#A Surprisingly Fun Blast From the Past – /Film

#A Surprisingly Fun Blast From the Past – /Film

“#A Surprisingly Fun Blast From the Past – /Film” There’s a brand of cheesy, cornball, slightly trashy sci-fi blockbuster from the ’90s that died with the Clinton years as movies gave way to Bush-era cynicism (and Michael Bay-driven cacophony). You know the type: Independence Day and Volcano, movies that revolved around a misfit band of heroes and which…

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#The Purge Series Ends – /Film

#The Purge Series Ends – /Film

“#The Purge Series Ends – /Film” Has there ever been a movie franchise as frustrating as The Purge? The Blumhouse moneymaker has a killer premise – America has created a holiday in which once a year all crime is legal for 12 hours. There’s so much you can do with an idea like that; so much…

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#A Desperate Sequel – /Film

#A Desperate Sequel – /Film

“#A Desperate Sequel – /Film” Two weeks ago, Pixar released its latest original film, Luca, straight to Disney+. Some reviews (like the one from /Film’s own Hoai-Tran Bui) praised the film for being a fine depiction of the coming of age of two young boys, while others dubbed Luca as “minor Pixar”. Pixar movies, fairly or…

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#A Love Letter to Horror Fans – /Film

#A Love Letter to Horror Fans – /Film

“#A Love Letter to Horror Fans – /Film” A blood-drenched love letter to horror fans who came of age in the era of Scream, Leigh Janiak‘s Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is a creepy, funny, ultra-violent take on the type of teen-centric horror popularized by R.L. Stine near the dawn of the 21st century. Stine may be more famous…

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#Steven Soderbergh’s Slick, Breezy Crime Caper – /Film

#Steven Soderbergh’s Slick, Breezy Crime Caper – /Film

“#Steven Soderbergh’s Slick, Breezy Crime Caper – /Film” You can’t trust anybody these days in No Sudden Move, Steven Soderbergh‘s slick, breezy crime saga about a group of nefarious crooks from all walks of life chasing after the same MacGuffin. The prolific Soderbergh shot this star-studded caper during the pandemic, but this isn’t another of the filmmaker’s…

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#A Laborious Rosemary’s Baby Riff – /Film

#A Laborious Rosemary’s Baby Riff – /Film

“#A Laborious Rosemary’s Baby Riff – /Film” Why can’t pregnancy horror movies escape the ghost of Rosemary’s Baby? More than 50 years have passed since the Roman Polanski classic hit our screens, but its shadow looms large over many a movie that attempts to tackle the horrifying realities — and fantasies — of childbirth. And…

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#’Werewolves Within’ review: A spastic horror comedy

#’Werewolves Within’ review: A spastic horror comedy

“#’Werewolves Within’ review: A spastic horror comedy” Running time: 97 minutes. <br>Rated R (some bloody violence, sexual references and language throughout.) In theaters. “Werewolves Within” joins the rarefied club of video game film adaptations that don’t make me want to gouge my eyes out.  That’s because its source material is a quirky comedic good time…

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#Stupid movie series should drive off a cliff

#Stupid movie series should drive off a cliff

“#Stupid movie series should drive off a cliff” Running time: 145 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sequences of violence and action, and language.) In theaters. “We’re all stuck driving in the same s–tty circle,” says Michelle Rodriguez’s character Letty in “F9: The Fast Saga.” “And we’re never getting out.” Besides expressing Letty’s vague existential crisis, Rodriguez is…

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#’Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ review: Assassinate this movie, please

#’Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ review: Assassinate this movie, please

“#’Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ review: Assassinate this movie, please” Running time: 99 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexual content). In theaters. The answer to the question “How many jokes can Salma Hayek crack about her own breasts?” has arrived in the form of a movie called “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard.”…

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