Woke ‘Totally Killer’ Misses Its Huge Potential
The “Final Girl” remains a horror movie staple. She’s the last woman standing in a slasher film, the plucky gal who survives the rampage of Michael, Freddy or Jason. Call the heroine of “Totally Killer” the “Insufferable Girl.” Yes, we’re meant to root for her survival, but along the way this social justice warrior lectures …
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Housebound’ (2014)
Horror and comedy make strange bedfellows. The combination makes little sense on paper – death, blood, gore … and chuckles? Yes, dark humor exists and some of the best horror movies dip into both genres with alacrity. Think: “An American Werewolf in London” “Shaun of the Dead” “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” You can add …
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Disney Got Exactly What It Wanted
Disney is now the Bud Light of the entertainment world. The mega company, once beloved for timeless characters and films passed down from grandparents to grandchildren, is now a deeply divisive company. And the numbers back it up. The Daily Wire got a peek at a new Rasmussen Reports survey that revealed a strong ideological …
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Eden Lake’ (2008)
Buckle in. Really. This critic has absorbed some of the most intenses and gruesome horror films of the past 20+ years and lived to tell the tale. “Terrifier 2” it was a close one. The 2008 shocker “Eden Lake” still tested my mettle, especially given the casting of two future stars. Michael Fassbender (all those …
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‘The Morning Show’ Goes All-in on Abortion, Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection’
The MeToo revolution gave “The Morning Show” its purpose. The Apple TV+ drama starring Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and Jennifer Aniston as news anchors caught up in a network sex scandal. Carell’s Mitch Kessler, a stand-in for NBC’s Matt Lauer, loses his job after his sexual advances on multiple colleagues leak. You’d expect the drama …
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31 Days of Horror – ‘The Battery’ (2012)
The zombie genre should be played out by now. Director George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” gave way to dozens of undead shockers, including the king of zombie television – “The Walking Dead.” Talk about immortal. “The Battery” stands as one of the more curious undead entries and one that demands your patience. …
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Free to Choose Mini-Doc Captures Chilling Attacks on Comedy
“Lenny Bruce would be impossible today.” So says Svetlana Mintcheva, the director of programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship. Mintcheva shares that observation in a compelling new docu-short called “Crossing the Line in Comedy.” The video hails from the Free to Choose Network, a group established “to build popular support for personal, economic and …
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Train to Busan’ (2016)
South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho gave us both the best zombie movie of the past 20 years and the most disappointing sequel in recent memory. The latter is “Peninsula,” a lackluster and unnecessary attempt to create a new zombie franchise. The former, of course, is one of the most brilliantly conceived horror movies in ages. …
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‘Muzzle’ Gives K9 Cops Their Due
We don’t deserve dogs. The main character in “Muzzle” knows that better than anyone. Aaron Eckhart’s broken cop will do anything to avenge his canine partner in the grand John Wick tradition. Except this isn’t a gruesome shoot ’em up but a slow-burn character study told with confidence and style. Some flaws nag at us, …
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31 Days of Horror – ‘Rogue’ (2007)
Director Greg Mclean may never escape the shadow of Mick Taylor. He’s the Aussie killing machine at the heart of Mclean’s “Wolf Creek” franchise, memorably played by John Jarratt. The first “Wolf Creek” (2005) delivered at the box office, but the grisly shocker also drew this withering comment from critic Roger Ebert. There is a …
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