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Quick Movie Catch-Up: Featured Favorites
From Mollywood to the biggest of Hollywood, from a single apartment to mythological worlds, from dialogue-driven to stylish action, here are a few movies you shouldn’t miss.
Featured Reviews
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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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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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’50/50′ combines cancer and comedy
Typically, when the main character of a film is dying of cancer, you can’t expect a lot of laughs in the script. That’s not the case with 50/50, which combines comedy and drama in a way that emulates the natural ebb and flow of emotions in real life to create a film that is both…
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‘American Juggalo’ just freaks me out
The documentary ‘American Juggalo’ has been getting a lot of buzz and it really is fascinating. I would make a joke about meth or white trash, but frankly, I’m scared of them. Watch this and tell me if it’s not the most bizarre 23 minutes of your day. It’s horrifying and disturbing for so many…
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Pitt and Hill score with ‘Moneyball’
Just like most sports movies, Moneyball is about underdogs, a ragtag group of guys no one ever thought would make but who end up impressing everyone in the final scene. Unlike most sports movies, Moneyball’s underdogs aren’t necessarily the players, and it’s this shift in perspective that makes the movie so unique and successful. Brad…
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‘Brighton Rock’ showcases English culture and crime
Brighton Rock is not just another English gangster flick. Sure it seems like that at the go, but as we get deeper into the story the film reveals more about people and society. In this feature we pick up on Pinkie Brown (Sam Riley) out to scare a rival mob member named Fred. After a…
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Charlie Day on Conan
Here’s a clip of our favorite cast member of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ on Conan. Charlie tells us about Fat Mac, The Gang going to the Jersey Shore and shows a clip from the brand new season.
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Trey Parker and Matt Stone surprise students at NYU
Trey Parker and Matt Stone decided to pop in to a freshman class at NYU and the New York Times has a little clip of the duo droppin’ some knowledge about their writing process. Definitely worth checking out!
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Visual storytelling a key strength in ‘Contagion’
It all starts with a cough. Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) is returning from a business trip to Hong Kong and chatting on the phone at an airport bar. She seems to have a little cold, but she keeps on snacking on the tray of peanuts in front of her and preparing to return home to…
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Contagion lacks focus
Have you ever thought about what would happen if a bat started eating a banana, dropped the uneaten portion into a pig farm, a pig ate the rest and then a chef handled the pig without washing his hands? Luckily this has never happened because this is the making of an infectious disease–well, at least…
