Reviews
Today’s consumers have more entertainment options than ever before thanks to technology and the explosion of new media outlets. That’s why Hollywood in Toto will help readers suss out the very best content across media. We all lead busy lives. Let’s consume only the highest quality movies, television shows and music with our limited leisure time.
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‘Five Feet Apart’ Is Two-Thirds a True Teen Charmer
You just know the end of “Five Feet Apart” would wrestle the tears out of your eyes, by force if…
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‘Captain Marvel’ Drowns in Victimhood, Dull Action
Brie Larson’s promotional push for “Captain Marvel” couldn’t be more woke. The Oscar winner railed against too many white male…
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Why ‘The ‘Burbs’ Cult Endures … 30 Years Later
I’ve been a fan of Tom Hanks’ “The ‘Burbs” ever since I first saw it as a 10-year-old on VHS…
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‘Greta’ Flirts with Camp Before Self-Destructing
Freddy. Jason. Michael. Greta? There’s something sneaky about positing an older French woman as an unstoppable force in director Neil…
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‘Office Space’ at 20: Why It’s as Relevant as Ever
There is a unifying quality to all of writer/director Mike Judge’s work – his ability to find humanity in a…
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‘Dragon: The Hidden World’ Spits Smoke, Not Fire
All good things come to an end, even an underrated franchise like “How to Train Your Dragon.” It’s not Pixar,…
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‘Life After Flash’ Is Catnip for Cult Film Fanatics
When Sam J. Jones landed the title role in producer Dino De Laurentiis’s “Flash Gordon” he was on top of…
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‘Happy Death Day 2U’ – Make It Stop!
It helps if horror comedies don’t completely skip the whole “horror” part of the equation. “Happy Death Day 2U” does…
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‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Barely Scratches Rom-Com Target
It’s hard to parody a genre already given its last rites. Hollywood unofficially gave up on rom-coms a while ago,…
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‘Boy Called Sailboat’ Hints at a Greater Truth
Once at a family gathering several relatives tried their best to convince me that Orson Welles had directed “The Third…
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