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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‘It’s a Wonderful Knife’ Spoils a Holiday Classic
“It’s a Wonderful Life” remains a Yuletide treat for all the right reasons. It’s sweet, sentimental and brimming with life-affirming…
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‘Royal Hotel’ Wallows in Toxic Masculinity
“The Royal Hotel” is the kind of bar you enter with an exit plan. The titular dive teems with miners…
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How ‘Priscilla’ Completes Baz Luhrmann’s Unfinished ‘Elvis’
“Priscilla” is everything “Elvis” wasn’t. The Baz Luhrmann film relied on sizzle, not substance. We watched in awe as “Elvis”…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ (2003)
Remaking a classic horror movie is a fool’s errand. Just ask Gus Van Sant, who faced a critical firestorm for…
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‘The Holdovers’ Captures Grown-Up Movie Making at Its Best
We missed Alexander Payne movies. Remember “About Schmidt?” “Sideways?” “The Descendants?” “Nebraska?” Smart. Provocative. Adult. Comical. Wise. He swung and…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Eight-Legged Freaks’
Scarlett Johansson won’t name check this genre film should she ever win an Academy Award. The “Avengers” star snagged an…
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Nothing Like We Expect
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is unlike any film the director has ever made before, though you could…
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‘Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers’ Revived Sleeping Saga
Dwight H. Little’s “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” gives us the title card of “October 30th, 1988” before…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead’
The list of sequels that lapped the originals teems with prime examples. “The Godfather: Part II” “The Empire Strikes Back”…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Tucker & Dale vs. Evil’
Rural America takes its lumps from Hollywood, Inc. Comedians roast this slab of the country ruthlessly. Films and TV shows…
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