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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‘You People’ Traffics In Progressive Guilt, Lack of Laughter
Some modern movies wallow in woke bromides. Others have a progressive lecture or two, but otherwise offer straightforward stories. And…
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‘Shotgun Wedding’ Finds Romance in the Craziest Places
The list of reasons why Jennifer Lopez’s “Shotgun Wedding” should stink is considerable. The project has been kicking around for…
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‘Missing’ Shows Potential, and Pitfalls, of Digital Storytelling
Found footage has given way to Laptop Cinema. “Missing,” like its spiritual predecessor “Searching,” is told entirely via the screens…
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‘There’s Something Wrong with the Children’ (But Not This Movie)
Creepy kids are a staple of horror movies, but child actors hold the key to the thrills. No amount of…
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‘Sick’ Gets Socially Conscious Horror Right
For many, revisiting the pandemic’s early days is a horror movie unto itself. The over-reaching lockdowns Officials filling skate parks…
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‘On the Trail of Bigfoot: Last Frontier’ Will Get Under Your Skin
Seth Breedlove and his team have done it again, and this time they used a helicopter to get you to…
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‘Women Talking’ Isn’t What We Expect
Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” is set in an isolated religious community and centers on women who are contemplating leaving their…
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‘Man Called Otto’ Is Oscar-Bait at Its Worst
Audiences crave predictability in measured doses. We want the superhero to save the day and the boy to both meet…
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‘Man Called Otto’ Is All Wrong for Hanks … and Us
Marc Forster’s “A Man Named Otto” stars Tom Hanks in the title role as an angry, eccentric old man who…
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‘Bardo: False Chronicles…’ Is as Pretentious As It Sounds
Alejandro G. Inarritu’s “Bardo: False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths” is one of the silliest films I’ve seen all…
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