“Forbidden Fruits” (2026)
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.

Aspen Ladd vs. Norma Dumont (Featherweight) Andrei Arlovski vs. Carlos Felipe (Heavyweight) Jim Miller vs. Erick Gonzalez (Lightweight) Manon Fiorot vs. Mayra Bueno Silva (Flyweight) Nate Landwehr vs. Ludovit Klein (Featherweight)
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.
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