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Venkatesh Maha’s Drama Meets Satyadev’s Magic in ‘Rao Bahadur’
Director Venkatesh Maha’s ‘Rao Bahadur’ creatively explores themes of oppressive patriarchal legacy through magical realism and a stellar performance from Satyadev Kancharana.
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Can Everyone Just Calm Down About ‘Supergirl’?
‘Supergirl’ might be a mediocre movie, but it hardly marks the death of female superhero cinema, as some on the internet might claim.
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‘Disclosure Day’ Masterfully Made But Misses Spielberg Classic Status
Steven Spielberg brings his signature sense of wonder to Disclosure Day, along with John Williams’ score and Janusz Kaminski’s cinematography, but the sci-fi story doesn’t quite live up to the sum of its parts.
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Big Screen ‘Backrooms’ An Unsettling But Uneven Debut for Kane Parsons
Kane Parsons becomes the latest (and youngest) in the YouTuber-to-horror-filmmaker pipeline with the A24 adaptation of his Backrooms liminal space series.
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Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ a Humorous and Harrowing Horror Story
YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Curry Barker’s Obsession is like Get Out for “nice guys”, blending funny, disturbing, and highly entertaining horror with surprisingly impactful themes.
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Pete Wentz “Power” t-shirt challenge winners announced
The winners of Pete Wentz’s “POWER” T-Shirt Design Challenge have been announced and t-shirts are now on sale. After receiving hundreds of design submissions and votes, Pete selected the top 5 tees that best represented the theme of “power.” Hand-numbered and printed in limited quantity, head over to MASScanvas’s store to see the winning designs…
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Macy Gray covers My Chemical Romance’s “Teenagers”
Macy Gray did her own version of “Teenagers” from The Black Parade. She changed around a few lyrics and slowed it down a bit, but it’s definitely an interesting cover.
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‘The Hunger Games’ a spectacular adaptation
Let’s face it, Hollywood rarely succeeds in making a book-to-screen adaptation that lives up to the original. Even True Blood, one of my favorite shows, takes quite a few creative liberties with Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels. After reading (and totally loving) Suzanne Collins’ best-selling The Hunger Games, I was keeping my fingers crossed that…
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Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A)
Willam Belli, one of our faves from RuPaul’s Drag Race season 4, has teamed up with Detox and Vicki Vox for this super funny video about Chick-fil-A’s conservative stance, set to the tune of “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips.
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Happy birthday Russ Meyer
Roger Ebert, who co-wrote my favorite Russ Meyer movie, posted a link to the E! True Hollywood Story of Russ Meyer on Twitter today in celebration of the great breast enthusiast and cinematic rebel. Definitely worth checking out.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race: Frenemies full episode and Untucked
Ooh, girl! There was some controversy going down on Drag Race this week! The ladies were paired up with the person least like them for a partner challenge involving a live performance on the main stage. Poor Sharon was stuck with Phi Phi, who was determined to channel Christina Aguilera and show off her vocal…
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Check out the first Dark Shadows trailer
Here’s the first trailer for Tim Burton’s big screen adaptation of Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp.
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‘Casa de Mi Padre’ channels ‘Three Amigos’
When I was a kid, I loved ¡Three Amigos!, starring Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short. It was one of those great, cheap ‘80s movies that didn’t need effects or complex characters because the guys starring in it were hilarious. The Will Ferrell comedy Casa de Mi Padre is a lot like that, but…
