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The Isolate Thief: A Teen Survivor of a Civil War-era Fort Finds No Honour Among Thieves

The Isolate Thief: A Teen Survivor of a Civil War-era Fort Finds No Honour Among Thieves

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 6, 2026Civil War era stories, The Isolate Thief, A lone girl "mans" a fort, Director John Suits, Mackenzie Foy, Sean Bean, Joe Pantoliano, Post-Civil War plunderers, Odeya Rush, Jack KesyComment

Bang: So Bad It's (Almost) Brutally Watchable

Bang: So Bad It's (Almost) Brutally Watchable

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 10, 2025Ultra violent B movies, Bang, Director Wych Kaosayananda, Movies about assassins with a conscience, Jack Kesy, Peter Weller, Straight-to-stream movies Comments

Juggernaut: Cain/Abel crime thriller more of a slow burn than a wrecking ball

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 7, 2018Canadian films, Crime thriller, Small town crime, Cain and Able, Stephen McHattie, Jack Kesy, David Cubitt