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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31 Days of Horror – ‘Wrong Turn’ (2003)
The “Wrong Turn” franchise is one of this critic’s guiltiest pleasures. Yes, the saga’s budget shrank with every new outing,…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Hush’ (2016)
Mike Flanagan isn’t a Wes Craven or John Carpenter … yet. For now, he’s one of the better horror directors…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘The Descent Part 2’ (2009)
Many hail “The Godfather II” and “The Empire Strikes Back” as sequels that lapped the original. You could argue the…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Another Evil’ (2016)
They don’t make many horror-comedy-bromances, and for a very good reason. The horror-comedy combination is hard enough? Why complicate it…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘The Blob’ (1988)
There’s often a moment in a movie that sells it beyond a shadow of a doubt. For the 1988 horror…
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‘Herd’ Goes Through the Zombie Outbreak Motions
Stop us if you’re heard this before. A zombie outbreak takes root in heartland USA, but the undead aren’t nearly…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Bone Tomahawk’ (2015)
The western has its fair share of violence, and some of it can be grisly. S. Craig Zahler’s “Bone Tomahawk”…
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‘The Faculty’ – Future Stars Held Back in Mediocre B-Movie
Robert Rodriguez’s “The Faculty” (1998) is to the horror genre what “Young Guns” (1988) is to the western. Its youthful,…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Fresh’ (2022)
Woke has impacted virtually all film genres, including horror. The recent “The Exorcist: Believer” rushes to mind, as does the…
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Woke ‘Totally Killer’ Misses Its Huge Potential
The “Final Girl” remains a horror movie staple. She’s the last woman standing in a slasher film, the plucky gal…
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