It doesn’t take long for The Witch to make a lasting impression. We meet the title character very early on. She’s hidden in shadows, obscured by branches, and in the midst of doing something unspeakable. Her actions are further obscured by the awful sounds made by her walking stick and her rapid, shallow breathing. Writer-director Robert...
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The latest movie to feature Charles Schulz’s iconic Peanuts gang came out this weekend, opening to warm if somewhat mixed reviews, and a respectable $45 million in the U.S. and Canada. Arriving just in time for the holidays, The Peanuts Movie, swinging for the fences with everything in its arsenal of lacquered nostalgia and...
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One of the hardest things for a movie to evoke is a mounting sense of dread. There are so many horror and thriller films that rely on violence or staccato blasts of music to put the audience on the edge of their seats. It’s much harder to make the audience feel unsafe by seemingly...
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There’s a knock on your front door. You know what’s coming but don’t want to believe it. You lie to your family members, telling them not to worry, that you’ve got it all under control. You take a deep breath and open the door. A well-dressed man holds out his hand. He’s flanked by...
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There’s a small horror movie from Germany playing in select theaters right now that most critics are hailing as some kind of dark masterpiece in the vein of The Babadook and It Follows. That kind of praise, coupled with it’s creepy trailer, got my attention real quick so I’m sorry to report that Goodnight Mommy is a stunning disappointment....
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Mad Max: Fury Road is incredible. You probably already know this, either because you’ve seen the film or someone has frantically rushed up to you and shouted something along the lines of, “GAGHHH IT’S AMAZING GO SEE IT YESTERDAY.” It puts every action movie of the last decade to shame. It’s so perfectly executed,...
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Like every child of the 90’s, I grew up on a steady diet of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. I think I saw Terminator 2–edited for TV of course–before I could even walk. I wasn’t old enough to think about what a strange movie star he was, with his absurdly long name and thick accent. I just...
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‘Over-stuffed’ doesn’t even begin to describe Avengers: Age of Ultron. One wonders if Marvel executives held writer-director Joss Whedon at gunpoint while shouting, “You must include this character! And this character! And don’t forget this one! And you better make sure to mention stuff that will be important for later movies!! WRITE! WRITE! GET...
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The wait is over. Finally, after all these years of turmoil, we can sit down and enjoy the eighth film in the beloved and treasured Leprechaun franchise. Leprechaun Returns arrives today on digital platforms just in time for Christmas! Which is the perfect holiday for a Leprechaun movie to be released. It’s not as if there’s any...
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It takes a truly talented filmmaker to make a movie as unpleasant to sit through as Maps to the Stars. David Cronenberg has made some of my favorite movies and will always be a director I hold in high regard. The first Cronenberg flick I saw was The Fly and it holds up as well today...
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