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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‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Is a Bloated Nostalgia Headache
Malcolm D. Lee’s 25-years later sequel, “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” combines the worst aspects of “Ready Player One,” “Ralph…
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‘Twister’ at 25: Small IQ, Huge Thrills
Twenty-five years ago, a legendary summer movie season began with a storm. May 10th 1996 kicked off with the arrival…
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Horror Import ‘Kandisha’ Offers Fresh Take on Time-Tested Formula
Horror has a long-standing tradition of creative thievery. “Halloween” and “Friday the 13th” spawned dozens of copycat slasher films, while…
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‘Boy Behind the Door’ Walks Fine Line Between Horror, Exploitation
Horror movies go to great lengths to make us uncomfortable, but they often avoid putting kids in harm’s way. “The…
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Give Dino De Laurentiis’ 1976 ‘King Kong’ Its (Limited) Due
When you hear the words King Kong, what do you think of? Is it the glorious stop-motion animated creature, climbing…
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Why ‘Flight of the Navigator’ Speaks to the Little Kid in All of Us
Randal Kleiser’s “Flight of the Navigator” opens with one of the great 1980s music montages. We don’t simply get a…
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‘Boys in Red Hats’ at War with Reality, Itself
Sorry. There aren’t two sides to the Covington Catholic boys scandal. The recent documentary “Rush to Judgment” proved that beyond…
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‘Space Jam’ – A Beloved Basketball Classic … and Synergy Gone Wild
Before we let our nostalgia for all things “Space Jam” (1996) dictate our feelings for the movie itself, let’s not…
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Why David Mamet’s ‘The Edge’ Trumps Other Action Adventure Films
I was in graduate school when I chanced upon a copy of “The Edge” at my local Blockbuster. It caught…
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‘Great White’ Offers Shark Film Fanatics the Bare Minimum
If Steven Spielberg predicted the flood of Z-grade shark flicks spawned from “Jaws” he might have skipped the 1975 project…
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