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Kathy  and Mark react to the trailer for  Namit Malhortra's Ramayana: The Introduction, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios and 8-time Oscar winning VFX studio DNEG in association with Yash’s Monster Mind Creations; Ramayana is being filmed for IMAX and will release worldwide: Part 1 on Diwali 2026 and Part 2 on Diwali 2027.

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Kathy and Ramesh react to the  teaser for The Raja Saab, an upcoming Indian Telugu-language supernatural horror film written and directed by Maruthi, and produced by People Media Factory and IVY Entertainment. The film stars Prabhas in a dual role, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Nidhhi Agerwal, Malavika Mohanan, and Riddhi Kumar

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Kathy and Ramesh react to the trailer for Thudarum, (transl. To be continued) is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Tharun Moorthy, who wrote the screenplay with K. R. Sunil. The film was produced by M. Renjith through Rejaputhra Visual Media. It stars Mohanlal and Shobana, alongside Prakash Varma, Farhaan Faasil, Maniyanpilla Raju, Binu Pappu, Irshad Ali, Aarsha Chandini Baiju, Thomas Mathew, Sangeeth Prathap and Krishna Prabha in supporting roles.

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Kathy, Burk and Mark react to the trailer for Bring Her Back, an upcoming Australian supernatural horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, and written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman. Produced by Causeway Films and RackaRacka, in association with Salmira Productions and South Australia Film Corporation,[4] the film stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong and Sally Hawkins.

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JAWS 50th Anniversary Why This Shark Thriller Still Terrifies! JAWS 5Oth Anniversary Movie Review! Our Thoughts On The Classic Film! Katht and Mark take a deep dive into JAWS, 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, it stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a New England summer resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary...

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Kathy  Mark and Burk react to the First Roar for Jana Nayagan, (transl. People's Hero), an upcoming Indian Tamil-language political action thriller filmdirected by H. Vinoth and produced by KVN Productions. The film stars Vijay, Pooja Hegde and Bobby Deol in the lead roles, alongside Mamitha Baiju, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Prakash Raj, Narain and Priyamani. It is intended to be the final film appearance of Vijay before his entry into politics, as well as KVN's first Tamil language production.

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Maareesan Official Teaser Reaction!  Tamil | Vadivelu, Fahadh Faasil | Sudheesh Sankar | Cinemondo! Kathy and Ramesh react to the new teaser for Maareesan, a mysterious Fahadh Faasil and Vadivelu road picture thriller! A good day for Fafa Fanatic Kathy! 

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Cinemondo is excited to announce that co-host, Burk Sauls, book, One Hundred Movies: Burk's Favorite Movies Volume 1, is available on Amazon!  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DML5K363?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520

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Kathy and Lara react to the trailer for Dexter: Resurrection,  an upcoming American crime drama mystery television series developed by Clyde Phillips. It is a sequel series to Dexter: New Blood and Dexter, and it features Michael C. Hall reprising his role as Dexter Morgan alongside Peter Dinklage, David Zayas, Jack Alcott, James Remar, Uma Thurman, Ntare Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa, and Emilia Suárez. It is slated to premiere on Paramount+ with Showtime on July 11, 2025.

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Kathy, Ramesh and Burk react to Trailer 2 for Jurassic World Rebirth, an upcoming American science fiction action film directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp. It is a standalone sequel to Jurassic World Dominion (2022), the fourth Jurassic World film and the seventh installment overall in the Jurassic Park franchise. The film will star a new ensemble cast led by Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey.

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Kathy and Lara, Mistresses of the dark, react to Frankenstein, an upcoming American gothic science fiction horror film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The film stars Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz. It is set to release on Netflix in November 2025.

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Kathy, Ramesh and Burk react to the trailer for Materialists, an upcoming American romantic comedy film written and directed by Celine Song, and starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal.

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May 30th! Kathy and Ramesh react to the trailer for Andhar Maya, a new horror series from ZEE5 Global! A family moves back to their ancestral home and faces supernatural occurrences as unresolved past events linger. Available streaming on. ZEE5 May 30th!

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 Kathy and Ramesh react to the trailer for Ironheart, an upcoming American television miniseries created by Chinaka Hodge and produced by Ryan Coogler (Sinners, Black Panther) for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is intended to be the 14th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios. 

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Kathy  and Lara react to the trailer for Detective Ujjwalan, a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language mystery comedy film written and directed by Rahul G. and Indraneel Gopeekrishnan. The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan, Siju Wilson and Rony David Raj in lead roles. It is produced by Sophia Paul under the Weekend Blockbusters banner and it the second installment on Weekend Cinematic Universe[3] after Minnal Murali.

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Kathy and Amit @D54pod react to the unique trailer for Lovely,  starring Matthew Thomas. Lovely depicts teh story of a young man's unexpected friendship with a talking housefly. Yes a fly!

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Kathy and Ramesh  react tothe trailer for Bhool Chuk Maaf, starring Rajkummar Rao! Bhool Chuk Maaf (transl. Forgive my mistakes) is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language science fiction romantic comedy film written and directed by Karan Sharma, and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films and Amazon MGM Studios. The film starring Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi, and Seema Pahwa in lead roles.

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Kathy and Ramesh react to KANIMAA Lyrical Video from RETRO, (taglined Love-Laughter-War), a 2025 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film[5] written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Produced by Stone Bench Creations and 2D Entertainment, the film stars Suriya and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles.

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Burk, Kathy and Ramesh react to Thug Life, an upcoming Indian Tamil-language gangster action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote the script with Kamal Haasan. The film follows Rangaraya Sakthivel Naickar, a powerful gangster, who was presumed dead and returns to find himself at odds with his own son, and they become bitter enemies. The film stars Haasan, alongside Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Sanya Malhotra, Abhirami, Ashok Selvan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Nassar, Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Rohit Saraf and Vaiyapuri. 

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Kathy, and Ramesh react to the Teaser for Trance of Kuberaa, an upcoming pan-India movie \featuring Dhanush, King Nagarjuna, and Rashmika Mandanna, under the direction of Sekhar Kammula and music by Devi Sri Prasad. 

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Based on the award-winning, best-selling series by Martha Wells, Murderbot follows a rogue security unit as it searches for the meaning of life. Murderbot is now streaming on Apple TV+. Starrig Alexander Skarsgård.

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Kathy and Mark react to the teaser for War 2, an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. Bring on the big guns!

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 Kathy, Burk and Mark react to the trailer for Bring Her Back, an upcoming Australian supernatural horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, and written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman. Produced by Causeway Films and RackaRacka, in association with Salmira Productions and South Australia Film Corporation,[4] the film stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong and Sally Hawkins

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 Kathy and Ramesh review the bloody insane thriller, HIT: The Third Case (or simply HIT 3) a 2025 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu.It is the third installment in the HIT film series following HIT: The Second Case (2022). The film stars Nani and Srinidhi Shetty. In the film, a ruthless police officer is sent by the Homicide Intervention Team (HIT) to find a group of killers and put and end to their grisly murder spree. Coming soon to OTT on Netflix!

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 Kathy, Mark and Burk react to the Teaser for RAID 2, an upcoming Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. It stars Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh and Vaani Kapoor. A sequel to Raid (2018), Raid 2 follows the return of IRS officer Amay Patnaik who tracks another white-collar crime.

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Kathy, Mark and Burk take a look at the trailer for an upcoming film from one of their long-time favorite writer/directors, David Cronenberg. THE SHROUDS looks like another disorienting stunner!

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Weapons is an upcoming American mystery horror film written, produced, and directed by Zach Cregger. It stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. The film follows a small community after 17 kids mysteriously disappear overnight. 

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Kathy, Burk and Mark react to the trailer for Devil's Double Next Level , a movie for the horror fanatic in all of us! evil's Double Next Level (previously known as DD Next Level) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by S. Prem Anand starring  Santhanam in the lead roles, alongside Gautham Vasudev Menon, Selvaraghavan, Geethika Tiwary, Yashika Aannand, Kasthuri Shankar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Maaran and Rajendran.The film is a sequel to DD Returns (2023) and the fourth film in the Dhilluku Dhuddu film series.

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Kathy and Burk react to the trailer for LIFE OF CHUCK,  a 2024 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is based on the 2020 novella by Stephen King. The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Jacob Tremblay, and Mark Hamill.

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Kathy and Mark react to Predator: Badlands, an upcoming American science fiction action film in the Predator franchise. It is the seventh film in the mainline series and ninth in the overall franchise. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, co-written by Trachtenberg and Patrick Aison, and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.

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Kathy and Burk react to the trailer for Him,  an upcoming American sports horror film directed and co-written by Justin Tipping. Produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions, the film stars Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers.

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Women review The Substance! Kathy, Elizabeth and Lara break do the Oscar Nominated horror film, The Substance, a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who, after being fired by her producer (Dennis Quaid) due to her age, uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Margaret Qualley) with unexpected side effects.

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Kathy and Burk react to the trailer for Subham, a 2025 Telugu film,produced by Tralala Moving Pictures, written by Vasanth Maringanti, and directed by Praveen Kandregula.

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Kathy and Britta react to the trailer for 28 Years Later, an upcoming British post-apocalyptic horror thriller film produced and directed by Danny Boyle, and written by Alex Garland. The third in the 28 Days Later film series, following 28 Days Later (2002) and 28 Weeks Later (2007), it stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes. The film marks the returns of Boyle, Garland, and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle to the series, all of whom worked on the original film, with Cillian Murphy also serving as executive producer.

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Cinemondo Gang talks filmmaking with the actors, producers and director of the action film Code Red: Spain, which follows a mob wife,Estelle and her so, as they await government extraction and defend themselves against incoming danger from a Spanish crime gang, all under the watchful eye of veteran soldier Solomon.

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Kathy and Burk react to the trailer for Narivetta, a Malayalam film starring Tovino Thomas and Suraj Venjaramoodu, directed by Anuraj Manohar and released on May 16, 2025. The film explores themes of state-sanctioned violence and its impact on marginalized communities. It is inspired by real events, including the 2003 Muthanga incident, where police opened fire on Adivasis protesting land allotment. 

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Kathy and Britta review the films,The Monkey, a 2025 American black comedy horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. Based on Stephen King's 1980 short story, the film stars Theo James in a dual role as twin brothers whose lives are turned upside down by a cursed toy monkey that causes random horrific deaths around them. Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, and Elijah Wood also star. They also do a deep dive into horror and how they learned to love it.

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Kathy and Burk review Bête Noir, the second episode in the seventh series of the British science fiction anthology television series Black Mirror. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Toby Haynes, it premiered on Netflix on 10 April 2025, with the rest of series seven. The episode centers on Maria, a culinary researcher whose reality begins to subtly change after an old classmate begins work at her office. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

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 HIT: The Third Case is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action thriller film[2] written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu. It is produced by Prashanti Tipirneni and Nani, under Wall Poster Cinema and Unanimous Productions. The third installment in the HIT Universe and the sequel to HIT: The Second Case (2022), the film stars Nani and Srinidhi Shetty in the lead roles, alongside Adil Pala, Rao Ramesh, Brahmaji, and Maganti Srinath.

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Kathy and Burk react to the new trailer for Retro, (subtitled Love, Laughter and War) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Produced by Stone Bench Creations and 2D Entertainment, the film stars Suriya and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles.

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Kathy, Mark and Burk react to the trailer for Eddington, an upcoming American contemporary Western film written and directed by Ari Aster, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O'Connell, Micheal Ward, Austin Butler, and Emma Stone.

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