Category: Movies
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The Great Pumpkin and the Tragic Piety of Linus
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Read more: The Great Pumpkin and the Tragic Piety of LinusI was asked what I like to watch for Halloween, what scares me and what do I watch to be scared, and I had to think about it because I usually don’t watch anything for Halloween.
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Venom: The Last Dance
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Read more: Venom: The Last DanceWith the success of Venom ($856 million box office) in 2018, Sony Pictures executives were probably clinking champagne glasses, fully confident that their fledgling Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU) was well-positioned for long-term success.
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Inherent Vice (2014)
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Read more: Inherent Vice (2014)Inherent Vice is what Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye would be like is the detectives were the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Google it, Gen Xers).
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The Unsung: Conal Cochran, Halloween III
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Read more: The Unsung: Conal Cochran, Halloween IIIGive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to kill children….
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Starring Debuts #3: Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween (1978)
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Read more: Starring Debuts #3: Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween (1978)The most surprising thing about Jamie Lee Curtis’ career-launching turn as Laurie Strode in this late seventies slasher is how dull she is for nearly all of it. And I don’t mean dull in an interesting way.
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Smile 2 (2024)
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Read more: Smile 2 (2024)In the case of Smile 2, Alice goes by the name Skye Riley (Naomi Scott). Skye is a wildly popular singer and recovering drug addict getting ready to go on a comeback tour after recovering from severe spinal injuries
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The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)
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Read more: The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)Another day, another Robert Ryan masterpiece. Fuck slowly but surely; in giant unapologetic gulps, Mr. Ryan is becoming my go-to cinematic figure; a lowdown, nasty sumbitch who, like the sunrise, can be counted on to make your hair stand on end.
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Man of Steel (2013)
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Read more: Man of Steel (2013)The triumph of production design over story, characterization or common sense.
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We Live in Time (2024)
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Read more: We Live in Time (2024)I don’t know how many horror movies I will see by the end of the year (four so far), but I’m certain We Live in Time will be the scariest movie I see all year.
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The Unsung: Wade, Nashville
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Read more: The Unsung: Wade, NashvilleIn a nation of liars, he is a beacon of truth. In a city packed to the gills with self-deception, self-indulgence, and the defiantly untalented insisting on themselves at every opportunity, he is a refreshing, almost essential pitstop.