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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Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Surfer’ Is One Summer Bummer
The opening credit materializes over a beach and declares “Nicolas Cage is The Surfer.” For a few seconds, we’re toyed…
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Take Two: ‘Clown in a Cornfield’
You might do a double take during “Clown in a Cornfield’s” prologue. We watch a pair of randy teens prepare…
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‘Nonnas’ – Now, That’s Italian!
Vince Vaughn’s motor-mouth routine made him a star. He left that shtick behind in recent years, witness atypical turns in…
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Literally Anything Goes in Dizzying ‘Fight or Flight’
“Fight or Flight” is scrappy and so knowingly outrageous, it has a shot at becoming the kind of cult film…
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Why Horror Fans Need ‘Clown in a Cornfield’
Eli Craig’s “Clown in a Cornfield” is, at first, exactly what you think it is, until it applies a few…
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‘Bad Timing’ Remains Sickening (But You Can’t Look Away)
Nicolas Roeg’s “Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession” (1980) is a great movie about awful people doing awful things to one…
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‘The Surfer’ Leaves Nicolas Cage Stranded at Worst Possible Time
“The Surfer” is its own worst enemy. Give Nicolas Cage the kind of out-sized role that nobody does better. Set…
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‘Thunderbolts*’ Makes Misfit Heroes Matter
Imagine a group of antiheroes teaming up to defeat a common foe. We’ve already seen that with not one but…
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Tony Todd Pumped Life into ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Remake
The recent passing of character actor Tony Todd brings to mind just how fully he established himself in the horror…
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Why ‘The Shrouds’ Is Quintessential Cronenberg
David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” begins with an image so powerful, strange and emotionally resonant that the themes and ideas are…
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