Category: Reviews
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Nine): Insanity
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Nine): InsanityI am not insane! You are! All of you are! I am the only sane person left on this planet! Because you are all under the influence of Pan, the flute-wielding god of the Pan-Americana highway.
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Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume II
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Read more: Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume IIRegarding broads, the greatest character arc of them all involves the one where, at long last, she finally finds her voice. The lamb who exits a lion, out loud and on her terms.
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The Unsung: Mr. Hand, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
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Read more: The Unsung: Mr. Hand, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)He begins every year exactly the same way, and likely has for decades. No one quite remembers when he first showed up, but he’s taken on all comers and outlasted them all.
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Greenland 2: Migration (2026)
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Read more: Greenland 2: Migration (2026)Greenland 2: Migration is a great example of a sequel whose existence raises a few eyebrows.
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The Unsung: Marty Walker, The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
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Read more: The Unsung: Marty Walker, The Devil’s Rejects (2005)The local eccentric, all moustache and lambchops, waiting desperately for someone to give a shit. At last, somebody does. The local sheriff, in fact
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Cube (1997)
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Read more: Cube (1997)Cube does not give you a “why”, but like the universe, it is just there. Cube was not excessively gory and violent, although there were a couple of scenes that vividly demonstrated the frailty of the human body against well accelerated physics or deadly chemistry.
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Eight): Bad Robots
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Eight): Bad RobotsEvil is a human concept. AI isn’t evil; it optimizes.
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Seven): Demons
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Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Seven): DemonsSatan loves you. You see, the thing is, with demonic possession, it’s internal. Therein lies the real horror.
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Three Guesses as To Why the Most Successful Movie Franchise is the Least Culturally Impactful: -or- Why Avatar Fire and Ash will make a lot of money and leave no legacy.
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Read more: Three Guesses as To Why the Most Successful Movie Franchise is the Least Culturally Impactful: -or- Why Avatar Fire and Ash will make a lot of money and leave no legacy.I spent 3 and a half hours, over an eighth of my day, in a theater watching this. And less than an hour later the details are already running like water out of my mind and memory
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Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume I
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Read more: Broads Who Mattered: The Great Women of Cinema, Volume IThe key to stardom, in any age, is all about that first impression. It can be full of fireworks, yes, but for that top tier of talent – the rarefied air of classic Hollywood glamour – it’s just as easily achieved in the prone position.