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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Matt Damon’s ‘The Instigators’ Can’t Steal Our Hearts
“Ocean’s Eleven” spoiled us for heist films. We expect movie thieves to be dashing, debonair and oh, so good at…
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‘Blood Simple’ – Blood-Stained Poetry That Left a Mark
Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Blood Simple” launched their directorial careers, established their dedication to no-nonsense film noir and marked an…
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‘Blair Witch’ at 25: Found-Footage Shocker Still Gives Us the Creeps
Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez’s “The Blair Witch Project” (1999) was not the first horror film to utilize the “found…
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‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ – The Ultimate ’80s Movie?
Few films nailed the 1980s quite like “St. Elmo’s Fire.” Scratch that. No movie captured the era as distinctly as…
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’13th Warrior’ Is as Bad as Advertised, Until …
John McTiernan’s “The 13th Warrior” (1999) is the Michael Crichton adaptation that, unlike “Jurassic Park” (1993), you might have passed…
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – The Year’s Funniest Comedy
Abbott and Costello. Laurel and Hardy. Wilder and Pryor. Reynolds and Jackman? The stars of “Deadpool & Wolverine” debut as…
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‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ Blu-ray Teases What’s Next
Remakes are hardly new, but Hollywood is increasingly impatient about cinematic do-overs. The recent “Mean Girls” updated the 2004 comedy,…
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‘Twisters’- A Blockbuster for Heartland USA
Glen Powell wears a cowboy hat in “Twisters,” the spiritual sequel to the 1996 hit. How unnecessary. His swagger and…
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‘2010: The Year We Make Contact’ Isn’t Kubrick, But It’s Close Enough
Peter Hyams’ “2010: The Year We Make Contact” (1984) was the first time a director dared to make a sequel…
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Why ‘Longlegs’ Isn’t the Next ‘Silence of the Lambs’
Some movies define their genre in ways time can’t touch. Go ahead and make a killer shark movie. You won’t…
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