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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How Lynch’s ‘Mulholland Drive’ Invaded Our Dreams
The opening of David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” is a delirious jitterbug sequence, in which figures dance all over the screen.…
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Clunky ‘Paradise Cove’ Shows Folly of California’s Progressive Policies
Masochists will have a field day with “Paradise Cove.” The thriller stars a couple who suffer, and suffer, at every…
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How ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Shattered the Horror Movie Mold
Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” introduces each of its main characters by showing them in their home or…
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How ‘Barton Fink’ Let the Coen Brothers Push Us to the Limit
Throughout “Barton Fink,” a film producer named Lipnick (Michael Lerner, in an Oscar-nominated turn) speaks of craving “that Barton Fink…
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Wright’s ‘Land’ Only Scratches Surface of Life-Changing Grief
Who wouldn’t want to leave society behind at this point in American culture? No woke mobs, screeching Karens or social…
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How ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Captures History in Sizzling Detail
“Judas and the Black Messiah” begins in Chicago, 1968, where we meet a car thief whose ruse is to impersonate…
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‘The Crow: City of Angels’ Remains a Sorry, Stupefying Sequel
A bad sequel feels like an act of betrayal. The question isn’t ‘why did they make this (the obvious answer…
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‘Run’ Is the Movie McDreamy Fans Forgot
There aren’t a lot of R-rated Disney action movies, but “Run” remains a supreme guilty pleasure from the Mouse House.…
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How ‘Son of the South’ Misses Big Picture on Race, Reconciliation
Director Barry Alexander Brown’s “Son of the South” depicts the “based on a true story” legacy of Bob Zellner, the…
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The Dazzling Robin Williams Role We Missed
Great performances are worth seeking out in great movies, obviously, but what about bad ones? Would you watch a lousy…
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