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Bleak House

Grudges never die
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The first horror movie that comes out every year is always pretty bad. “The Bye Bye Man,” “Underworld: Blood Wars,” “The Forest” and “The Devil Inside” are just a few of the January dumping ground flicks we’ve been exposed to over the last few years—none of which were even really worthy of a theatrical release […]

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Run, Rabbit

“Ready or Not” hides from the bigger ideas
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Every once in a while, a premise comes along that’s so simple and elegant that it’s astounding it hasn’t been done before. While there are definitely aspects of “Ready or Not” we’ve seen before, the film is executed with such gusto that it’s hard to really be mad at it over the dumb stuff. This […]

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See Ya Later, Alligator

“Crawl” is a classic throwback to “Jaws”
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I‘m a grown-ass man. Yes, I spend too much money on comic books, physical media and having strangers cook me food, but I still feel like I’m more of a grown-up than I was, like, three to five years ago. I’ve seen upward of a thousand movies in theaters over the years—yet, amazingly, I had […]

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Hands Across America

Jordan Peele’s “Us” is a Social Nightmare
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If there is an “us,” that means there’s also a “them.” No matter how close we are to our “us,” whether it’s our family, our friends or our country, there is always an “other” into which we can place our blame, fear and hate. The other race, the other culture, the other tax bracket. Muslim, […]

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