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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31 Days of Horror – ‘Backcountry’
Greet horror movies “based on a true story” with extreme skepticism. “The Blair Witch Project’s” marketing machine teased the “truth”…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Slither’
Some of our biggest stars first got noticed in low-rent horror films. Kevin Bacon met Jason Voorhees’ ma the hard…
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‘Halloween H20: 20 Years Later’ Should Have Ended Franchise for Good
Steve Miner’s “Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later” (1998) opens with “Mr. Sandman” by The Chordettes (as did “Halloween II”) and…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘X’
Slasher films once obsessed over sex. The genre’s young, attractive victims had plenty of it, or they shed their clothes…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Girl on the Third Floor’
Creaky floors. Flickering lights. Objects that move on their own. Haunted house movies are a staple of the Halloween season,…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘VFW’
You can call “VFW” the spiritual cousin of “The Expendables” series. The 2019 shocker features a cast of genre favorites,…
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Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Stalls at Worst Possible Time
You can’t say Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese has bad instincts. The “Taxi Driver” auteur knew on a gut level that…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Haunt’ (2019)
Some of the best recent horror movies served up killer gimmicks to go with the scares. Think “Get Out,” “M3GAN”…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Psycho II’ (1983)
The shot-for-shot “Psycho” remake remains one of the more foolhardy efforts in Hollywood lore. Making a sequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s…
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Cargo’ (2017)
Some of the better zombie stories pay little attention to the undead. “The Battery” focuses far more on a struggling…
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