Category: Film
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I’m a sucker for AI films. Whether it’s an older classic like The Terminator and The Matrix or a newer gem like Upgrade and The Artifice Girl, if you give me a sci-fi thriller about artificial intelligence, I’ll probably be a happy man. Naturally, when I first heard about T.I.M., I knew I had to…
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The success of Halloween in 1978 and Jamie Lee Curtis’s performance therein, coming near the end of a decade of new ground broken in the themes, content, and storytelling approaches in horror (and film in general), marked the beginning of a surge in the popularity of scream queens and a concomitant change in the portrayal…
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Good dialogue is often underrated these days. I love action just as much as anybody, but I also don’t mind films that are all about people sitting around and talking. If the script and the performances are good enough, an interesting conversation can be just as captivating as any John Wick movie, so when I…
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2023 was another good year for horror on the big screen. Sure, there were a few duds along the way, but movies like Evil Dead Rise, Talk to Me, and Scream VI showed that the genre still has what it takes to wow audiences and win big at the box office. It’s a great time…
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If an AI program was advanced enough, could it become genuinely conscious, or would it just act in ways that mimic conscious thought? Regardless of where you stand on that contentious question, this is a fascinating topic to ponder and discuss, and it lies at the heart of Alex Garland’s brilliant sci-fi thriller Ex Machina.…
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Although perhaps not mentioned in the same breath as Halloween, Friday the 13th, or A Nightmare on Elm Street, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to not mention Scream in the conversation for best horror franchise of all time. Maybe it’s missing the nostalgia factor that the other franchises have but in terms of quality, Scream…
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When you think of horror-tinged superhero movies, what comes to mind? It’s probably films like Blade, Hellboy, and Morbius, but I’d like to suggest another, much less obvious, movie to add to that list: Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Sure, Shazam himself isn’t a monster, and his world isn’t full of creepy creatures like vampires…
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I’m not going to lie, I didn’t know what to expect from Reflect. When I first heard about it, the film was described to me as a “metaphysical sci-fi thriller,” and I honestly think that was the first time I ever heard those words put together in that order. I simply had no idea what…
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The transition from small-screen superstar to big-screen money maker has been a slippery slope for many a wrestling legend. For every Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, countless others have tried—and failed—to break away from their in-ring personas and carve a successful second career in the movie business. Does anyone care to remember Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s…
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I recently had the opportunity to see a screening for The Unbinding in Cincinnati, Ohio. The film officially releases on September 8th and will be available on Amazon Prime, YouTube and other streaming platforms. This review/ analysis will be spoiler free but if you’re just looking for a headline, here it is: See The Unbinding whether or…