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Joker: Folie à Deux
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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Director Todd Phillips takes the billion-dollar formula from 2019’s Joker and sets it ablaze, delivering a slow-burn character study intent on subverting fans’ expectations.
Posted Oct 03, 2024
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The Substance
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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Hollywood has produced countless movies about washed-up stars, desperately fighting to maintain relevance, but no one has done it quite like Fargeat.
Posted Sep 20, 2024
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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Burton has once again crafted a devilishly fun dark comedy that luxuriates in the macabre.
Posted Sep 10, 2024
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Jim Henson Idea Man
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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Idea Man offers viewers a front-row seat to watch a genius at work, chronicling how a maverick puppeteer transformed some ping pong balls, leather, and felt into a multi-million dollar empire.
Posted May 31, 2024
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Dancing Village: The Curse Begins
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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Gets under your skin and gnaws away at you, even after the credits roll.
Posted Apr 26, 2024
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Sasquatch Sunset
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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Co-directors David and Nathan Zellner ... take a threadbare narrative and imbue it with complex themes and meaningful emotional stakes.
Posted Apr 19, 2024
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Sting
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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If you love violent slasher flicks and depraved creature features, Sting delivers its share of gruesome pleasures.
Posted Apr 12, 2024
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Exhuma
(2024)
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Victor Stiff
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Exhuma’s unsettling tone and gruesome visuals will prime your brain for nightmare mode.
Posted Mar 22, 2024
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Napoleon
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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Although I was never bored, this two-and-a-half-hour film made me feel like I was sitting through a three-and-a-half-hour film.
Posted Feb 05, 2024
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Monsters of California
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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Tom DeLonge's eagerly anticipated film, Monsters of California is a brash sci-fi comedy tailor-made for viewers who grew up loving late-night monster movies.
Posted Oct 06, 2023
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No One Will Save You
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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An emotionally-charged psychological thriller that also works as a thrill-a-minute creature feature.
Posted Sep 22, 2023
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Jules
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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A wistful yet uplifting look at ageing and the importance of making every moment count.
Posted Sep 12, 2023
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Fire in the Sky
(1993)
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Victor Stiff
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Fire in the Sky finesses the line between truth and fantasy, retelling Travis Walton’s story with notes of terror and cosmic wonder.
Posted Aug 22, 2023
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Oppenheimer
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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Oppenheimer is the rare summer movie that is both epic in scope and elegant in its execution.
Posted Jul 21, 2023
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Barbie
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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Gerwig’s imaginative and thought-provoking take on the material represents the best-case scenario for a major studio's toy line adaptation.
Posted Jul 21, 2023
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Contact the Ce5 Experience
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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Contact: The CE-5 Experience doesn't bother asking essential questions because it's too busy preaching.
Posted Feb 21, 2023
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Alien Abduction: Answers
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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Yost should have left “answers” out of his film’s title. But I understand that Alien Abduction: Theories doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Landscape with Invisible Hand
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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Finley creates a twisted vision of tomorrow to make an urgent statement about the world today.
Posted Jan 29, 2023
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Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
(2023)
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Victor Stiff
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A heartwarming coming-of-age story reminiscent of beloved ‘80s family films like E.T. and The Goonies.
Posted Jan 26, 2023
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U.F.O. Abduction
(1989)
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Victor Stiff
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A fun sci-fi thriller that holds a special place in horror movie history.
Posted Nov 08, 2022
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Prey
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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Prey is as violent, gory, and action-packed as you want a Predator flick to be.
Posted Aug 03, 2022
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Nope
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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Nope is a twisted social commentary of the highest order.
Posted Jul 22, 2022
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Ariel Phenomenon
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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No matter how you slice it, director Randall Nickerson’s riveting documentary delivers a soul-wrenching experience.
Posted May 21, 2022
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On the Trail of UFOs: Night Visitors
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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On the Trail of UFOS: Night Visitors offers an insightful and entertaining look at the link between UFOs and high strangeness.
Posted Apr 05, 2022
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Communion
(1989)
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Victor Stiff
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Communion does an excellent job recreating what ufologists call high strangeness: the hard-to-swallow aspects of an already hard-to-swallow phenomenon.
Posted Feb 15, 2022
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Extraordinary: The Revelations
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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The Revelations is the most entertaining entry in the Extraordinary series.
Posted Feb 15, 2022
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Cosmic Dawn
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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This moody sci-fi thriller looks and sounds fantastic. An eerie feeling washed over me the second the credits hit, and it never let up.
Posted Feb 11, 2022
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When You Finish Saving the World
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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Eisenberg lets the characters' actions speak for themselves and allows viewers to draw their own conclusions.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
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Emergency
(2022)
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Victor Stiff
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Emergency presents a clear-eyed case of how people can inhabit the same space but exist in different realities.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
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Eternals
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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Eternals is a celebration of humanity, warts and all.
Posted Jan 03, 2022
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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No Way Home delivers everything you want from a Marvel epic and then some. It's cheekily self-aware, unapologetically heartfelt, and thrilling from start to finish.
Posted Dec 20, 2021
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The Observers
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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The Observers highlights the divide within the UFO community between data-seeking rationalists and the Ufology gurus who claim they've got the phenomenon all figured out.
Posted Dec 15, 2021
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Extraordinary: The Seeding
(2019)
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Victor Stiff
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While the mainstream media is finally dipping its toes into the UFO phenomenon's murky waters, Extraordinary: The Seeding does a cannonball into the deep end.
Posted Dec 08, 2021
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House of Gucci
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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A devilishly gaudy tale of sex, money, and power.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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If you're a Ghostbusters diehard, [Afterlife] is custom-made to appeal to you. It's packed with winks, nods, and easter eggs celebrating what fans love about the series.
Posted Nov 17, 2021
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Don't Say Its Name
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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An exciting whodunnit featuring a strong cast, gnarly kills, and a deadly paranormal menace.
Posted Nov 16, 2021
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The Medium
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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As much as I enjoyed [The Medium] early on, I wanted to jump ship 90-minutes in.
Posted Nov 16, 2021
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Dark Skies
(2013)
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Victor Stiff
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While it's slow and features thinly-sketched characters, it's still capable of getting under your skin to unnerve you.
Posted Nov 02, 2021
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The Addams Family
(2019)
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Victor Stiff
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The Addams Family is a fun, charming reboot that stays true to the series while also lacking "that special something."
Posted Nov 02, 2021
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First Love
(2019)
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Victor Stiff
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Another scrappy, outside-the-box crime flick that radiates with [Miikes's] anarchic spirit.
Posted Nov 02, 2021
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The Green Knight
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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A profound moviegoing experience unlike any other.
Posted Nov 02, 2021
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Malignant
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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A delirious mystery-thriller packed with the horror master's signature brand of terror.
Posted Nov 02, 2021
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Dug Dug
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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[Dug Dug] works as a subversive social commentary and a devilishly fun popcorn flick.
Posted Nov 02, 2021
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Halloween Kills
(2021)
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Victor Stiff
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[Halloween Kills] explores the toxic sense of entitlement eating away at the country right now.
Posted Nov 01, 2021
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