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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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Suffers Extreme Identity Crisis
Hollywood finally cracked the code on video game adaptations. Gone are the days when John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins embarrassed…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Trilogy of Terror’
Horror anthologies are all the rage, from the “V/H/S” series to the classic “Creepshow” template. In 1975, actress Karen Black…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ (1973)
TV-based horror evokes images from “Dark Shadows” and its cartoonishly bad effects. The medium struggled to scare us for generations,…
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Little Bite Left in ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’
Lyndsey Anderson Beer’s “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines” has an ambitious idea for a prequel and a rich atmosphere to carry it…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Willow Creek’
“The Blair Witch Project” left an indelible mark on the horror genre. That’s not a compliment. The 1999 film introduced…
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Provocative ‘Fair Play’ Doesn’t Play Fair
Chloe Domont’s “Fair Play” made a sensational debut at the January 2023 Sundance Film Festival, then made a belated premiere…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Crawl’
Crocodiles don’t get the genre love that sharks do, but Hollywood still finds something scary about the critters. Modern croc…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Backcountry’
Greet horror movies “based on a true story” with extreme skepticism. “The Blair Witch Project’s” marketing machine teased the “truth”…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Slither’
Some of our biggest stars first got noticed in low-rent horror films. Kevin Bacon met Jason Voorhees’ ma the hard…
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‘Halloween H20: 20 Years Later’ Should Have Ended Franchise for Good
Steve Miner’s “Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later” (1998) opens with “Mr. Sandman” by The Chordettes (as did “Halloween II”) and…
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