Movies
Today’s audiences don’t just watch movies at the local cineplex. They screen them on their laptops, tablets and smart phones as well. The genres may be different, but Hollywood in Toto looks at entertainment value first and foremost when helping you pick the best movie for your favorite media player.
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‘Halloween Kills’ a Reborn Franchise
Movie franchises matter more than movie stars, even when they’re anchored by soulless killers. The 2018 “Halloween” refresh honored that…
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‘Vamp’ Gave Grace Jones a Perfectly Unexpected Close Up
Two college students, AJ and Keith, (Robert Rusler and Chris Makepeace), partake in a late-night mission in “Vamp” — find…
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‘Grave Intentions’ Serves Up Sloppy Anthology Scares
Horror anthologies offer something for everyone, in theory. Not a fan of story A.? Just wait. The next chapter might…
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‘Brain Freeze’ Satirizes the Usual Targets … with a Twist
George A. Romero’s shadow still looms large over the zombie genre. Romero deftly blended gore, shocks and satire throughout his…
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Tarantino’s ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ Isn’t Worthy of Its Cult Following
Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Til Dawn” opens with the criminal Gecko brothers (George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino) destroying a convenience…
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Why the Atrocious ‘Shout’ Couldn’t Derail Travolta’s Career
For die hard movie fans, the list of bad movies that fished us in with great trailers is tall and…
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Why ‘Deadly Friend’ Missed Classic Status, Settled for Camp
Wes Craven’s “Deadly Friend” (1986) was the filmmaker’s major studio attempt to recapture lightening in a bottle. The movie came…
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Why ‘House’ Took More Risks than Most ’80s Horror Films
In Steve Miner’s “House” (1986), William Katt stars as Roger Cobb, a successful horror novelist whose marriage has ended after…
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‘God’s Not Dead: We the People’ Is the Movie We Need, Flaws and All
The “God’s Not Dead” franchise caught up to the zeitgeist, and then some. The 2014 original did more than snag…
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‘Skills Like This’ – The Indie Darling Time (and Audiences) Forgot
Monty Miranda’s Colorado-set “Skills Like This” isn’t interested in formula and constantly swims upstream from mainstream movie expectations. That’s one…
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