Posts By Christian Toto

“Vice” is one of the most nominated films of 2018. That hardly tells the whole story.

Far-left director Adam McKay’s film chronicles the rise of Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) through …
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This critic once declared “Transformers: The Last Knight” was more than just a terrible, awful movie. The sequel represented the most painful movie-going experience of my professional life.

This year …
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Hollywood routinely creates characters you’d lock up in jail if you could.

Think Walter White, Jack Sparrow and countless other antiheroes who break the law (and much worse) while creating …
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Another year, another 12 months when TV stole film’s thunder.

We didn’t get an original episode of “Game of Thrones” in 2018. Otherwise, TV continued to dominate the pop culture …
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There’s no shame in pop culture obsessions.

We live in a Comic-Con age where grown men and women dress up, AKA cosplay, at packed gatherings each year.

For …
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Roger L. Simon has something too many in Hollywood lack: Self awareness.

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter admits his waning appetite for modern movies may be age related. He’s in his 70s, …
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Well, you wanted something original, right?

Only the latest dystopian yarn, “Mortal Engines,” can’t help but pilfer in the third act. Let’s give the filmmakers points for good taste. The …
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Writer/director Chris von Hoffmann breaks out the yellow highlighter early and often in “Monster Party.”

The score is ominous (squeak!), goosed with audio NOS. The reaction shots are routinely wide …
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Two can play this “Apology Game,” says rapper/actor Nick Cannon.

Cannon scored plenty of headlines by defending his friend, Kevin Hart, following his ouster as Oscar host due to homophobic …
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You know bald, burly Patrick Kilpatrick from dozens of tough guy roles, but he started his career as a writer.

The man who later stood toe to toe with the …
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