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How did you do for your #31daysofhorror? Here's Sam's completed list, with some good, and some not good, films for you to add to your watchlist.
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Sam’s 31 Days of Horror 2025
Sam watched a new to him horror film every day in October 2025; here are his thoughts. Happy Halloween!
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November 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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The double-bill of reviews that you were shivering with antici... pation for. Rocky Horror and Shock Treatment, coming to you from SecondCut. You're welcome.
#filmsky #moviesky #rockyhorror #therockyhorrorpictureshow #timcurry #filmcritic #moviecritic
Science Fiction Double Feature: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Shock Treatment (1981) Reviews
50 years since The Rocky Horror Picture Show released in US cinemas, Sam reviews it and its forgotten sort-of sequel.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Companion (Review) 2025. Our first written piece of the new home of SecondCut. open.substack.com/pub/secondcu...

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Companion (Review) 2025
"[Companion] is what it intends to be; entertaining as hell." -Kieran Judge.
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February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The Russo Brothers have a new film released, and Sam sat through it for your reviewing pleasure. You're welcome.
#filmsky #movies #filmcritic #cinema #theelectricstate #podcast #secondcut
The Electric State (2025) Review
"There isn’t a single memorable action set-piece and even the novelty of towering colossi with cartoon faces wears thin pretty quickly" - Sam Sewell-Peterson
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March 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Secondcut are not streaming our planned Lars Von Trier discussion today due to unforseen circumstances. We hope to be back next week, and in the meantime want you to check out our Substack, which we're beginning to post to and update with good old fashioned cinematic writings.
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Anniversary review of the one and only Bride of Frankenstein, now up on the Secondcut substack.
#filmsky #moviesky #frankenstein #filmcritic #review #cinema
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 90th Anniversary Review
"...with its vivid characters, bigger budget and creatively unshackled director, Bride of Frankenstein unquestionably surpasses its predecessor..." - Sam Sewell-Peterson
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April 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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YouTube critic Chris Stuckmann recently released his feature film debut, Shelby Oaks, a haunting folk-horror with input from Mike Flanagan. Here's the SecondCut review of the film.
#filmsky #moviesky #shelbyoaks #chrisstuckmann #mikeflanagan #filmcritic #moviecritic #secondcut
Shelby Oaks (2025) Review
YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann teams up with Mike Flanagan for a paranormal folk-horror thriller.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The 2 1/2 version, with a correct date when the graphics guy hadn't loaned his family braincell out.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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The latest blockbuster from Paul Thomas Anderson, 'One Battle After Another', starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, and Benicio Del Toro, is out now. Check out our review on the SecondCut substack.
#filmsky #moviesky #onebattleafteranother #pta #dicaprio #reginahall #seanpenn
One Battle After Another (2025) Review
"It’s like if The Fast and the Furious were about leftist revolutionaries."
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September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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FBI agent joining forces with MI6. He might be working for Spectre.
SecondCut's James Bond episode goes live on youtube at 8pm GMT/2pm CT.
#filmsky #jamesbond #podcast #secondcut #movies
March 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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If you happen to have a dragon, and are wanting to know how to train one, Sam's review of the new film may just help. It's up on the SecondCut substack, so go check it out and have your questions answered.
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Review
"Toothless is still Toothless in all his temperamental cat-bat-salamander glory." - Sam Sewell-Peterson
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June 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Our review of the new #F1 movie is now up on our substack. Go check it out and get your filmic engines revving.
#filmsky #moviesky #bradpitt #javierbardem #filmcritic #moviecritic #f1movie #secondcut #substack
F1: The Movie (2025) Review
With the success of Netflix series Drive To Survive, it was only a matter of time, therefore, before Hollywood came calling.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Are you having fun in the spooky season? Are you fed up with good films? Do you want some of the worst horror films ever made? Never fear; SecondCut have got you covered, streaming tomorrow.
#filmsky #moviesky #spooktober #31daysofhalloween #31daysofhorror
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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This week's episode, covering the only three women ever to be nominated for Best Cinematographer at the Oscars, and their respective films.
#filmsky #moviesky #oscars #womeninfilm #podcast #secondcut #livestream #hollywood
August 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Remembering Michael Madsen on next week's episode stream of SecondCut. We're on Tuesday this week so remember the switch.
#filmsky #moviesky #michaelmadsen #cinema #podcast #filmpodcast #secondcutpod
July 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A statement from SecondCut.
December 31, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Do you want to know what you did last summer? Maybe you do. Maybe you don't. Maybe this review of the new film, now up on the SecondCut substack, will tell you.
#iknowwhatyoudidlastsummer #ikwydls #filmcritic #moviecritic #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #horror
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) Review
For a film which claims “Nostalgia’s overrated,” trading in reminiscence is its only stock and store.
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July 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Frights for all the family this week on SecondCut. In our haunted house this week are I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957), The Haunted Mansion (2003) and Paranorman (2012). Come join us live for spooky shenanigans for squirts and seniors.
#filmsky #moviesky #podcast #halloween #horror #familyhorror
October 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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This week we turn our sights to one of the all time greats. Akira Kurosawa, this week on SecondCut.
#filmsky #moviesky #akirakurosawa #rashomon #highandlow #highestandlowest #ran #spikelee #cinema
August 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Sunset Boulevard. 75 years later. Our review.
#filmsky #moviesky #sunsetboulevard #filmcritic #moviecritic #secondcut
Sunset Boulevard (1950) 75th Anniversary Review
“There's nothing else. Just us and the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark.” -Norma Desmond -- Jacob reviews Sunset Boulevard for its 75th anniversary.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Tomorrow. The dark, mysterious, paperwork-heavy world of the producer, and the faces behind the films.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Once again, our droid technology is a hunk of junk. Due to unforseen issues, there will be no episode of SecondCut this week. We hope to get a new hyperdrive for next Thursday.
a r2d2 robot is laying in the dirt near a rock
ALT: a r2d2 robot is laying in the dirt near a rock
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December 9, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Our films up for discussion today in our Akira Kurosawa episode. Going live on YouTube at 8pm GMT/2pm CT. Be there or be square.
#filmsky #moviesky #akirakurosawa #secondcut #podcast #spikelee #highestandlowest
August 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Sometimes we go for opinion essays here at SecondCut, and here's our latest from Jacob.
#filmsky #moviesky #marvel #mcu #filmcritic #moviecritic #substack
Far From Endgame: What's Wrong With the MCU
Jacob takes an industrial and general audience perspective on the current state of the MCU.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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For all who loved us talking Mission Impossible on Tuesday, @sspthinksfilm.bsky.social has his review of The Final Reckoning now up on the secondcut substack.
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Review
"When we do finally get to the show-stopping action sequences, they really are are all-timers that deserve being witnessed on the biggest screen possible; ideally IMAX." - Sam Sewell-Peterson
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May 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM