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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‘What Happened to Monday’ – Weapons Grade Dumb
You know you’ve done something remarkable when you make a Nazi zombie film and your follow-up is less believable. Director…
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HiT Reviews: ‘The Glass Castle,’ ‘Annabelle: Creation’
Hollywood loves reboots, remakes and dysfunctional families. And not necessarily in that order. The more combative, the better, for clans…
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‘Pilgrimage’ Takes Bloody Swipe at Church, Crusades
You don’t need a director’s statement to tell you what “Pilgrimage” thinks of organized religion. Or one faith in particular.…
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HiT Reviews: ‘Dark Tower,’ ‘Inconvenient Sequel’
This may be the worst advertisement for an eight-novel series ever made. “The Dark Tower” is a sequel of sorts…
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‘Underdogs’ Doc Reveals ‘Rocky’s Secret Ingredient
Who directed “Rocky?” It’s a harder question than it should be. The 1977 Best Picture winner remains one of the…
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Theron’s ‘Atomic Blonde’ Schools Modern Action Flicks
There’s one critical element missing from today’s action films. A hero who takes as many punches as he throws. Or…
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‘Dunkirk’ Is Bold, Original and Muddled to the Core
Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” is nothing like the countless war movies that precede it. Every frame feels like a masterstroke from…
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‘Killing Ground’ Wallows in Aussie Horror’s Mean Streak
Torture and Aussie filmmakers go together like peas and cah-rots. Director Greg McLean’s 2005 shocker “Wolf Creek” proved so irredeemably…
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This Slick, Ambitious ‘War’ Hates Humans Too Much
The “Planet of the Apes” saga has an X-Men problem. That superhero franchise hammers home its “mutants as the ‘other'”…
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Baldwin (Almost) Makes ‘Blind’ Worth Your Time
Video on Demand gives titles that lack marketing muscle a fighting chance. That’s critical at a time when mid-budget movies…
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