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Movies are sometimes more than they claim to be. In the case of M. J. Bassett’s Rogue — what is...
78.75%
77.75%
The uncomfortable silence of an awkward pause, the suspicion that someone might be talking about you when you leave the...
63.75%
Being a teenager almost always feels like an inescapable curse, but the 17-year-old girl at the center of Thomas Robert Lee’s The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is the living embodiment of evil. She may walk and talk like the rest of us but she breathes smoke and death followers wherever she...
86.5%
Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant’s Lucky enters familiar territory while also breaking new ground. On top of work troubles, author...
70%
Guess who’s coming to dinner? It’s not Sidney Poitier. No, it’s some no-good punk with a weird haircut, who will...
97.5%
The law is intended to maintain order and protect civil liberties. It may not always work out that way, but there is at least a process in place to give us some peace of mind. Supposing ordinary law is suddenly superseded by something far more restrictive and absolute — what...
72.5%
Have you ever watched a Godzilla movie and wondered what he would taste like? Probably very gamey and radiated. But...
77.5%
Death as a career makes for an interesting life. It’s like holding the great beyond with oven mitts, the corners...
63.75%
The late-night shift becomes a living nightmare in Brea Grant’s 12 Hour Shift, a comedic one-night disaster that sends a junkie nurse through the wringer as she tries to avoid police, dodge suspicion, and stay alive, all while trying to do her job…and maybe stealing a few organs along the...
87.5%
The Brothers Grimm and the like laid the groundwork for modern storytelling. From damsels in distress to wicked parental figures...
87%
I’m a huge advocate of watching movies while under the influence. I believe occasionally taking psychedelic drugs before a viewing...
82.5%
Special Actors, Shinichiro Ueda’s follow-up to the break-away hit One Cut of The Dead, is a feel-good comedy involving cults, ghosts, psychics, and actors implanted in everyday life like an immersive game gone mad. Continuing his streak of meta-movies, Special Actors is as much about the filmmaking process as it is about...
