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How Blu-ray ‘Village’ Saves Hokey Remake
The 1995 film features extra terrestrial children, their glowing eyes telepathically ordering adults to do terrible things. I’m getting ahead…
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Why We’re Wrong About ‘True Detective’ Season 2
Before the season was half over, the phrase was everywhere. “True Detective” and the term “hate watching” became connected in…
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Reviews
HiT Rewind: ‘April Fool’s Day’ (1986)
This isn’t an April Fool’s Day gag but a genuine recommendation, especially if you’re “not into scary movies.” Die-hard horror…
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‘Remember’ Plummer’s Performance, Not the Movie
His friend Max (Martin Landau) has financed Zev’s journey, including his hotel accommodations and travel expenses. What we gradually learn…
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How ‘Species’ Survived 3 Sorry Sequels
Even its studio, MGM, famously had low expectations. It should have considered that the combo of slick special effects, gore, ample…
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Reviews
‘Forsaken’ Squanders Dueling Sutherlands
John Henry Clayton reconnects with his father, a disapproving reverend played by Kiefer’s real-life father, the great Donald Sutherland. The…
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Movies
‘Serpent’ Still Horror’s Ultimate Burial Shocker
Don Coscarelli’s “Phantasm” exploits the imagery of a mortuary (and the process of embalming) to unsettling effect. Roger Corman’s “Premature…
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Opinion
Pop Culture Confessions: ‘Sister Act’ Dream or Nightmare?
When I woke up, my thoughts regarding the imaginary film were so thorough, I immediately typed the constructive criticism I…
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‘Lazer Team’ Isn’t the Cult Classic It Strains to Be
“Dude, Where’s My Car” may have been shamelessly dumb, but it had consistently successful, even witty, gags. The same can’t…
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Take Two: Why ‘Jem’ Deserves a Second Chance
The big screen adaption of the ’80s animated hit had one of the worst openings of all time. The few who…
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