Unbridled terror streaming now. For more than a decade, Netflix’s streaming service has been a harbor for the dissemination of horror movies. It’s been host to indie darlings and silver screen legends alike and acted as a distributor for many…
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Summary Ashoka is a sequel to Star Wars Rebels and features characters from the animated series, like Sabine Wren with her own lightsaber fight. The series hints that Ezra Bridger may be in another galaxy, potentially leading to a whole…
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It’s hard to encapsulate the cinema of a particular filmmaker in just one word, but if one were to try their hand at it with Mexican maverick Michel Franco, a word that’d come to mind is violence. The filmmaker’s work…
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American filmmaker, Sam Raimi, is a master of horror, comedy and action, best known for directing the Spider-Man trilogy and the Evil Dead franchise. Born in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1959, his filmmaking journey began at an early age, an…
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The Big Picture Both Chef Julian and John Kramer have a twisted view of art and entertainment, finding pleasure in orchestrating dramatic presentations and monologues, as well as creating interactive games for their victims. Neither Chef Julian nor John Kramer…
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This past week saw the release of DC's Blue Beetle, a hotly anticipated new film that sort of exists within the limbo between the previous DC phase, the "Snyderverse", and its upcoming new one, "Gods and Monsters", to be headed…
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As is the case every year, September remains a notable film month mainly because so many overlapping and concurrent film festivals are taking place. As Venice, Telluride, and the Toronto International Film Festival begin and come to a close, with…
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The Big Picture There is a quiet phenomenon of misremembered movie details floating around, like the famous "Luke, I am your father" quote from Star Wars. In keeping with that understanding, there is allegedly an alternate ending to the movie…
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Back in 2012, when the first season of DC's Arrow was released, no one knew just what a complex and elaborate shared world the series would go on to spawn. As more shows and characters were introduced in subsequent years,…
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It’s officially September. Summer is winding down, school is starting, and the Fall film festival circuit has kicked off. By the time you read this, you’ll have seen dozens of our reviews from the Venice Film Festival and Telluride Film…
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The Big Picture Roland Emmerich's parodied Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in Godzilla because of their dislike of his past movies like Independence Day. Emmerich's portrayal of Mayor Ebert and his sidekick Gene was too on-the-nose, making the parody feel…
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Summary Archer revolutionized animated adult fare, paving the way for shows like Rick & Morty and Teenage Euthanasia to find their audience. The untimely death of Jessica Walter halted plans for an Arrested Development reunion and an Archer homage episode.…
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