Continuing my little 2025 review catch up with another film that came out during the summer movie season and it’s a Wes Anderson film, called “The Phoenician Scheme”.

In this review/video, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall gives his full pros and cons about The Phoenician Scheme, from its direction to the cinematography, performances, story and how much did it work for him and where does fit for Wes Anderson movies in terms of favorites in his filmography.

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Sypnosis

Wealthy businessman, Zsa-Zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

CAST & CREW

Directed by

Wes Anderson

Screenplay by

Wes Anderson

Story by

Wes Anderson

Roman Coppola

Produced by

Wes Anderson

Steven Rales

Jeremy Dawson

John Peet

Starring

Benicio del Toro

Mia Threapleton

Michael Cera

Riz Ahmed

Tom Hanks

Bryan Cranston

Mathieu Amalric

Richard Ayoade

Jeffrey Wright

Scarlett Johansson

Benedict Cumberbatch

Rupert Friend

Hope Davis

Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel

Edited by

Barney Pilling

Music by

Alexandre Desplat

Production companies

Indian Paintbrush

American Empirical Pictures

Distributed by

Focus Features (United States)

Universal Pictures (international)

Rated: PG-13

Genre: Comedy, drama

Release dates

May 18, 2025 (Cannes)

May 29, 2025 (Germany)

May 30, 2025 (United States)

Running time:

101 minutes

Budget: $30 million

Box office: $40.2 million

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Two months into the new year for movie season, four movies back to back and easily of the four movies to make the worst movies of the year so far, this is the one I ACTUALLY HATE the most and have the most extreme visceral anger against. This is my record/MAJOR EPIC RANT for the new “black movie” thriller, “Twin”, released on Tubi.

In this video, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall talks and rants about everything almost universally bad about this movie and why it is NOT a recommendation and a bomus rant on why he’s tired of seeing the same thing with black entertainment in cinema.

#TwinMovie #DrewSidora #JensenAtwood #ChrisStokes #Tubi #TubiMovies #BlackCinema

*TIMECODES:*

0:00 - Intro

0:34 - review starts/plot and sypnosis

2:57 - Why did i watch/expectations to thoughts

3:30 - The Light (pros)

4:08 - The Dark (cons)

9:14 - my main issue with black cinema/movies like this

12:52 - Overall thoughts/rating and conclusion

Sypnosis

Fresh out of prison for murder, a ruthless woman schemes to replace her twin sister and claim her flawless life by any means necessary.

CAST & CREW

Written and Directed by

Chris Stokes

Starring

Drew Sidora

Jensen Atwood

Chrissy Stokes

Ken Lawson

Cynthia Moten

Production Company

Footage Films

Distributed by Tubi

Rated: TV-14

Genre: Drama, thriller

Releaae date: January 23rd, 2026

Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes

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Here is my final review compilation of the Transformers franchise in terms of the revival era with Bumblebee, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and the animated film Transformers One.

Individual reviews are up on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Bumblebee (2018) Review

25:03 - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) Review

39:10 - Transformers One (2024) Review

Cast & Crew

Bumblebee

Grade: Better than Vampire Academy

Studio: Paramount Pictures, AllSpark Pictures, Bay Films, di Bonaventura Pictures, Hasbro, Tencent Pictures

Director: Travis Knight

Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian, Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner, Chris Brigham

Writer: Christina Hodson

Based on: Transformers by Hasbro

Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg, Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Rory Markham, Rachel Crow, Abby Quinn, Gracie Dzienny, Ricardo Hoyos, Kenneth Choi, Stephen Schneider, Len Cariou, Dylan O’Brien, Peter Cullen, Grey Griffin, Steven Blum, Andrew Morgado, Kirk Baily, Dennis Singletary, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, David Sobolov, Jon Bailey

Music: Dario Marianelli

Cinematography: Enrique Chediak

Editor: Paul Rubell

Rated: PG-13

Release date: December 9, 2018 (Los Angeles), December 21, 2018 (United States)

Budget: $100–137 million

Box office: $289.1 million

Rise of the Beasts

Directed by Steven Caple Jr.

Screenplay by

Joby Harold

Darnell Metayer

Josh Peters

Erich Hoeber

Jon Hoeber

Story by Joby Harold

Based on Transformers

by Hasbro

Produced by

Don Murphy

Tom DeSanto

Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Michael Bay

Mark Vahradian

Duncan Henderson

Starring

Anthony Ramos

Dominique Fishback

Ron Perlman

Peter Dinklage

Michelle Yeoh

Pete Davidson

Liza Koshy

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Colman Domingo

Cristo Fernández

Tongayi Chirisa

Peter Cullen

John DiMaggio

David Sobolov

Cinematography Enrique Chediak

Edited by

Joel Negron

William Goldenberg

Music by Jongnic Bontemps

Production companies

Skydance

Hasbro

New Republic Pictures

Di Bonaventura Pictures

Bay Films

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Rated: PG-13

Genre: Action adventure, science-fiction, romance, drama

Release dates:

June 9, 2023 (United States)

Running time: 2 hours 7 minutes

Budget: $195–200 million

Box office: $439 million

Transformers One

Directed by

Josh Cooley

Screenplay by

Eric Pearson

Andrew Barrer

Gabriel Ferrari

Story by

Andrew Barrer

Gabriel Ferrari

Based on

Hasbro's Transformers action figures

Produced by

Don Murphy

Tom DeSanto

Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Michael Bay

Mark Vahradian

Aaron Dem

Starring

Chris Hemsworth

Brian Tyree Henry

Scarlett Johansson

Keegan-Michael Key

Steve Buscemi

Laurence Fishburne

Jon Hamm

Cinematography

Christopher Batty

Edited by

Lynn Hobson

Music by

Brian Tyler

Production companies

Paramount Animation

Hasbro Entertainment

New Republic Pictures

di Bonaventura Pictures

Bayhem Films

Distributed by

Paramount Pictures

Rated: PG

Genre: Animation, action adventure, science fiction, comedy

Release dates

September 11, 2024 (Sydney)

September 20, 2024 (United States)

Running time

104 minutes

Budget

$75–147 million

Box office

$128.9 million

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