The Red Door a Box Office Success?
The Insidious franchise recently made its grand return to the big screen after a five-year hiatus since the release of the fourth entry in 2018. This eagerly anticipated comeback in the form of Insidious: The Red Door, directed by franchise…
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Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie Details, Film Cast, Genre & Rating
Release Date October 27, 2023 Digital Date October 27, 2023 (Streaming) Running Time Not available Can you survive five nights? The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man— brings Five…
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Ordinary Angels Movie Details, Film Cast, Genre & Rating
Release Date October 13, 2023 Based on a remarkable true story, ORDINARY ANGELS centers on Sharon (Hilary Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed (Alan Ritchson), a…
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The First-Ever Movie Sequel Has Been Lost — But Maybe That’s a Good Thing
D.W. Griffith's epic 1915 film The Birth of a Nation is controversial, to say the least. Putting that aside for the moment, it is also a watershed moment in the history of film. Griffith pioneered a number of filmmaking techniques,…
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Breaking Down Every Reason the Film Is a Box Office Failure
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had a disappointing opening weekend at the box office, collecting a meager $60 million domestically. Many box office forecasters predicted this outcome weeks in advance. The fifth chapter of the Indiana Jones franchise…
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The Marx Brothers ‘Go West’ in One of the First Western Comedies
In 1940, the Marx Bros. appeared in one of the earliest cinematic western comedies, an overlooked picture called Go West. It comes from pretty late in the post-Zeppo era, a run of pictures often considered inferior to when the brothers…
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Why Is KeKe’s Palmer’s Debut Role Still So Relevant?
In the tradition of Jodi Foster, Emma Watson, and Drew Barrymore, there is another actress whose talent survived childhood stardom and remains viable and among the most popular in Hollywood during her adult years. Best known to the world as…
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This Underrated Actor Appears in Two of the Oscars’ Most Awarded Films
Bernard Hill may be one of the most underrated and underappreciated actors of our time, but he is the only person to have the privilege of playing two characters in two separate films with 11 Academy Award wins. He has…
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Breaking Down Every Easter Egg From the Trailer
The enthralling world of Willy Wonka is set to be fully revealed to us, as Warner Bros. Pictures has released the highly awaited trailer for Timothée Chalamet's newest endeavor, fittingly named Wonka. This movie will explore the origins of Willy…
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‘Oppenheimer’ Review: Nolan Captures a Perfect Trinity in Politics and Technology
Life is a choice, a rather bold statement considering that, too often, our subjective perspective does not lend itself very well to making a choice. Living with the consequences of those choices, and the resultant fallout, is where we most…
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Biggest Difference Between ‘Ben-Hur’ and the Novel It’s Based On
1959's Ben-Hur is the very definition of an epic, a sprawling experience that few films truly match, as told by its record 11 Academy Award wins it shares with only Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of…
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What Story Does Greta Gerwig’s Upcoming Film Have to Tell?
In 1959, Ruth Handler created the first-ever Barbie Doll, modeled after a German doll called Bild Lilli, for the American toy company Mattel. Since then, the toy has skyrocketed in popularity and become one of the biggest toys to ever…
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