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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Messy ‘Ella McCay’ Shows Us What’s We’re Missing
We didn’t how much we missed James. L. Brooks. Until now. The director behind “Broadcast News,” “Terms of Endearment” and “As…
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‘Hamnet’ Is This Year’s Oscar-Bait Sob Fest
No, that’s not a typo: Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” is the story of how William Shakespeare came to write “Hamlet,” with…
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‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Won’t Scare a Soul
Modern movies rarely cause a stir like “Silent Night, Deadly Night” did in 1984. The low-budget shocker showed a serial…
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‘Family McMullen’ – Comfort Food Direct from the ’90s
Edward Burns never stopped making films, even after his “next Woody Allen” branding fell flat. Burns’ 1995 drama “The Brothers…
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Why ‘Unbreakable’ Was Nothing Less than Radical
M. Night Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable” is now 25 years old. In the opening title credits, Shyamalan finally unveiled what the movie…
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Is the Wrong Kind of Scary
“The Empire Strikes Back.” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” “The Godfather Part II.” “Aliens.” Suffice it to say that “Five Nights…
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‘Fackham Hall’ Is the Parody We Didn’t Know We Needed
You knew it couldn’t last. For 20 solid minutes, “Fackham Hall” parodies stuffy British dramas with a glee that would…
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‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ Endures as Epic Hollywood Black Eye
I’ve never encountered a film flopping with a louder, more surprising thud than Brian De Palma’s “The Bonfire of the…
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‘Keeper’ Confirms New King of Horror
Osgood Perkins’ “Keeper” begins with a great, bone-chilling sequence: a montage of women, all existing at different moments in time,…
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Why ‘Eternity’ Feels So … Familiar
David Freyne’s “Eternity” is a schmaltzy fantasy/love story, in a year that already subjected filmgoers to “A Big Bold Beautiful…
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