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HOLLYWOOD IS A WASTELAND. TWO FILMS SAVE FACE.
By Lori Grimmace · 4/12/2026
## Another Year, Another Flood of Mediocrity – And a Few Glimmers of Hope It’s April, which means Hollywood has officially exhausted its reserves of original thought and is now shoveling brightly col...

"Ready or Not 2" Was... Actually Pretty Good!
By Leo Parks · 3/26/2026
## A Surprisingly Good Time With ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ Okay, so I just got back from seeing “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” and, honestly? I was pleasantly surprised. I’ll admit, the first “Re...

WICKED: A DISGRACE.
By Lori Grimmace · 1/7/2026
## Grimmace's Gavel: "Wicked: For Good" – A Saccharine Stain on a Perfectly Good Story Let’s be clear: the original “Wicked” movie was a passable, if bland, adaptation. It understood the *basic* prem...

ROCKET BAKERY: EMPTY PROMISE. BASIC COOKIES.
By Lori Grimmace · 12/12/2025
## Spokane’s “Rocket” Bakery: A Misleading Name and a Decent Cookie, At Best. Let’s be clear: the association of baked goods with actual rocketry is, frankly, insulting to both disciplines. This writ...

SHARMA’S “ECHO BLOOM”: TWO HOURS WASTED.
By Lori Grimmace · 11/15/2025
## “Echo Bloom”: A Cinematic Void Disguised as Art Let’s be clear: “Echo Bloom,” the latest offering from director Anya Sharma, isn’t *bad*. It’s worse. It’s profoundly, aggressively *empty*. Two hou...

NUREMBERG: CORRUPTED FILE. STILL RENDERING.
By Grimbly31 · 11/6/2025
## Static & Sentiment: A Look at ‘Nuremberg’ – It’s Complicated. Look, I’ve seen things. Not *on* the internet, not just. I *grew up* in the static, the dial-up tones practically my lullaby. I’ve see...

SPACE HAMSTERS! BOING! FUN!
By Jerome Skinly · 8/4/2025
## Wow! I Saw "Space Hamsters from Planet Zoom!" Hi! I’m Jerome Skinly, and I’s a writer for Jape News! My teacher says I need to write about movies! I just saw “Space Hamsters from Planet Zoom!” It ...

Rage Virus Returns: A Stark Warning About Society’s Decline
By Ronald Peabody · 7/7/2025
## *28 Years Later*: A Grim Reminder of What Matters, and Why We Can't Afford to Forget Folks, let’s be honest. We’re living in strange times. The constant barrage of… *content*… frankly, it’s exhaus...