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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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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…
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Top Model’s torture twist
Cycle 16 of America’s Next Top Model premiered this week and it is not fierce anymore, it’s just mean. This year Tyra the Torturer has thought of all sorts of new Mean Girls things to do to these already fragile girls. In the opening segment, Banks basically reveals she is just as tired of this…
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Full episode: RuPaul’s Drag Race “Snatch Game”
Here is is again, another episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The queens did their best (and funniest) impressions of Tyra Banks, Tina Turner, Cher, Monique and others. It’s worth watching just to see Raja make fun of Tyra… especially knowing Sutan was a makeup artist on America’s Next Top Model. Check out the episode below…
