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Movie Review: Family Pack (2024)

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Synopsis: While caring for his father, Gilbert, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, Jerome re-discovers a werewolf board game he had played as a child and attempts to convince his wife and their kids to play. They refuse and as he is putting the game away, it begins to glow and the house starts shaking, resulting in them fleeing to the basement. When they emerge, they discover they have been transported into the game itself and the only way to get home is to live in 15th-century France and kill the four werewolves. There's one complication, one of the werewolves is the youngest daughter, Louise. Who's in it? The movie stars  Franck Dubosc ,  Jean Reno ,  Suzanne ClĆ©ment ,  Lisa Do Couto Teixeira and  AlizĆ©e Caugnies . Review: My wife looked for a movie to watch while I was making dinner last night and by the time I was done cooking, had picked out Family Pack on Netflix. Neither of us had heard of this French film (dubbed in English) before but the premise rem...

Movie Review: Under Paris (2024)

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Synopsis: Sophia and her team are researching sharks by the Great Pacific garbage patch when they discover the shark they have tagged, Lilith, has grown to an unusual size. Lilith also turns violent and wipes out her team, which includes her husband, leaving Sophia traumatized. Three years later, while working at an aquarium in Paris, France, Sophia is approached by a group of environmentalists who have been tracking tagged sharks to help keep them safe and discovered Lilith's signal. Only, instead of being in the Pacific Ocean, the enormous shark is swimming in the River Seine, putting the citizens of Paris in danger just a few days before a triathlon is scheduled to be held by a mayor who refuses to cancel the event. Who's in it? The movie stars  BĆ©rĆ©nice Bejo , Nassim Lyes ,  LĆ©a LĆ©viant ,  Sandra Parfait and  Anne Marivin. Review: I had heard good things about Under Paris and while the whole killer shark genre seems to be a bit overdone, seemed somewhat intr...

Movie Review: Girls With Balls (2018)

Synopsis: A talented all-female volleyball team gets stranded in the middle of nowhere on their way back from a game and are hunted by a group of cannibals. Their only hope for survival is to work together as a team. But, their constant, petty bickering prevents that from happening and, as a result, their lives are in serious danger. You can read my review here:  https://wizzley.com/movie-review-girls-with-balls-2018/