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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Malick’s ‘A Hidden Life’ Nothing Less than a Masterpiece
At the beginning of Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” Franz Yagerstatter (August Diehl) is returning home to his family. Living in…
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‘Radioland Murders’ – Will Disney Revive This Lucas Dud?
No one blames George Lucas for the creative (but not monetary) failure of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” At…
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‘Until the End of the World’ Predicted Our Digital Demons
What are the possibilities of the human experience? Is it our ability to feel and the varied experiences of pleasure?…
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‘1941’- Steven Spielberg’s Worst Film Turns 40
World War films are an oddity as a Christmas time attraction, but many have opened around the holidays and found…
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‘Cats’ – Believe Every Ounce of the Awful Buzz
When I was 7 my father took me to see my first Broadway musical, which was “Cats.” It was 1985,…
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‘Rambo: Last Blood’ – Not Racist, Just Rushed and Raw
This hasn’t been a good year for iconic film franchises. Just ask the minds behind high-profile duds like “Charlie’s Angels,”…
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‘Killer Tomatoes’ Is Worse Than You Remember
Some of my favorite movie memories are of finding B-movie VHS treasures with my Dad, cackling over the box art…
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The Force Fails, Big Time, in ‘Rise of Skywalker’
“I got a bad feeling about this …” Yes, that fan service line reappears in “Star Wars: The Rise of…
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HiT DVD Autopsy: ‘Christmas with the Kranks’
If I had a bad-film choice on my Christmas wish list it’s a major effort with big names leading to…
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The Best Films of 2019: And a Joker Shall Lead Them
Martin Scorsese picked a terrible time to trash comic book movies. The Oscar winner mocked Marvel films earlier this year,…
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