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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.
Featured Reviews
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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.
Latest Reviews
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Press release: Animal Planet’s “Taking on Tyson”
(New York, New York) – Heavyweight boxing legend and Brooklyn native Mike Tyson always has loved breeding and raising pigeons. These birds have been an integral part of his life from his childhood. In fact, Mike threw his first punch when a neighborhood bully killed one of his beloved pigeons and threw it in his face. Of course,…
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Drive Angry showcases Cage at his best
Nicolas Cage is one of those actors that doesn’t nearly get the respect he deserves. He’s an actor people like to pick on or make jokes about, but those are usually people that only know one side of Nicolas Cage. They only know Cage as the guy from National Treasure, The Rock, Con Air, or…
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Full episode: RuPaul’s Drag Race “The Face, Face, Face of Cakes”
On last night’s episode, the queens created dessert themed outfits and decorated doll cakes to showcase their personalities. Of course, my favorite was Raja. Make sure to watch Untucked too because things were getting heated between Shangela and the rest of the girls.
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The Hangover 2 trailer
Here’s the trailer for the much-anticipated sequel to The Hangover.
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Press release: Your Highness – Demand It!
HEAR YE, HEAR YE! CALLING ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS: Danny McBride and James Franco are getting ready to take one lucky college campus by storm. Want it to be yours? Then Demand it! On behalf of Universal Pictures, we are excited to announce that college students nationwide now have the chance to bring a Hollywood premiere…
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Stephen Merchant on Conan
In this clip, the two lanky funnymen battle each other “like stick insects” at the request of Ricky Gervais. Smerch also talks about Ricky’s controversial jokes at the Golden Globes, mishaps in Rio, Karl Pilkington and shows a clip from his new movie, Hall Pass.
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Steve Merchant Explains…
By now, you’ve probably read our review of Hall Pass. The movie may only have a 33% on Rotten Tomatoes, but it has one very important gem: Stephen Merchant. In this clip, Smerch explains how to craft a good pickup line.
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Comedic talent underutilized in Hall Pass
Every romantic comedy walks the line between sappy and raunchy, trying to carefully balance the “guy humor” with the relationship stuff. It’s easy to stray a little too far into the romance and lose the laughs. This tightrope walk is never easy and, despite its talented cast, Hall Pass never really seems to find its…
