#The Best Slasher Movie Since Scream – /Film

#The Best Slasher Movie Since Scream – /Film

“#The Best Slasher Movie Since Scream – /Film” Filled with inventive kills, genuinely funny jokes, and a surprisingly warm heart, Freaky is one of the year’s most enjoyable films. It’s a blood-drenched horror-comedy that goes for big laughs, bigger gore, and wraps it all up in touching pathos that’s bound to catch more than a few viewers…

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#Mel Gibson is the worst Santa of all time

#Mel Gibson is the worst Santa of all time

“#Mel Gibson is the worst Santa of all time” And here I thought the pandemic would ruin Christmas. But Mel Gibson got there first. For his latest instrument of torture, a k a film, the actor plays Chris Cringle, a k a Santa Claus, in “Fatman.” Many performers have given a unique spin on Father Christmas, from Edmund Gwenn…

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#Fincher Does Hollywood – /Film

#Fincher Does Hollywood – /Film

“#Fincher Does Hollywood – /Film” “It isn’t enough to tell us what a man did. You’ve got to tell us who he was.” – Citizen Kane Herman J. Mankiewicz, genius Hollywood screenwriter, has been sent away to Arizona. Broken – his leg is in a thick cast following a car accident – and eager to get…

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#So many scares that nothing is scary

#So many scares that nothing is scary

“#So many scares that nothing is scary” “The Dark and the Wicked” would benefit from some light and some normal. The sleepy horror movie is an onslaught of spooky images that, while well-done, are watered down by sheer abundance. We stop being scared after the first 15 minutes because there is nothing new to see….

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#A Grim-dark, No-Good Superhero Movie – /Film

#A Grim-dark, No-Good Superhero Movie – /Film

“#A Grim-dark, No-Good Superhero Movie – /Film” Rarely is it a good sign when a feature film opens with a dictionary definition, especially when the word being defined is pretty familiar to most viewers. Perhaps the best that can be said about the new Norwegian-American thriller Mortal is that after defining the eponymous word, the…

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#A Moody Environmental Fable With Teeth – /Film

#A Moody Environmental Fable With Teeth – /Film

“#A Moody Environmental Fable With Teeth – /Film” “Unfortunate you, if you cannot understand the mysteries of the jungle…” There’s a Mayan myth of the “Xtabay,” a female demon said to dwell in the forest who lures men to their deaths with her incomparable beauty. Described as having lustrous, shining black hair that falls to…

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#In this horror film, a ‘do will do you in

#In this horror film, a ‘do will do you in

“#In this horror film, a ‘do will do you in” Praise Rip Taylor! Camp is alive and well. Fun had been on life support in the horror genre for a few years as films became more socially conscious after “Get Out” exploded, and others grew paralyzingly scary. But there are still writers and directors out…

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