Mickey Mouse Sinks in Public Domain Horror Disaster
In the last few years, a growing trend in horror has been “horror-fying” popular pieces of entertainment that have entered the public domain. This year, we’ve already seen Popeye’s Revenge, released a mere two months after the cartoon character entered…
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A Paranoid, Slow-Burning Debut That Gripped Me to the Very End
There is a beauty to indie filmmaking, particularly when the creatives involved prove that it doesn't take a big budget to craft a mind-bending feat. Gazer, a thriller shot on 16 mm by first-time filmmaker Ryan J. Sloan, keeps the…
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Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren & Pierce Brosnan Seethe With Dramatic Fury In Guy Ritchie’s Compelling Crime Family Series
Working more prodigiously than lightning-fast directors Steven Soderbergh or Steven Spielberg these days, British filmmaker Guy Ritchie is on a roll, and it’s arguably the greatest creative jag of his career. Having just completed a family crime drama with last…
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‘Squid Game’s Park Hae-soo Is a Scene Stealer in Netflix’s Brutal, Uneven K-Thriller
While the international interest in Korean pop culture was on the rise long before Squid Game entered the sphere, the Netflix show catapulted this profitable intersection of the juggernaut streaming service and South Korea firmly into mainstream media. Now, there…
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A Vicious Killer, or a Pathetic Old Man?
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The White Lotus Season 3 Episode 7. As soon as The White Lotus Season 3's atmospheric theme song and title sequence close out in Episode 7, the screen is replaced with a…
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You’ve Got to See the Surreal Snow White Movie That Turned Her Into a Bullfighter — It’s Got 95% on Rotten Tomatoes!
Although the world didn’t end in 2012 as doomsday conspiracy theorists believed, it was a busy year for those who love fairy tales. Two English-language adaptations of Snow White were released into theaters, where movie audiences could go see Charlize…
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The Truth Finally Comes Out in the Lester Thompson Trial
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Suits LA Episode 6.After a rocky start to Lester's (Kevin Weisman) murder trial on Suits LA, Ted (Stephen Amell) finally finds his groove this week, and a latent respect for criminal defense…
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Two Iconic Sherlock Holmes Characters Join the Show
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Watson Episode 8.For better or worse, Watson is a loose adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. Unlike other medical dramas that have drawn inspiration from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective and his loyal…
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Colter Shaw Enlists an Old Rival to Investigate a Prison Break
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Tracker Season 2 Episode 15. Multiple threads come together in Season 2, Episode 15 of Tracker — but if you're looking for details about the mysterious past of Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley),…
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Death Reigns Supreme in the Penultimate Chapter
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for 1923 Season 2 Episode 6. With only one installment of 1923 Season 2 left, Taylor Sheridan puts all his characters to the test in the penultimate episode, "The Mountain Teeth of Monsters."…
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This Gloriously Self-Aware Rom-Com Is Almost Perfect But It Misses One Key Element Of The Ideal Romance
Meet Cute in Manhattan promises a love letter to rom-coms, and I was thrilled to see that it actually delivers. Romantic comedies have been making something of a comeback in recent years, and while I'm always ready for a good…
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I Was Charmed By Steve Coogan’s Weird & Wonderful Dramedy That Sees A Man’s Worldview Changed By A Penguin
The Penguin Lessons is a heartwarming, inspiring film set against a backdrop that is as deeply disturbing as the landscape is beautiful. The film, loosely based on true events, follows the life of a British expat English teacher working in…
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