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Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 15 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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David Lynch. Russ Meyer. Roger Corman. Orson Welles. The influences of the directors who helped inspire the somewhat tortured (and tragic) reign of The Queen of Hollywood Blvd are spotted throughout the elegance of Orson Oblowitz's tale of blood and neon ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 12 October 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Perhaps the only task more difficult than putting a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth is making an interesting film about the rather uninteresting man who first set foot on the lunar surface. Yet Damien Chazelle (La La Land) does just that with his First ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 05 October 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Nothing in Bad Times at the El Royale is as it seems. Not the story, not the characters, not even the hotel itself as it sits astraddle the Nevada-California state line and wears the duality of its colliding worlds of past and present as a cherished badge of honor. ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 03 October 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Charles Bronson is back! Our fearless avenging angel has taken to the streets once again to kick a whole lot of criminal ass. Thank GOD. I already feel safe knowing that his 32-caliber nickel Colt revolver is blazing out of its 4-inch barrel again ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 28 September 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Throughout A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper’s character growls out the lyrics “Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die” with a crooning intimacy that lays the familiar groundwork for what’s at play in his film about two stars passing in the night; one fading away, the other ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 27 September 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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There’s a moment in a pool in Summer ’03 which I absolutely love. It is a slow motion sequence of Jamie, our lead character, just floating in the pool. She’s underwater watching as other people jump in. It is as if she is suspended there, taking everything in, and not ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 21 September 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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This movie is stupid. Its tagline is no lie. Seriously. It is also completely crackers with both its content and its gore. If you can’t tell from the title alone, Camp Death III in 2D, is a riotous parody of horror films like Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp. Full of really bad jokes ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 14 September 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Set in the bombed-out husk of 1980’s Detroit, White Boy Rick tells the rather incredible true story of Rick Wershe, Jr., a down-and-out kid who became the youngest ever FBI informant at the tender young age of 14 ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 14 September 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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"DON'T GO DOWN THE BASEMENT!" When it comes to horror, it’s a common phrase Usually, there are some dark and disturbing things that shouldn’t be uncovered down there. Yet, in The Basement, premiering on digital from Uncork’d Entertainment, that lowly place ...

Details: Category: In Theaters; Created: 10 September 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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When it comes to matters of horror, religion will always be mined. Life and death and the quest for what’s on the other side, right? The Nun, the latest spinoff from The Conjuring series, has been spooking people with its trailers for quite some time. The film; however ...