I Wish Clive Barker’s Short Story Adaptation Didn’t Play It So Safe Because It’s Wonderfully Animated
While some may wait to start with the likes of the Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street franchises when they're older, some kids look to get into horror at a younger age, and have always had a variety…
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Errol Morris’ Netflix Documentary Walks a Fine Line Between Investigation and Conspiracy Theory
In 1969, the dream died. Chances are you've heard that one before. Also, it is quite likely you know pretty well what dream we are talking about: it's, of course, the hippie dream of a more equal and just world…
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The ‘Parasite’ and ‘Fresh’ Mash-Up No One Was Hungry For
Hollywood has been inundated with “eat-the-rich” films for the past twenty years as society grapples with an increasingly tenuous class disparity. The results of this emerging genre have had their own disparity, as films like the Best Picture winner Parasite…
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Netflix’s Villain-Led ‘SpongeBob’ Spin-Off Is a Surprising Delight
Ah, SpongeBob SquarePants, an animated series that has enjoyed a long-lasting career that most children's shows only dream of. As hard as it might be to believe, Nickelodeon's highly lucrative talking sponge (Tom Kenny) just recently turned 25 years old,…
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I Was Compelled Yet Underwhelmed By Amanda Seyfried’s Dreamy, Nightmarish Drama That Falls Prey To Its Worst Tendencies
Despite my best efforts, I couldn't stop thinking about Tár while watching Seven Veils. Even though these two movies are actually quite different, the concepts of power dynamics and long-held secrets within grand artistic institutions almost made them of a…
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John Lithgow And Geoffrey Rush Can’t Help This Baffling Thriller
Every so often, a film comes along that, from the outset, might appear relatively inconsequential. Perhaps it features two actors with a résumé as long and exceptional as any Hollywood legend; possibly its nursing home setting and premise of a…
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Lucy Hale’s Swipes Right on a Killer
After her breakthrough role in Pretty Little Liars, Lucy Hale has recently starred in a string of films that offer her own brand of laughs or terror. She confidently struts down the rom-com path with wholesome installments of The Hating…
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We’re Dead in the Water!
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Doctor Odyssey Episode 9. It has been a long three months since Doctor Odyssey’s favorite throuple steamed up their primetime slot. The midseason finale saw Avery (Phillipa Soo) paying the price for…
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Plankton: The Movie Review – I’m In Awe Of Netflix’s Must-See SpongeBob Animation & Its Ability To Effortlessly Blend Genres
Twenty-five years after his introduction, Plankton is finally taking over — well, sort of. Plankton: The Movie places Krusty Krab’s biggest rival center stage in an original story by SpongeBob SquarePants' original voice actor, Mr. Lawrence. Once again, Plankton is…
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Amanda Seyfried & Atom Egoyan Reteam for Bracing Exploration Of Trauma Via Some Opera & Meta-Text
A Russian nesting doll of trauma, meta-text, and workplace politicking, “Seven Veils” stretches the boundaries of its medium to tell a story that hovers between several different thematic and narrative levels. An opera inside a movie that is a synthesis…
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Great Performances Save Apple TV+’s Wildly Convoluted Drug Heist Drama
Atlanta's Brian Tyree Henry and Narcos star Wagner Moura are teaming up for a Philly drug adventure in Dope Thief, created by The Batman and Bad Boys for Life scribe Peter Craig and with executive producer Ridley Scott helming the…
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Tai Pulls the Short Straw and Coach Scott Faces Twisted Justice
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets Season 3 Episode 5. After last week’s explosive episode chock full of twists, cliffhangers, and shocking exits, Yellowjackets Season 3's fifth episode is tasked with giving us some answers. Lottie’s (Simone…
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