Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Review: A Purr-fect Comeback
It would be fair to say that DreamWorks Animation is not the juggernaut that it used to be. From the early 2000s up until the early 2010s, the animation studio has given audiences true classics in the medium including the…
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‘Halloween Ends’: Pretty Please? Promise? [Review]
If there’s a lesson to be learned from David Gordon Green’s trilogy of “Halloween” legacy-quels, it’s to quit while you’re ahead. His 2018 “Halloween” (a direct sequel to the original 1978 masterpiece and a ret-con of its many, many follow-ups) was a surprisingly…
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Burnzy’s Last Call – Directors Cut
In the mid-90s, Michael de Avila’s feature film, Burnzy’s Last Call, was a staple of the Sundance Channel and its exclusivity deal with Blockbuster Video. Now whittled down to one last Blockbuster, de Avila’s movie was seemingly lost forever until he…
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Brendan Fraser Leads Silliest Superhero Season Yet
Home TV Reviews 'Doom Patrol' Season 4 Part 1 Review: Brendan Fraser Leads the Silliest Superhero Season Yet There is no show out there that offers both superhero silliness and, among many other things, singing butts that have been resurrected.…
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Roberts & Clooney Charm In Enjoyably Mediocre Rom-Com
Home Movie Reviews Ticket To Paradise Review: Roberts & Clooney Charm In Enjoyably Mediocre Rom-Com Ticket to Paradise seems too afraid to dig into the romantic aspects, but it makes up for it by being charming, sweet, and occasionally funny.…
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Martin Scorsese’s David Johansen Bio-Doc/Concert Film Offers Maximum Vibes [NYFF]
First, a confession: I came to “Personality Crisis: One Night Only,” knowing next to nothing about the New York Dolls or its lead singer, David Johansen. Sure I’d heard of them and heard a fair amount of the Dolls’ music, and Johansen’s, and that of his…
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The Title Says It All
It's bloody, and it's about Christmas. What more do you need? Christmas Bloody Christmas makes two promises in its title: it’s going to be about Christmas, and it’s going to be bloody. It succeeds on both fronts to create a…
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An Emotional Conclusion to the War Against God
What started as a story about a precocious young girl tracking down kidnappers has grown and turned into a multiversal event of epic proportions. Of course, if you're at all familiar with Philip Pullman's book series, then you know that…
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Holy Spider | Film Threat
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA 2022 REVIEW! Director Ali Abbasi’s third feature, Holy Spider, is based on serial murders that happened in Iran in 2002. Written by Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahrami, the film is about Saeed Hanaei, a veteran of…
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Men Movie Review: A Wild Masterpiece
Nick Clement brings us his thoughts on the brand new Alex Garland feature with this Men movie review. Harper retreats to the countryside to be alone in the wake of a tragedy, but her unease at the town’s leering and…
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A Delightful & Heartfelt Twist On Fairy Tales
Home Movie Reviews The School For Good & Evil Review: A Delightful & Heartfelt Twist On Fairy Tales The film doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it's a lot of fun and has plenty of heart thanks to its leading performances…
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An Insipid, Comedic Take On ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Watching “Rosaline” one can’t help but think of the Shakespeare-inspired or period-set films aimed at teens in the late-’90s, like “10 Things I Hate About You” or “Ever After” to name just a couple. They are smart, often stridently feminist…
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