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Michael Cavender
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Caffeinated drone by day, film and comic critic by night. Find me on MichaelCavender.com. Member of the Columbus Film Critics Association and the Independent Film Critics of America. My work has also appeared on CineDump.com and PopHorror.com.
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#JoeLynch 's #Mayhem was released on this day in 2017. Check out my review right here: www.michaelcavender.com/review-mayhem

#FilmReviews #MatiasCaruso #StevenYeun #SamaraWeaving #SteveMoore
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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#NiaDaCosta 's #TheMarvels was released on this day in '23. Check out what I had to say about it back then 👇

#FilmReviews #BrieLarson #TeyonahParris #ImanVellani #ZaweAshton #SamuelLJackson #ZenobiaShroff #MohanKapur #SaagarShaikh #MeganMcDonnell #ElissaKarasik #MCU #Marvel #CaptainMarvel #MsMarvel
The Marvels (2023) — CineDump
Let’s get this out of the way. I’ve been reading Marvel comics since the early ‘80s. I’ve seen every MCU film and all of the Disney+ shows.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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#TaikaWaititi 's #JojoRabbit was released on this day in 2019. Head over to my site and check out my review!

#FilmReviews #RomanGriffinDavis #ScarlettJohansson #ThomasinMcKenzie #SamRockwell #RebelWilson #StephenMerchant #AlfieAllen #ArchieYates #ChristineLeunens #MihaiMalaimareJr #WWII #Comedy
Review-Jojo Rabbit — MichaelCavender.com
Taika Waititi blew me away with his efforts as co-director, cowriter, and costar in 2014’s WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. He further impressed me as a solo director and supporting actor on 2017’s THOR: RA...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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#FrankCoraci 's #TheWaterboy was released on this day in 1998. Check out my piece celebrating its 25th anniversary from a couple years ago down below!

#FilmReviews #AdamSandler #HenryWinkler #KathyBates #FairuzaBalk #JerryReed #BlakeClark #ClintHoward #PaulWight #TimHerlihy #BornOnTheBayou
The Waterboy (1998) #RetroReview — CineDump
Comedies are pretty subjective, I’d say. That goes doubly for those of the screwball variety. Throw in Adam Sandler, and a film can be pretty much review-proof.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#MarcMeyer 's adaptation of #Derf 's #MyFriendDahmer began its limited theatrical release on this day in 17. Check out my review right here: www.michaelcavender.com/review-my-fr...

#FilmReviews #JohnBackderf #JeffreyDahmer #Comics #ComicBooks #GraphicNovels #RossLynch #AlexWolff #AnneHeche
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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#DonDohler 's #Nightbeast was released sometime in November of 82, so I figured I'd go ahead and share my review today. Head over to my site and check it out!

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@vinsyn.bsky.social #FilmReviews #JJAbrams #JamieZemarel #DonLeifert #RichardDyszel #EleanorHerman
November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The infamous #TurkishStarWars aka #TheManWhoSavesTheWorld was released in Turkey on this day in 1982. Head over to my site and check out my write-up of this cinematic oddity.

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#FilmReviews #DunyayiKurtaranAdam #CuneytArkin #StarWars #TheManWhoSavedTheWorld
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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#EricRed 's #BadMoon was released on this day in 1996. Head over to my site and check out my review!

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#FilmReviews #WayneSmith #MichaelPare #MarielHemingway #MasonGamble #JanKiesser #GezaSinkovics #Werewolf #Werewolves
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#TimMiller 's #TerminatorDarkFate was released on this day in 2019. Head over to my site and check out my review!

#FilmReviews #JamesCameron #LindaHamilton #NataliaReyes #MackenzieDavis #GabrielLuna @schwarzenegger.bsky.social #DavidGoyer #JustinRhodes #BillyRay #JunkieXL #TheTerminator #Terminator
Review-Terminator Dark Fate — MichaelCavender.com
The Terminator franchise had a damn good ending in 1991’s TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY. However, Hollywood hasn’t been able to leave well enough alone, pumping out sequels that only fit in with the fir...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#RobertEggers' #TheLighthouse was released on this day in 2019. Head over to my site and check out my review! 🦞

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#FilmReviews #RobertPattinson #WillemDafoe #ValeriiaKaraman #MaxEggers #JarinBlaschke #MarkKorven
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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#JazzSecuro 's #ThyWillBeDone is an impressive micro-budgeted debut. Head over to my site and check out my review!

#FilmReviews #CallieBussell #DougBradley #CourtneyGains #LaylaCushman #HeatherGiglio #DavidHejmanowski #RichardHuddleson #KurtAngle #MichaelFerree #GregKraus #MarionOhio #DelawareOhio
Review-Thy Will Be Done — MichaelCavender.com
I knew Jazz Securo’s THY WILL BE DONE (out now on Prime and Google Play) would be right up my alley as soon as I heard about it. After all, it’s a micro-budget film, it was shot in central Ohio (mainl...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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#IStillBelieve art by #JohnKeaveney

#TheLostBoys #TimCappello #JoelSchumacher #Vampires
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Cool #SwampThing piece by #LauraAllred

#Comics #ComicBooks #DC
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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#AndréØvredal ’s #TrollHunter was released in Norway on this day in 2010. Head over to my site and check out my review!

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#FilmReviews #GlennErlandTosterud #JohannaMørck #TomasAlfLarsen #OttoJespersen #HansMortenHansen #UrmilaBerg-Domaas
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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#BrianYuzna 's #ReturnOfTheLivingDead3 began a limited theatrical run on this day in 93. I wrote about it in 1 of my 1st ever published reviews back in 19. Check it out!

#FilmReviews #KentMcCord #JamesTCallahan #SarahDouglas #JTrevorEdmond #MelindaClarke #BasilWallace #JohnPenney #BarryGoldberg
Return of the Living Dead III (1993) #RetroReview — CineDump
For years, I’d avoided 1993’s Return of the Living Dead III. There was something about the cover art that screamed cash in, low effort sequel to me. Books and covers, I know. I should’ve known better,...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Sick #Alien artwork by #BrunoVergauwen 🤘

#Xenomorphs #RidleyScott #Aliens
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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#RolandEmmerich ’s #Stargate was released on this day in 1994. I wrote about it for its 30th birthday last year. Check out what I had to say down below!

#FilmReviews #DeanDevlin #JamesSpader #VivecaLindfors #KurtRussell #JayeDavidson #DjimonHounsou #FrenchStewart #RichardKind #DavidArnold
Stargate (1994) #RetroReview — CineDump
Despite having a fairly large budget for its day, Roland Emmerich’s Stargate from 1994 never feels as big as it should. The script, co-written by Emmerich and frequent collaborator Dean Devlin, is als...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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#EricaSlaughter of #SomethingIsKillingTheChildren by #InHyukLee

#Comics #ComicBooks #GraphicNovels @boom-studios.com #HouseOfSlaughter
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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The late, great #BernieWrightson was born on this day in 1948. I think the first Wrightson comic I ever read was likely BATMAN: THE CULT #1. I was 9 when it was released at the end of ‘87, and the lurid art disturbed me, though I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.

#Comics #ComicBooks #Marvel #DC
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#DavidFincher ’s #TheKiller began its limited theatrical run on this day in 2023. You can check out what I had to say about it back then down below!

#FilmReviews #AndrewKevinWalker #Matz #LucJacamon #MichaelFassbender #TildaSwinton #KerryO’Malley #ArlissHoward #TrentReznor #AtticusRoss #SalaBaker
The Killer (2023) — CineDump
If you’re like me, when you hear that David Fincher has a new movie coming out, you get pretty damn excited. The Killer, which opens this Friday for a limited theatrical run before becoming a part of ...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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#TrickOrTreat premiered on this day in 86. Check out my piece from 21 celebrating the film's 35th bday down below!

#FilmReviews #CharlesMartinSmith #MarcPrice #DougSavant #LisaOrgolini #TonyFields #GeneSimmons #GlenMorgan #ElaineJoyce #AliceNunn #OzzyOsbourne #Fastway @pophorrordotcom.bsky.social
Rock’s Chosen Warriors: Charles Martin Smith’s ‘Trick or Treat’ (1986) – Retro Review - PopHorror
“Rock’s chosen warriors will rule the apocalypse!” October 24, 2021, marks the the thirty-fifth anni
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October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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#BruceKimmel ’s obscure #TheCreatureWasn'tNice aka #NakedSpace aka #Spaceship was released on this day in 1981. Check out my write-up right here: www.michaelcavender.com/review-the-c...

#FilmReviews #CindyWilliams #LeslieNielsen #GerritGraham #PatrickMacnee #RonKurowski #PaulBrinegar
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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This mostly forgotten #KieferSutherland potboiler was released on this day in 1987. Check out my 35th anniversary review of #RickKing 's #TheKIllingTime from 2022 down below!

#FilmReviews #BeauBridges #JoeDonBaker #CameliaKath #WayneRogers
The Killing Time (1987) #RetroReview — CineDump
The thirty-fifth anniversary of a film you may not have heard of is October 23rd. Rick King’s The Killing Time from 1987 is hindered by some shaky scripting and its insistence on presenting Beau Bridg...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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#DavidCronenberg ’s adaptation of @stephenking.bsky.social's #TheDeadZone was released on this day in 83. I wrote about it for its 40th bday back in 23. Check out what I had to say 👇

#FilmReviews #ChristopherWalken #BrookeAdams #MartinSheen #TomSkerrit #HerbertLom #AnthonyZerbe #JeffreyBoam
Dead Zone (1983) #RetroReview — CineDump
David Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone is an absolute masterpiece. Well made, moving, and thrilling, this gem from 1983 is celebrating its 40th anniversary on October 21st. Let’s take a look back, shall we?
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October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM