FlixChatter Guest Review: The Dog Stars (2026)—Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic thriller is a visually polished but lifeless dud

Despite an uneven box office record in recent years, Ridley Scott can still command a massive budget. His latest film, an adaptation of Peter Heller’s 2012 novel The Dog Stars, is a post-apocalyptic thriller that starts as a meditative study of survival and loss before collapsing into familiar dystopian violence. Set in 2035, after a …

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THE RUNNING MAN (2025) special reviews from two points of view: One has read Stephen King’s novel & seen the 1987 movie, while the other has not

Welcome to this special edition where I’ve got my friend and site contributor, Ted Saydalavong, joining me to review the same film. Since Ted has read Stephen King’s book and watched the 1987 movie, we have different expectations and reactions to it. Did we end up with two totally different takes on the film? Well, …

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