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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 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…
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RuPaul’s Drag Race: Dragazines full episode and Untucked
Last night’s Drag Race saw the contestants serving as Editor and Chief of their very own drag-azines. Surprisingly, no one really did that well and there were no real standouts. Jiggly annoyed the hell out of me, as usual, and Latrice continued to be my favorite. Phi Phi proved that Shangela has nothing on her…
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They didn’t like ‘Friends With Kids’ either
Our review of ‘Friends With Kids’ is up now on Trashwire. In short, the film is a pretty big disappointment. Read ours and then check out this spot-on review from What the Flick.
