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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Could ‘About a Boy’ Be Made Today?
Will Freeman is the epitome of so-called white male privilege. Hugh Grant’s character in 2002’s “About a Boy” has enough…
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‘In the Earth’ Is Sheer Torture
In August of 2020, writer/director Ben Wheatley made “In the Earth,” which he shot in the UK over 15 days…
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‘Jakob’s Wife’ Shows Passions, Pitfalls of Monogamy
Faith-friendly audiences might clutch their armrests while watching “Jakob’s Wife.” The horror film isn’t as scary as the genre suggests.…
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‘Voyagers’ Delivers Forgettable Teen Drama in Space
We begin “Voyagers” in 2063, in which Earth is beyond saving and a space expedition is being arranged that will…
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How ‘The Phantom’ Beat the Odds and Became a Cult Favorite
In the vast history of comic book characters and their origins, The Phantom, also known as The Ghost Who Walks,…
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ – Beyond Bad, Except …
In my youth, there was a locally broadcast television show called “Creature Feature,” in which a monster movie would be…
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Why ‘The Unholy’ Is Solid But All Too Familiar Horror
The horror genre has been surprisingly kind to Christians of late. The hacky 2020 shocker “We Summon the Darkness” proved…
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How ‘French Exit’ Never Stop Surprising Us
Azazel Jacobs’ “French Exit” begins with Frances Prince, a wealthy Manhattan social figure (Michelle Pfeiffer), discovering she’s gone completely broke.…
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How Scorsese’s ‘Cape Fear’ Did More Than Trump the Original
Martin Scorsese’s “Cape Fear” is a remake of a good movie, the 1962 Robert Mitchum/Gregory Peck thriller of the same…
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TAKE TWO: ‘Nobody’ Keeps Us on Our Toes
“Nobody” casts Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, a family man whose life is a mix of quality family time, working…
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