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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‘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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‘Possum’ Burrows Under Your Skin, Won’t Leave
The indie thriller “Possum” won’t spark a new horror franchise. Nor will the movie, on home video Feb. 12, be…
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‘Lego Movie 2’ Revels in Meta Gags (Between Woke Nods)
No film franchise epitomizes our ADHD film culture better than the “Lego” series. Rapid fire jokes. Blazingly fast pop culture…
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‘Deplorables Tour’ Comics Punished for Trump Support
It took only one night with The Deplorables Tour for Brian Haner to learn what happens when you publicly support…
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‘America the Beautiful’ Drowns in Trump Hatred
“America the Beautiful” combines the most annoying tics from found footage films with full on Trump Derangement Syndrome. And it’s…
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DVD Autopsy: ‘Speed Kills’
John Travolta as a speed boat racer mixed up in the drug trade? You have my attention. Make it based…
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Why Ambitious ‘Miss Bala’ Comes Up So Short
“Miss Bala” is an action movie without much action, and a character study with a blank slate at its core.…
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