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Mando and Baby Yoda Make the Leap to the Big Screen with ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu brings our small-screen duo to cinemas with a standalone adventure that thankfully avoids empty fan service, but doesn’t quite hit the highs of the Skywalker saga.
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‘Exit 8’ Video Game Becomes Psychological Horror in New Japanese Film
‘Exit 8’ adds depth to a popular Japanese liminal space video game, creating an effective, surprisingly tense psychological horror film.
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‘The Drama’ Could Become the Most Discussed Film of the Year
Robert Pattinson and Zendaya star in The Drama, Kristoffer Borgli’s jet-black comedy about a happily engaged couple whose love is put to the test after a shocking revelation during a party game.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Brings Much-Needed Hope to Cinema Screens
‘Project Hail Mary’ couples Ryan Gosling’s charm with a sci-fi sense of wonder for a story about the value of connection, cooperation, and compassion.
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Sam Raimi’s ‘Send Help’ Twists Office Hierarchy with Horror and Humor
With Send Help, Sam Raimi reminds us that he is a master at balancing horror and comedy, turning a simple scenario about a downtrodden employee (Rachel McAdams) stranded on an island with her horrible boss (Dylan O’Brien) into a delightfully tense, bloody, fun movie experience.
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First look at ‘This Is The End’ with James Franco and Seth Rogen
Looks like the gang is all back together, too bad the world is ending.
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Killjoys! Make some noise!
Press Release From Dark Horse: MILWAUKIE, OR, DECEMBER 17—In 2009, when Dark Horse first announced a new project from Grammy-nominated frontman turned Eisner-winning comics writer Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy), the response from music and comics fans alike was overwhelming. Now, Dark Horse is thrilled to announce that Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Becky Cloonan’s…
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‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ a visual treat, but no ‘Lord of the Rings’
Peter Jackson has finally returned to give us The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the kickoff film in his long-awaited cinematic adaptation of The Hobbit, which arrives 11 years after the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment in Jackson’s LOTR trilogy. This time, the stakes aren’t as…
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‘Hitchcock’ brings the great director to a new crowd
Alfred Hitchcock is known as the master of suspense. During his career he directed over 50 films and is highly regarding even today. One of his most notable films was Psycho, a film about a serial killer who has an obsession with his mother, inspired by real life psycho, Ed Gein. Hitchcock follows what Alfred…
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‘Life of Pi’ a visual masterpiece
I mentioned to a friend of mine that I was going to see Life of Pi and she was adamant that I read the book before venturing off to see this film. Like most people I have found that the book is always better than the movie. Books always lend more scope, detail and feeling…
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Kids fight modern-day commies in ‘Red Dawn’
Back in the 1980s when the original Red Dawn was released, Americans were terrified of the communist Soviet Union. In the new Red Dawn remake, it’s communists from North Korea invading Spokane, Washington. Thankfully, a group of kids, lead by Chris Hemsworth, are there to defend their town and their country.
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‘Silver Linings Playbook’ an entertaining film with heart
If you come home to discover your wife in the shower with another man, don’t beat the guy up until he’s inches from death. That’s what Pat (Bradley Cooper) does in Silver Linings Playbook and it results in him spending eight months in a mental institution.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Trashwire
What better way to celebrate the holiday than with this montage of the best Drunk Uncle moments from SNL’s Weekend Update?
