Shudder Horror Comedy Is Messy, Bloody Fun
Making a name for himself by bashing people's faces with a bat wrapped in barbed wire on the screen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan steps back onto this bloody path. But in this horror comedy, he spends more time behind the camera.…
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Beck’s Running Out of Options, and Reacher’s Running Out of Patience
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Reacher Season 3 Episode 7. Season 3 of Reacher has one week to go, tragically, and the only thing more inevitable than Reacher (Alan Ritchson) getting into another life-threatening situation is the…
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‘House of David’ Episode 6 Recap: Things Get Goliath-Sized
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for House of David Episode 6. We are only two episodes away from the end of House of David's first season, but with news that the series has already been renewed for Season…
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Hellboy: The Crooked Man Review
Though he may be something of a cult legend, Mike Mignola’s Hellboy character has been the focus of more movies than even some of the biggest comic book characters. Beginning with Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman’s live-action films, the…
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Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In Hulu’s Riveting Series Of Adoption Gone Terribly Wrong
Remember “Orphan?” That rather upsetting horror tale of a deranged woman in her early 30s afflicted with dwarfism who, after posing as a nine-year-old girl, proceeds to inflict a battery of terror upon her adopted parents? Surprisingly, the events of…
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If Rand Could Turn Back Time
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Wheel of Time Season 3 Episode 4. One of the most fascinating aspects of The Wheel of Time's world is the argument that it could equally be categorized as post-futuristic and…
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Move Over, Benoit Blanc; Uzo Aduba’s Quirky Detective Elevates Netflix’s White House Murder Mystery
You know the murder mystery genre has made a resurgence — or perhaps never truly died — when there's even a scene in a new murder mystery show remarking on it. That's the case, no pun intended, for Netflix's new…
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I Had Fun With Bill Skarsgård & Anthony Hopkins’ Occasionally Absurd Action Thriller Despite A Flawed First Impression
Locked gets off to a shaky start, not only as the shaky camera pans across various locations in a city, but also as the film introduces its central conflict. Eddie Barish (Bill Skarsgård) is a young man seeking money to…
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‘Survivor 48’ Episode 4 Recap: Better Swap Around
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Survivor Season 48, Episode 4. Numbers are important on Survivor. So is knowledge. Sometimes, you can lay out the best plan, but when Jeff Probst throws that curveball, it's time to reset. For…
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Disney’s Live-Action Remake of Their First Classic Isn’t as Dopey as You’re Expecting
88 years ago, Disney released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, their first feature-length animated film, which not only completely changed the possibilities for the studio, but changed movie history by showing what animation could do. After years of honing…
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David Mitchell’s BritBox Murder Mystery Isn’t Just Another Crime Procedural
I’m not a twin, but I spent a lot of my childhood wishing I was. It always seemed so cool, the idea of sharing a face with someone, even pretending to be them just for fun. It might also explain…
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Snow White Review | Flickreel
Let’s be fair, people. I’m not going to unpack all of the controversy leading up to Snow White’s release, but it’s safe to say most of the internet has already made up their minds. That’s not how film criticism should…
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