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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.
Featured Reviews
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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.
Latest Reviews
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‘The Irishman’ struggles under the weight of its runtime
Take legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese and give him one of the strongest casts you could imagine—Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and even Joe Pesci—and ‘The Irishman’ has to be one of the best films of the year, right? Well, it’s complicated.
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Does ‘Joker’ have too much baggage to be a good film?
What if we viewed ‘Joker’ as just another R-rated comic book movie and not the cultural lightning rod the twitterverse and Warner Bros. marketing team want it to be?
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‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ a reunion that works
It’s hard to do a sequel 10 years and several Oscar nominations down the road from an original idea, but ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ manages to give us something fun and entertaining, even when it’s not quite as great as the original.
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Zellweger brings ‘Judy’ to life
Renée Zellweger’s outstanding performance humanizes the tragedy of Judy Garland while the film narrowly dodges biopic tropes.
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Lindsay Ellis tackles Game of Thrones
We love Lindsay Ellis and her phenomenal video essays. Her insights are thoughtful, well-researched, incredibly entertaining, and pretty damn funny, so naturally, we couldn’t wait to see what she had to say about the disappointing final season of Game of Thrones. Her first video covering the topic debuted in late June, but the second essay…
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How Game of Thrones’ Penultimate Episode Could Have Been Fixed
SPOILER ALERT! The final season of HBO’s epic series Game of Thrones is proving to be the show’s most controversial—but it’s not because of brutal content; it’s because many fans are disappointed in the rushed storylines and unresolved character arcs. With that in mind, here are a few things that could improve the penultimate episode,…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ a True Cinematic Marvel
SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: If ‘Endgame’ is how this chapter of cinema history concludes, what a wonderful way to say goodbye.
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Check out the first teaser for ‘Joker’
Get your first look at Joaquin Phoenix as everyone’s favorite Clown Prince of Crime in the first teaser trailer for ‘Joker’.
