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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‘For the Sake of Vicious’ Spills More Blood Than Story
It takes a lot to shock modern audiences. We’ve been weaned on ’70s grindhouse films, Quentin Tarantino romps and a…
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Harrowing ‘Shut In’ Will Surprise Just About Everyone
The home invasion thriller remains a genre staple, even in the age of Ring doorbells and security systems. Movies like…
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Unorthodox Casting Pays Off in ‘Cyrano’
Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” is a musical adaptation of “Cyrano De Bergerac,” instilling the filmmaker’s showy visuals with a theatrical approach,…
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‘Fargo’ Part 2: Franchise Offers Something Tarantino Never Could
The Coen brothers’ 1996 film “Fargo” is a cinematic original. Surely, it derives certain tropes the brothers had worked out…
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‘The Tiger Rising’ Roars When It Should
Disney’s “Old Yeller” may be a children’s film, but it delivers a sobering lecture on the circle of life. That…
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‘Ghosts of Mississippi’ – The Last Time Director Rob Reiner Mattered
In 1996, when I was a college freshman, my campus was visited by Yolanda King, the daughter of Dr. Martin…
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Why ‘Fargo’ Franchise Is Both Necessary and Rare
The 1996 film “Fargo” captured something too often missing from American film culture—a portrait of what flyover country actually looks…
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‘Ray Donovan: The Movie’ Wraps Series, Leaves Us Unsatisfied
Be careful what you wish for … Fans revolted when Showtime abruptly canceled “Ray Donovan” following its seventh season two…
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‘Scream’ 2022: Let’s Do the Time Warp … Again
The new “Scream” has the same title as the original 1996 Wes Craven horror classic but is actually the fifth…
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‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Delivers (Over and Over Again)
Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is the first film he hasn’t directed with his equally celebrated brother, Ethan Coen.…
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