Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) got the ending that Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) deserved in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After years of the government bouncing her around and facing discrimination and violence, she deserved to be…
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Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews
‘The Women and the Murderer’ Is a True Crime Documentary With a Unique Perspective
by Ingridjeby IngridjeThe Women and the Murderer starts with a series of clips of young, happy women dancing, going out. This footage is interspersed with pictures and images of murder scenes. Then, we are introduced to Anne…
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HorrorReviews
A Horror Critic Encounters a Serial Killer Support Group in ‘Vicious Fun’
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorAhh, the 1980s. Season of mixtapes and mellow Rubik’s cubes. Ripe for nostalgia adjacent movies and TV like The Goldbergs and WW84, they’ve recently been a goldmine for horror makers. Boosted in particular by the…
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The Silence of the Lambs scares the living daylights out of me. Anthony Hopkins is possibly the most terrifying actor to exist. I’m not sure if he should take that as a compliment or not, but…
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What’s Up with the Weather? There’s an old saying well-trod by old men in the county that I come from. They jump over each other to be the first one to say whenever a young…
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HorrorReviews
Bret Easton Ellis and Crispin Glover Team Up for the Painfully Dull ‘Smiley Face Killers’
Bret Easton Ellis was just twenty-one years old when he published his first novel: Less Than Zero. Success followed, and with the publication of the highly controversial third novel, American Psycho, came fame. As an…
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Mark Reiter stands in front of his love’s house as he practices what he will say to her mother. Nick Kush: The grain of the film and the general rough-around-the-edges aesthetic to Is Your Daughter…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
‘Unknown Origins’ Needs More Courage in Its Convictions
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorUnknown Origins, David Galan Galindo‘s first solo feature as director (he previously helmed one of the sections of portmanteau film Al Final Todos Mueren) brings the world of comic book fandom to the serial killer genre…
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HorrorReviews
‘Random Acts of Violence’ is a Grisly Critique of Horror Entertainment
by Nick Kushby Nick KushThe most ingenious line from Wes Craven’s Scream (among many other great soundbites from a continually prescient movie) is Billy Loomis noting, “movies don’t create psychos, movies make psychos more creative.” Jay Baruchel’s Random Acts…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
Why ‘Mrs. Serial Killer’ is This Year’s Worst Movie (So Far)
by Ingridjeby IngridjeThree days. It took me three days to finish watching Mrs. Serial Killer. What torture! And it will be even bigger torture not to write anything mean about Mrs. Serial Killer. Frankly, I don’t think…
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ComedyReviews
Jean Dujardin Stars as a Jacket Enthusiast Turned Serial Killer in ‘Deerskin’
by Nick Kushby Nick KushI agonized over the title of this article for some time. (SEO is tough, ya’ll.) But sometimes, when a movie is as ridiculous as Deerskin, being as plain as possible can do wonders. It paints…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
‘The Legacy Of The Bones’ Continues the Baztan Trilogy with Skill and Precision
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorThe Baztan Trilogy by Dolores Redondo has sold over a million copies worldwide and has been translated into 31 languages so far. It was inevitable the three stories would be adapted for TV or film.…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
‘Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City’ Translates Into a Below Average Neo-Noir
Daniel Calparsoro’s Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City (2020) is a Spanish thriller on Netflix, and so it was composed with the World Wide Web in mind for its target demographic. However, this is…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
Film Review – Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
by Nick Kushby Nick KushI finally settled a personal vendetta by sitting down to watch Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. I grew increasingly frustrated after striking out on three screenings of the film at Sundance back in January,…
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I’m always looking for that little cinematic gem that hardly gets any notice. As time goes by, I’ve become continuously jaded about the Hollywood blockbuster — especially the kind produced by a certain corporate Mouse.…