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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HiT Movie Review: ‘Dear White People’
The racial satire still leaves a mark – several, in fact – but some of its outrage feels musty in 2014.…
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Modern Horror Looks to Past for Inspiration
The genre which once embraced slasher killers, zombies and torture porn now obsesses over recreating the past. Consider “Annabelle,” “The…
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HiT Movie Review: ‘Stonehearst Asylum’
“Stonehearst Asylum,” in theaters Oct. 24, uses that medical backdrop for a thriller that teeters on pulp without going over…
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HiT Blu-ray Review: ‘Snowpiercer’
Both movies boast progressive themes in their DNA, including class warfare rhetoric, universal health care, open borders and global warming.…
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Is America Ready for ‘Dear White People?’
Lee’s 1989 classic made us confront race in ways that couldn’t be avoided. “Dear White People” should repeat that film’s…
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5 Killer Movies About Business Ethics
“This country is run on epidemics, where you been? Price fixing, crooked TV shows, inflated expense accounts. How many honest…
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HiT Blu-ray Review: ‘Life After Beth’
“Life After Beth” says so. It also reminds us that “Shaun of the Dead” cracked the zombie-comedy code in ways…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Scream’ (1996)
The 1996 film’s opening sequence did more than scare us silly. It shook up the horror genre by roasting its hoariest…
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How ‘Mr. Smith’s’ Beltway Battle Mirrored Christ’s Crucifixion
Mr. Jefferson Smith (Jimmy Stewart, classic Hollywood Everyman) is small-town hero chosen to fill a vacated senate seat for a…
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