his childhood to surf with his son but is thwarted by violent locals and slowly begins to lose his sanity. Julian McMahon co-stars as a threatening local who heads up a cruel, cult-like group of beach bums. “The Surfer” is all about the dangers of toxic masculinity and is a bit of a chore to watch, but Cage is excellent in a role well suited to his unique, offbeat persona.



In the Amazon Prime offering "Another Simple Favor," Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively reprise their roles from the 2018 black comedy mystery, "A Simple Favor." Anna is the author and crime vlog creator hawking a new book and Blake is the recently released murderer who serves as Anna’s muse. This time, they're on the scenic island of Capri for Blake's wedding to an Italian mobster. Like the first film, it's very decadent and guilty of some absurd plot twists, but the appealing cast and exotic locale of “Another Simple Favor” probably provide just what fans of the first movie want.



If the plot of the Netflix Japanese action thriller "Bullet Train Explosion" seems familiar, it's because it's a reboot/reworking of the 1975 movie "The Bullet Train" which was, in turn, the inspiration for the runaway bus movie "Speed." A terrorist demanding a ransom, plants some bombs on a train so that if the speed dips too low, they will detonate. “Bullet Train Explosion” is overlong and often silly but is well produced and lives up to its foreboding title.
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Freeze Frame: “The Surfer” (R), “Another Simple Favor” (R), “Bullet Train Explosion” (PG-13)

Freeze Frame: “The Surfer” (R), “Another Simple Favor” (R), “Bullet Train Explosion” (PG-13)

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