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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Why ‘The Witch’ Is the Best Horror in a Generation
“Rosemary’s Baby” (the 1960s). “The Omen” (the 1970s). “The Shining” (the 1980s). “The Blair Witch Project” (1990s). Add “The Witch”…
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‘Race’ Runs on Character, Not Victimization
Blame an entertainment culture that applauds black victimization, witness the hosannas thrown toward Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar in recent days.…
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‘Forsaken’ Squanders Dueling Sutherlands
John Henry Clayton reconnects with his father, a disapproving reverend played by Kiefer’s real-life father, the great Donald Sutherland. The…
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‘Serpent’ Still Horror’s Ultimate Burial Shocker
Don Coscarelli’s “Phantasm” exploits the imagery of a mortuary (and the process of embalming) to unsettling effect. Roger Corman’s “Premature…
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‘Zoolander 2’ Models Everything Awful About Sequels
We waited 15 years for this? Derek Zoolander transformed from a comic trifle to cable-friendly classic since Ben Stiller’s film hit…
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Why ‘Deadpool’ Delivers on Its Foul-Mouthed Promise
‘Deadpool’ lives up to its profane hype in its first four seconds. The much ballyhooed superhero has been promising a…
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Politicized ’99 Homes’ Misses Crisis’ Toll
By being a political affair, “99 Homes” ultimately ends up being a flat one, too. Inspired by true events, “99…
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‘Bad Hurt’ So Good at Showing Why Family Matters
How much can one family endure? The mother in “Bad Hurt” cares not just for her “retarded” adult daughter –…
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Creepy ‘Hangman’ Chokes on Found Footage Gimmick
The found footage revolution made horror movies even cheaper to produce. The toll they take on the genre can’t be…
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The Right ‘Choice’ for Unabashed Romantics
The author’s love stories are red meat to anyone craving romance minus any elitist angst. Hollywood has all but ignored this…
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