By Paul Salfen This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters this weekend is Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in the James Cameron-helmed mega blockbuster series and it comes as no surprise that this one is quite the big screen experience. Of course the technology has vastly improved since the 2009
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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine As Avatar: Fire and Ash storms theaters this holiday season, reigniting the epic saga of Pandora with breathtaking visuals and deeper emotional stakes, the film's success owes much to the unsung heroes behind the screen. On a celebratory "Avatar Day" roundtable, three key architects of the movie's
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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine December 19, 2025 In a year where anime has firmly cemented its place in global pop culture, few voices resonate as powerfully as Zach Aguilar's. As the English dub voice of Tanjiro Kamado in the blockbuster Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise, Aguilar has become synonymous with
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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In the world of independent cinema, few debuts splash as boldly as The Plague, the gripping coming-of-age thriller from first-time feature director Charlie Polinger. Set against the backdrop of a boys' water polo summer camp, the film explores the dark undercurrents of adolescent bullying, social conformity, and
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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson AMFM Magazine | December 18, 2025 In the sun-drenched countryside of southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos. That's the tantalizing premise of Influencers, the thrilling sequel to 2022's breakout Shudder hit Influencer. Premiering on Shudder December
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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In a world unraveling at the seams, one man's dramatic arrival via helicopter signals the start of something explosive. That's the thrilling entrance Charles "Chip" Esten makes as Cain Ross in Homestead: The Series, the gripping continuation of Angel Studios' post-apocalyptic saga that began with the 2024
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By Paul Salfen KEVIN COSTNER PRESENTS: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS - (Disney/Najat Oulhaj) This Christmas, Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner and acclaimed director David L. Cunningham are stripping away centuries of cozy nativity-scene gloss to reveal the raw, radical, and deeply human story behind the birth of Jesus in the two-hour television event Kevin Costner Presents: The
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By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine – Holiday Issue 2025 In a season that begs for stories of light breaking through darkness, one animated film is stepping forward with the kind of bold, soul-stirring ambition we haven’t seen since The Prince of Egypt swept into theaters more than 25 years ago. DAVID, the new feature-length musical
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The trailer for ALLBLK’s new original series G.R.I.T.S. dropped and, within hours, Memphis was trending nationwide. Not the postcard version of Beale Street and barbecue, but the real one—where grief and hustle share the same block, where the roller rink is church on Friday nights, and where three young women are fighting like hell to
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By Paul Salfen for AMFM Magazine This holiday season, get ready for the ultimate feel-good movie that proves sometimes the best relationship advice comes from a four-legged friend. MERV, the new romantic comedy starring Zooey Deschanel, Charlie Cox, and an unbelievably charismatic rescue terrier mix named Gus* (playing the titular Merv), is exactly the warm
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